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power supply question concerning AMD mother-board and chip upgrade

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    #32
    Pugwash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pugwash


    just need to get this straight...

    is the socket circled in blue in the pic attached an ATX socket?

    sy-5ema3-boards.jpg


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    #33
    PPC
    Registered Users Posts: 2,396 ✭✭✭PPC


    yes


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    #34
    bonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭bonkey


    Originally posted by Gerry
    erm bonkey, if you open any power supply with a pass through connector, you will see that the mains current does actually pass directly from the input connector to the output, without going through any of the rest of the psu. Therefore it doesn't draw anything from any of the rails on the psu, so it isn't going to affect the rest of your pc.

    Oops. My bad. Sorry for misleading anyone.

    jc


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    #35
    Gerry
    Registered Users Posts: 4,432 ✭✭✭Gerry


    ah don't worry about it, I'm just being my usual pedantic self :)


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    #36
    po0k
    Registered Users Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    in answer to Pugwash's question about power usage of drives, it's usually written on the spec sheets, i e max wattage at spinup, opening/closing CDROM drawer, etc.

    Power(Watts)=Voltage(Volts)xCurrent(Amps) for DC.
    For AC it gets slightly more complicated :)

    Hey, here's an idea, anyone want to help mod a 1960s-era Russian Fission Reator core into a Super-conducting pile? :)


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