Henry Chinaski hate to burst your bubble but this Corsair is even better Bronze cert. with a 7 year warranty for an extra $20
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Henry Chinaski hate to burst your bubble but this Corsair is even better Bronze cert. with a 7 year warranty for an extra $20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139012
Read the sticky. Single or multi 12V rails almost never matters, as long as you have a properly sized good quality PSU.but the single 52 Amp +12 rail is best for heavy demand multi rail power supplies with smaller amperage ratings are not all they are cracked up
There are very few video cards that will draw over 20A, and of course part of that (up to 6.25A) would come from the PCIe slot which would not be on the same rail as the PCIe power connectors. If your PSU has the required connectors for the video card, it should be able to handle it.the largest +12 volt rail on the Antec is 25 amps a lot of video cards have a 26 amp or better minimum demand from the power supply
both units are Seasonic made but the single 52 Amp +12 rail is best for heavy demand multi rail power supplies with smaller amperage ratings are not all they are cracked up the largest +12 volt rail on the Antec is 25 amps a lot of video cards have a 26 amp or better minimum demand from the power supply will only grow as CPU and GPU and ram demand grows I mean we are seeing 6 core CPU's dual core GPU's and 8 or so gigs of ram become common plus adding in overclocking you need a pretty heavy amperage supply for that
theAnimal I don't care what your sticky says you completely missed the point
The main reason why they split the rails was for safety because so many PSU makers use crappy small gauge wire that was to long and not capable of carrying heavy current safely.
A single rail is it's actually easier to regulate current on as opposed to multiple rails where rail balancing can be an issue in other words you need to make sure you don't plug in hardware that draws 22 amps on an 18 amp rail what this does in effect is like if you take an electric weed eater that draws 18 amps and plug it into a 100 foot cord that's plugged into a 15 amp circuit backed up by a 100 amp service panel take into account you already don't have enough amps on the circuit you have line loss on the cord by the time you get power to the weed eater it's only getting say 10 amps current it still works but it will burn itself up prematurely by being underpowered why do you think you see so many video card issue all over the forums a lot of time they just are not getting enough power.
the largest +12 volt rail on the Antec is 25 amps a lot of video cards have a 26 amp or better minimum demand from the power supply
did not say the card itself requires that I meant the requirements will say to have at least a 26 amp single +12 volt rail my whole point was there is no real "need" for multiple rails plus none of you guys even realize these PSU's are not 100% efficient meaning there is some wasted energy that your not accounting for meaning regardless of it's rated spec you won't see it all
The requirements by graphics card manufacturer's are overrated mainly due to the many crap PSUs which are available, and that can often barely deliver over 50% of their rated power.did not say the card itself requires that I meant the requirements will say to have at least a 26 amp single +12 volt rail
Efficiency of the power supply dictates AC power draw, not whether or not a PSU can deliver it's rated DC power.plus none of you guys even realize these PSU's are not 100% efficient meaning there is some wasted energy that your not accounting for meaning regardless of it's rated spec you won't see it all
A Quote from PC Power And Cooling, does Johnny Guru design and sale power supplies no!