Its funny I read so many different stories about the +12V1 and the +12V2 on article says the MB and CPU are run on the V2 line another says it's the V1 honestly I don't know who to believe anymore, so I will just go on the face Seasonic is always on the recommend list, rebranded or not.Īnyway the wires on this one are long however but not unmanageable, I was able to tuck the SATA, 6-pin and all the Molex lines behind the HD cage, taped together so as not to block too much air. IT had a 20 +4 Pin, PLUS, 3-4 pin Molex, and 2 SATA power connectors (I still need an extension however due to the 90 degree difference between the HD and the DVD, and a 6-pin connector for a video card (doubt this PSU has enough juice for a 9800 though but you never know since it has a 'dedicated' line. Well I got my Travia (Sesonic rebrand) PSU today and wow super PSU.

If it does not you'll need something like this! I just did a live search for images on SATA splitter and came across multiple enumerations of these types of adapters - choose the store of your choice. If it has any molex adapters (4 pin white trapezoid like connectors) then you can just buy a molex splitter. You'll have to look for some random power adapters - assuming it is laid out the same as a stock 160 watt or 180 watt PSU with only two sata adapters as peripheral power leads (and nothing else) but as pigskin pointed out - not in stock configuration. That's enough amperage that the 9600GT should work with the 230 watt HP stock power supply in my opinion. The above being noted - I understand the the 230watt PSU from HP has a comfy 16amps on the 12 volt rail. One guy had a situation where he only had a 17' LCD and so he'd certaintly never notice the difference. If you play at 1280x1024 resolution or thereabouts you'll notice not difference a reasonable difference between the 9600GT and 9800GT.the extra horsepower only helps at bigger resolutions. If you are an avid gamer with larger than a 19' LCD and like to play at native resolution with all the eye candy turned up than there is no other conclusion than looking into the 9800gt - it is a low profile gaming power house. Pigskin is right about the 9800GT being significantly faster than the 9600GT or any other low profile Nvidia card or ATI card. I do like the Sparkle as well it does have a more proven track record with the slimlines and checking the specs on the SPI220LE5 vs the SPI270 the 12V rails have the same output the only difference in the two is the 5V amperage on the 270 is higher.Īnyway any advise would be much appreciated. I am also having trouble finding specs that are consistent some say it has a 24+8 others say a 24+4 the diagram I saw shows this However it also has a minimum load of 1A do any of you think this would be a problem on the slimline? I doubt I would have much trouble drawing 1A at idle. Anyway the Seasonic lists its 12V1 at 8A and the 12V2 at 14A (22A total) with a peak of 10A and 16A. In any event I was thinking of a Seasonic SS250-SU which seems to be more efficient than the Sparkle since when reading the specs on the Sparkle you will find it list peak amperages the actual continuous amperages is lower. I received my PSU but as I figured it was too wide it's 3.9' which I could probably get to fit but did not want to modify the case metal that much in order to fit it in there. Well back from Vacation and getting ready for my build. PM me if you have a reply.Let's keep this type of discussion out of this slimline thread so it doesn't clutter up the slimline material. I'm not familiar with that motherboard, but some motherboards give you LED light codes, or beep codes. There's not any real great ways to check this out. If you don't get anywhere with this then you'll have to start swapping out components with a known good computer setup.

What type of PSU are you running on this setup - does it have sufficiently powerful amps on the rails? Why do you not have a dedicated video card rather than using integrated video for a hardcore gaming setup. 1 stick of RAM, no video card, no Hard-drive, no cd-rom, no reostat controllers, no extra fans - basically no extras (sound card etc) See if you can get it to turn on then. I then try to plug everything in with the absolute minimum. When I get in this kind of situation I first unhook EVERYTHING, including the PSU, and PSU power cables. This isn't really a great thread to ask questions about a completely non-related machine, and I'm sorry but I don't have any great advice.

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