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5/27/12 at 11:05am
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On your grounding qeustion, its very simple.

Your main PSU is plugged in with a 3 pin power connector into the wall, 1 of the 3 pins is the ground [PE wich stands for protected earth]
Through the 24pin ATX connector your board and other components or grounded with the case aswell, all basicly connected to 1 of the 3 pins that goes back through your PSU into the wall.
Wich one of the 3 pins it is i dont know because i only use EU plugs, in EU its the middle metal plate [not a pin]

Having an extra PSU on top of your PC is fine, again its grounded by the plug in the wall.
You dont need any extra grounding because all the other stuff is grounded by your main PSU allready.

Hope i kept it simple enough to easely understand it.

 

Great :) , Well that is what I thought all a long but I just could not settle it with myself lol and just wanted confirmation, but that's great, no extra cabled for me then. Good stuff :) Cheers budd.

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5/27/12 at 11:35am
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Originally Posted by Farih View Post

On your grounding qeustion, its very simple.

Your main PSU is plugged in with a 3 pin power connector into the wall, 1 of the 3 pins is the ground [PE wich stands for protected earth]
Through the 24pin ATX connector your board and other components or grounded with the case aswell, all basicly connected to 1 of the 3 pins that goes back through your PSU into the wall.
Wich one of the 3 pins it is i dont know because i only use EU plugs, in EU its the middle metal plate [not a pin]

Having an extra PSU on top of your PC is fine, again its grounded by the plug in the wall.
You dont need any extra grounding because all the other stuff is grounded by your main PSU allready.

Hope i kept it simple enough to easely understand it.

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Ok so to make sure I am getting this straight, If I simply have only GPU's hooked up to my secondary PSU and nothing else, it should theoretically load just fine without it needing to have any current pulling off the +5V line ?

Cheers Buddy.

Doesnt matter how much cards i think but how much Amps you pull.

With that OCZ PSU of yours theoreticly you should be fine with anything under 40A
Correct me if wrong but dont think i'm that far off.

 

Oh I am not worried by the cards or the amperage they pull, I just know that with SOME Psu's that the 12v will not give out full potential if there is nothing pulling on the +5V Line. 

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5/27/12 at 11:53am
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Oh I am not worried by the cards or the amperage they pull, I just know that with SOME Psu's that the 12v will not give out full potential if there is nothing pulling on the +5V Line. 

Yes thats different per PSU really, though any good desent PSU should be able to.
In the review posted before it should be fine with the OCZ.
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