[mothergoose729]

I have a 550 watt PSU I got dirt cheap with a combo when I bought my rig. It is rate for up to 384 watts on the 12v rails, which is pretty darn good for a 550 watt PSU. I may decide to buy a lot of hard drives, or get a crossfire board down the road or something, and I would need more power for those sorts of things. I guess my questions are, what can be done with a second power supply? If I bought a cheap antec earthwatts, could I use it to run my hard drives, or maybe a second card (or the cpu?). Anybody know any thorough guides in the subject?

 

[RallyMaster]

A second power supply is usually used to power the massive draws of graphics adapters like the GTX280s or something.

 

[OverclockTheStock]

http://www.overclock.net/power-suppl...ply-guide.html

 

[coolwhip]

just put a paper clip (or anything thtll connect the two wires) between the ground wire and any of the black wires
than just attach longer wires to the switch in the back of psu and bring it to the switch in the front of your case and solder it on

*edit* you could use this instead of a paperclip
http://www.petrastechshop.com/atxposubyad.html

 

[Enigma8750]

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=21193

 

[mothergoose729]

Thanks guys, that helped a lot. If I ever decide to go crossfire I will probably get an antec earthwatts for powering my processor and what not, and use the PSU I have now for the task. Plus rep+ for everybody

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