Has anyone seen these before? I have about 10 sitting in my cupboard of tech junk that I got for free.
Worth using?
Worth using?
Not really, unless your PSU is sheite.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
He got Corsair which is very good quality. Even if it for some reason failed, likelyhood of taking gfx with it is small.
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protector? is that just a 6-pin shield thingy or something?
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I imagine it's some sort of surge protector that has a 6-pin intake and output, to stick into your graphics card and PSU cable.haffeysucks wrote:
protector? is that just a 6-pin shield thingy or something?
Worth using I suppose. No harm.
actually it can have some little downsides. + its pointless. Its not like the Corsair PSU is going to secksplode the gfx card....Finray wrote:
I imagine it's some sort of surge protector that has a 6-pin intake and output, to stick into your graphics card and PSU cable.haffeysucks wrote:
protector? is that just a 6-pin shield thingy or something?
Worth using I suppose. No harm.
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Might stick 'em on eBay.
Unless anyone wants one, lol
Unless anyone wants one, lol
I think I know why you got them for free
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seems rather pointless given the fact that a GPU also draws power though the mobo
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But if it did, wouldn't the mobo short first? Considering ATI 4800 cards (I don't know about NVidia, haven't kept up with them) take a 24 V connector right to the card from the PSU, couldn't it possibly offer a little protection?max wrote:
seems rather pointless given the fact that a GPU also draws power though the mobo
I wouldn't mind having one, if only for the lulz, but don't have paypal + shipping would be ridiculously high.
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GPUs draw power from both the mobo (75W for PCIe 1.1, 150W for PCIe 2) and though the PCIe 6/8pin connectors
There isn't a lot that can fry between the power connector on the mobo and the GPU. Chances are that the GPU will fry before the conduits in the mobo are damaged. If the PSU really does cause a voltage surge, everything that is connected will be affected
On the other hand a lot can go wrong in one of these protectors, deteriorating the quality of the power supplied thus causing instability
Also it's 12V. 24V would cause insta-fry
There isn't a lot that can fry between the power connector on the mobo and the GPU. Chances are that the GPU will fry before the conduits in the mobo are damaged. If the PSU really does cause a voltage surge, everything that is connected will be affected
On the other hand a lot can go wrong in one of these protectors, deteriorating the quality of the power supplied thus causing instability
Also it's 12V. 24V would cause insta-fry
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
Lol, so it is. My bad.max wrote:
Also it's 12V. 24V would cause insta-fry
I use one of these.
I'd love to see what's inside. Crack the black plastic open and take pics.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Or mail it to freezer and let him post picsFreezer7Pro wrote:
I'd love to see what's inside. Crack the black plastic open and take pics.
secondedFreezer7Pro wrote:
I'd love to see what's inside. Crack the black plastic open and take pics.
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
thirdedededdedmax wrote:
secondedFreezer7Pro wrote:
I'd love to see what's inside. Crack the black plastic open and take pics.