A Super Nuts Question about Power Supplies...!

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Hello Group, I'm looking for a power supply that has ONLY the flat 4 pin
connectors. I have a custom made computer that already has the convential
motherboard based power supply.

What I am looking for (if one exists) is a power supply (or supplies-plural)
that I can use exclusively for connecting to the 2 RAID setups that I have
installed. So, has anyone run across such a power supply ? ? ? ?

3 RAID setups, x 4 HDD per setup = 12 WD 200 GB Drives.

Thanks for any info..!

Starz_Kid...
 
Hello Group, I'm looking for a power supply that has ONLY the flat 4 pin
connectors. I have a custom made computer that already has the convential
motherboard based power supply.
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What I am looking for (if one exists) is a power supply (or supplies-plural)
that I can use exclusively for connecting to the 2 RAID setups that I have
installed. So, has anyone run across such a power supply ? ? ? ?
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3 RAID setups, x 4 HDD per setup = 12 WD 200 GB Drives.
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Thanks for any info..!
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A more logical approach would be to simply buy a bigger power supply ! (like
true 650W or something in that range)

Regards,
Chris
 
Starz_Kid wrote:
< I'm looking for a power supply that has ONLY the flat 4 pin
connectors.
Click to expand...
What I am looking for (if one exists) is a power supply (or supplies-plural)
that I can use exclusively for connecting to the 2 RAID setups that I have
installed. So, has anyone run across such a power supply ? ? ? ?
Click to expand...

How will you turn on this supply? If manually, an AT or brick supply
(electronics parts sources, such as Jameco) will work, but for
automatic turn-on an ATX supply is the simplest and cheapest solution
(attach the green wire of its motherboard power plugs to the primary
supply's similar green wire).
 
Hello Group, I'm looking for a power supply that has ONLY the flat 4 pin
connectors. I have a custom made computer that already has the convential
motherboard based power supply.

What I am looking for (if one exists) is a power supply (or supplies-plural)
that I can use exclusively for connecting to the 2 RAID setups that I have
installed. So, has anyone run across such a power supply ? ? ? ?

3 RAID setups, x 4 HDD per setup = 12 WD 200 GB Drives.
Click to expand...


PC PSU are sold in such volumes that they're a commodity
item. This results in a far lower price per capacity than a
special PSU you seek. How much saving is it worth to have
to coil up the ATX connector and put a nylon wire-tie around
it? If that is too ugly or bulky, even buying two or three
feet of heat-shink tubing then snipping off the wires inside
a regular PSU, isolating them with the heatsink, would work.

I suppose you want regular ATX, PS2 sized form factor? That
will be the difficult part most likely as there is little to
nothing that uses PS2 form but has only the 4 pin plugs.
Further, if you managed to find one at reasonable price, be
sure to know the date of manufacturing before purchase as
some surplus might've been sitting around for ages on a
shelf- and some parts do degrade some even when unused.

Sorry but I"ve never seen one in PS2 form, let alone with
that capacity.
 
You could get general purpose - not built for PC's supplies and
attach/splice on the appropriate connectors.
For example, http://dkc3.digikey.com/PDF/T053/1538-1542.pdf

You don't say whether the drives are in cases that have room for PS's.
But as others have suggested, cheapest is to buy large PC PS's and cut
of the wires you don't want.
 
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