new power supply or cable splitter?

PrObLy · 08-04-2002, 04:48 PM

Hey guys, I just purchased a couple of those $69 40gb 7200rpm WD hard drives from Circuit City to create a raid array, when I opened up my case I realized that I had no extra 4 holed cables (the kind that power the Hdds and cdroms, etc...), I have a 350watt power supply so I was wondering if there was a place where I could buy a cable splitter that would make one 4 holed cable head output to two? If not, does anyone have any recommended power supplies that would provide me with ample power sources? I plan on running 3Hdds and 2 cdroms off of it. thank yout

Hoser · 08-04-2002, 05:30 PM

This is what you need:

http://www.svcompucycle.com/4pinpowsupmo.html

The price is .50 each. If you ship it first class, the total is around $1.25.

bachviet · 08-04-2002, 10:30 PM

If you are goin' to have 5 drives, go with a bigger power supply unit! I have a 420W PSU so I have plenty of plugs for drives (5 drives + fans + light)!

PrObLy · 08-04-2002, 11:16 PM

Thanks for all the feedback!

I went ahead and bought two of those splitters that hoser recommended....they were only a couple bucks after shipping, so we'll see if that works...as for the power consumption I will have 3 Hard Drives, 2 cd-rom drives, a floppy, a geforce4 ti4600, sound blaster audigy, and a network card....also there are three fans...I am pretty sure (crossing fingers) the 350 will handle this because never will all of these be using peak power at once, considering I only use one cdrom at a time and whatnot. If it shorts out, then I'll just get a 400 or 420

~~DoPeY5007~~ · 08-04-2002, 11:57 PM

you should be fine with that splitter, I have a 300W and 4 HDDs and 2 CDRWs and a DVD, 4+ fans, and full PCI slots...

08-04-2002, 04:48 PM	#1
PrObLy Commander Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Orland Park Posts: 1,083	new power supply or cable splitter? Hey guys, I just purchased a couple of those $69 40gb 7200rpm WD hard drives from Circuit City to create a raid array, when I opened up my case I realized that I had no extra 4 holed cables (the kind that power the Hdds and cdroms, etc...), I have a 350watt power supply so I was wondering if there was a place where I could buy a cable splitter that would make one 4 holed cable head output to two? If not, does anyone have any recommended power supplies that would provide me with ample power sources? I plan on running 3Hdds and 2 cdroms off of it. thank yout __________________ Facebook me if you so desire. Guns don't kill people. Chad Greenway kills people.

08-04-2002, 05:30 PM	#2
Hoser Commander Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Omaha, NE, United States Posts: 1,275	This is what you need: http://www.svcompucycle.com/4pinpowsupmo.html The price is .50 each. If you ship it first class, the total is around $1.25. Last edited by Hoser : 08-04-2002 at 05:34 PM.

08-04-2002, 10:30 PM	#3
bachviet What's Da Pho*? Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SoCal (714) Posts: 13,296	If you are goin' to have 5 drives, go with a bigger power supply unit! I have a 420W PSU so I have plenty of plugs for drives (5 drives + fans + light)! __________________ Dell Dimension 9200 \| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz) \| 4x1GB DDR2 \| 256MB nVidia GeForce 8800GT Dell Studio 17 \| Intel Core i7-720QM (1.6GHz) \| 2x2GB DDR3 1066MHz \| 1GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 Intel P4-C 3.0GHz \| ECS 865PE-A \| 3x512MB PC3200 \| 128MB PNY GeForce 6600GT

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08-04-2002, 11:16 PM	#4
PrObLy Commander Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Orland Park Posts: 1,083	Thanks for all the feedback! I went ahead and bought two of those splitters that hoser recommended....they were only a couple bucks after shipping, so we'll see if that works...as for the power consumption I will have 3 Hard Drives, 2 cd-rom drives, a floppy, a geforce4 ti4600, sound blaster audigy, and a network card....also there are three fans...I am pretty sure (crossing fingers) the 350 will handle this because never will all of these be using peak power at once, considering I only use one cdrom at a time and whatnot. If it shorts out, then I'll just get a 400 or 420

08-04-2002, 11:57 PM	#5
~~DoPeY5007~~ court-martialled Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Brig Posts: 0	you should be fine with that splitter, I have a 300W and 4 HDDs and 2 CDRWs and a DVD, 4+ fans, and full PCI slots...

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