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frank-bao Senior Member Offline I love voodoo for ever! Posts: 258 Ningbo.CHN. Gender:	what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000? 26.07.05 at 15:10:08 hi,everyone: how large power supply can support voodoo5 6k,350w? 400w or as more? i doubt this coz some guys who own v5 6k suggested me that the best choice of v5 6k is 400w or more and the mainboard for that is kt333... and what model of mainboard is prefect using v5 6k?
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Re: what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000?
Reply #1 - 26.07.05 at 15:40:40

a 300Watt PSU should do fine, but be aware the +12 volt rail must support a minimal of 4.6 amp's, the more the better
ofcourse.

The PSU I use is an Enermax EG365 350 watt PSU
more info on the V56K types and PSU recommendations can be found here:
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/v6k_faq.htm

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Re: what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000?
Reply #2 - 26.07.05 at 15:42:35

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a 300Watt PSU should do fine, but be aware the +12 volt rail must support a minimal of 4.6 amp's, the more the better ofcourse.

morinfo on the V56K types and PSU recommendations can be found here:
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/v6k_faq.htm

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haha,,,thanks very much for giving me a hand!

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frank-bao Senior Member Offline I love voodoo for ever! Posts: 258 Ningbo.CHN. Gender:	Re: what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000? Reply #3 - 26.07.05 at 15:54:32 from the faq,the best choice of mainboard is: Epox 8K3A+,support Barton 3000+, so fast cpu...
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000? Reply #4 - 26.07.05 at 17:13:12 The EPoX EP 8K5A2 is also i must have gdonovan told me that
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Thandor

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Re: what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000?
Reply #5 - 26.07.05 at 17:29:32

Bear in mind that '300W' of '400W' says nothing about the quality of the power supply.

There are power supply's which claim to have 420W but only deliver ~250W at a constant rate. The specified 420W is peak output which the power supply can handle for only one second.

Please buy a decent power supply when using an 3dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 5 6000. Take a good brand with enough ampères on the rails. In the Netherlands the better powersupply's start within a range of € 60,-.

Some brands you should not buy --> Q-Tec, Trust or Sweex (or any other powersupply which claims to have high power output (480W or more) for a very low price (€30,- or more) Wink

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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000? Reply #6 - 26.07.05 at 17:40:25 I allready have a very good brand Enermax EG365 350Watt PSU it does 26 amps on the +12Volt rail max ! hehe here it's spreadsheet: http://www.enermax.com.tw/products_page.php?Tid=1&gon=249&Gid=18&Gid2=22 look at the specs of the EG365
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LuxKiller65 God Member Offline Posts: 680 Luxembourg Gender:	Re: what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000? Reply #7 - 28.07.05 at 17:41:31 The German brand Tagan makes splendid power supplies!
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000? Reply #8 - 28.07.05 at 18:41:32 so does Enermax and Antec, Tyan and Supermicro have good stuff also
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Re: what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000?
Reply #9 - 28.07.05 at 20:09:46

top tested power supply for several years running----PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool, when i was doing my case mod i wanted a chrome case for the psu and took one off a cheaper well known brand, it was a joke, when you look at the inside of the 2 psu's they werent even in the same class, it was evident why p & c turbo cool psu's are so much more than all the others, every single part was way more heavy duty, but the flip side is the price, you get what you pay for

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Thandor

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Re: what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000?
Reply #10 - 28.07.05 at 20:44:18

But never assume that your (Tyan, Supermicro Antec, Enermax, Tagan, whatever expensive PSU) works good.

2 powersupply's --> PSU1 was € 130,-
PSU 2 was € 100,-.

Both PSU's died slowly (gave too low voltages,which can kill hardware, especially hard drives).
Both PSU's we're send out for RMA and I got new ones back. PSU1 is an different (better) model for almost the same price. PSU2 is just the same PSU.

I'm not calling names since it could be bad for the reputation of the brand. Since the RMA procedure was fine and it looked like a bad line of PSU's (the PSU's we're bought at the same time and based on the same technology).

When working with expensive and exclusive hardware it's better to check the status of your hardware a couple of times per month. Try to use a multimeter because many PC's cannot read the correct voltage and will show wrong results in the BIOS.

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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Re: what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000?
Reply #11 - 28.07.05 at 20:47:20

My enermax EG365 is the best one I ever had in years, it's already 4 years in service without failing.

the Antec True Power 550P EPS12V is about 2.5 mounths old, extreemly rockstable in SMP machines.

But gett'n back to the topic the minimal PSU recommended for a Voodoo5 6000 is at least 300 watt's, Gary told me this, iot actually depends on what you have in your system, if you have like 6 HDD's a DVD player/burner and DVD rom driver then a 550 Watt would be the better perspective.

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Reply #12 - 29.07.05 at 02:58:58

well staying on track i was more talking about the power staying constant without drops, and in every study the one i was talking about comes in first every time, ive had the enermax psu and never a problem, ive never even had a problem with my shuttle psu, but if you want the best power and cooling is it. there can be only one Roll Eyes

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Re: what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000?
Reply #13 - 29.07.05 at 04:44:19

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top tested power supply for several years running----PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool, when i was doing my case mod i wanted a chrome case for the psu and took one off a cheaper well known brand, it was a joke, when you look at the inside of the 2 psu's they werent even in the same class, it was evident why p & c turbo cool psu's are so much more than all the others, every single part was way more heavy duty, but the flip side is the price, you get what you pay for

I have to agree with BFG as that is the one I trust my Voodoo5 6000 with. PC Power and Cooling, Turbo-Cool 430watt ATX Power Supply (Black). Why would you trust your V5 6K with anything less? I would hate to be crying later that my POS power supply destroyed my V5 6K Cry

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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: what is mini power supply for voodoo5 6000? Reply #14 - 29.07.05 at 12:01:12 okay thanx for the tip then at least I know what I need for my upcomming project, The Force Is With us again! 8) cheers everyone, let's hope that this year end shall be a good one for all of us, that is my biggest wish.
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