Want to make leap to pelts, but questions

JD · 08-12-2003, 06:03 AM

The main thing is, I'll get a 320 Meanwell for the 226 W CPU pelt, what is the prefered way to power the 80W GPU pelt?

I was thinking of going to the Enermax 651 (from my crapola Antec 350). Does one run the pelt off of the main PSU? What are the typical real world volt/amp/watt requirements?

From Swiftec's site:

Power Supply Requirements: minimum 7.5A at 12 volts

So does one run this thing off of the main PSU?

Another concern is that I am already at 288/3.46 (3D stable) on my 2.4c in my ASUS P4P800DX. I can boot and surf the Web at 300/3.6, but not benchmark stable (yes, nice chip, I know). And that's on air - I haven't even run this chip on water yet (since the board died).

Is a pelt fool's gold under these circumstances? I mean, how high can that FSB go? I saw one test that had it at 329 @ 3:2 ratio.

So I guess the second question is, what are the highest FSB's people have been getting on the ASUSs?

This is my first post here - TIA for your wisdom.

JD

AXDA2600DKV3D · 08-12-2003, 08:55 AM

well why not hook up with some water first and see where that takes you? you may be happy with the results of water cooling and it is also safer than tec cooling

also with a 226w tec you will obviously need water cooling anyways so just hook up some water and see if youre happy with that first... if not, go with a tec too

but you cant aircool a tec anymore, maybe an 80w or less but deffinetly not a 226w

Animal982 · 08-12-2003, 01:53 PM

Not sure if you are specifically looking at the SwiftTech MCW50-T that alread has the 80W TEC on it, but if you are I am pretty sure it comes with a molex alread attached to it assuming you will run it off your PC PSU. The Meanwell S320 I think will be a bit underpowered to run both a 226W and 80W TEC off of it but there are PSUs that are much more powerful than the Meanwell that would be able to handle both such asthis one

Now you mentioned that you are already at 3.46 Ghz on your 2.4 chip. I may be wrong but I dont think putting a couple hundred bucks into a TEC cooling system is gonna be worth it if you are already overclocked more than 1 GHz since your chip may only overclock another couple hundred Mhz.

JD · 08-12-2003, 03:27 PM

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Originally posted by AXDA2600DKV3D
well why not hook up with some water first and see where that takes you? you may be happy with the results of water cooling and it is also safer than tec cooling

also with a 226w tec you will obviously need water cooling anyways so just hook up some water and see if youre happy with that first... if not, go with a tec too

I intend to watercool this, as soon as my RMA'd P4P800 comes back.

I have H2O running on my old CPU/mobo combo; it was intended for the new system, but the board croaked.

Thanks for the feedback guys.

JD

08-12-2003, 06:03 AM	#1
JD Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Posts: 4	Want to make leap to pelts, but questions The main thing is, I'll get a 320 Meanwell for the 226 W CPU pelt, what is the prefered way to power the 80W GPU pelt? I was thinking of going to the Enermax 651 (from my crapola Antec 350). Does one run the pelt off of the main PSU? What are the typical real world volt/amp/watt requirements? From Swiftec's site: Power Supply Requirements: minimum 7.5A at 12 volts So does one run this thing off of the main PSU? Another concern is that I am already at 288/3.46 (3D stable) on my 2.4c in my ASUS P4P800DX. I can boot and surf the Web at 300/3.6, but not benchmark stable (yes, nice chip, I know). And that's on air - I haven't even run this chip on water yet (since the board died). Is a pelt fool's gold under these circumstances? I mean, how high can that FSB go? I saw one test that had it at 329 @ 3:2 ratio. So I guess the second question is, what are the highest FSB's people have been getting on the ASUSs? This is my first post here - TIA for your wisdom. JD Last edited by JD; 08-12-2003 at 06:09 AM.

08-12-2003, 08:55 AM	#2
AXDA2600DKV3D Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 40	well why not hook up with some water first and see where that takes you? you may be happy with the results of water cooling and it is also safer than tec cooling also with a 226w tec you will obviously need water cooling anyways so just hook up some water and see if youre happy with that first... if not, go with a tec too but you cant aircool a tec anymore, maybe an 80w or less but deffinetly not a 226w

08-12-2003, 01:53 PM	#3
Animal982 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PA Posts: 10	Not sure if you are specifically looking at the SwiftTech MCW50-T that alread has the 80W TEC on it, but if you are I am pretty sure it comes with a molex alread attached to it assuming you will run it off your PC PSU. The Meanwell S320 I think will be a bit underpowered to run both a 226W and 80W TEC off of it but there are PSUs that are much more powerful than the Meanwell that would be able to handle both such asthis one Now you mentioned that you are already at 3.46 Ghz on your 2.4 chip. I may be wrong but I dont think putting a couple hundred bucks into a TEC cooling system is gonna be worth it if you are already overclocked more than 1 GHz since your chip may only overclock another couple hundred Mhz.

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