Dual PSU

Forum discussion tagged with Dual PSU.
  1. Wafcon

    Question One PSU powering down in Dual PSU rig / PC

    Hello again all, I have a GPU mining rig that I am having issues with. The summary is this: one specific PSU from the rig will predictably power down at some point once the mining rig starts drawing increased power. The end result is that only half of the GPUs and the motherboard remain on...
  2. 5.4ghz_all_10_cores_4ever

    [SOLVED] 2 high quality psus, 1 for mobo, one for gpu, overclock intensive.

    so to start, this is the list of what im running. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/i12b1337plz/saved/ZCCTYJ im wanting to use a spare EVGA supernova 750w gold psu that i have aside from my build thats practically brand new, to power my gpu solely since im drawing a lot of power with my overclocks...
  3. allaboutpcs

    [SOLVED] GPU/ Riser does not start with second PSU

    I am having issue with my 6 GPU Setup. I have 6x RX 6700xt with 009s risers. PSU is Cooler Master MWE 850 Gold V2. 3 GPUS/Risers/SSD/Motherboard are on one PSU. And remaining 3 gpus/risers are on second psu. I am using 24 pin PSU Splitter cable. When I power on, 2nd psu fan rotates for 1 second...
  4. D

    [SOLVED] PC won't post when using 2 PSU

    Mining Build: PSU #1 - RM1000i B450 Tomahawk MAX Ryzen 5 3400G (4+4) Kingston 240GB SSD 2 x PCI-e Riser (Molex) 2 x Asus Strix RTX 3070 (8+8) PSU #2 - RM1000i 2 x PCI-e Riser (Molex) 2 x Asus Strix RTX 3070 (8+8) Condition #1 Both PSUs connected together to the Mobo via a Dual PSU 24-Pin...
  5. O

    Question Powering up GPU with a separate PSU, does it matter if i use a psu with lower wattage than the recommended for the GPU?

    i bought an RX 570 that needs a 500w PSU but the PSU i ordered for it is cancelled due to being out of stock(how irresponsible of the seller, i even waited for 5 days just to receive an email of cancellation by the seller) this has really wasted my time now so i want to buy a psu in my local...
  6. agn0stix12

    Question Using a Pico PSU in addition to a modular (standard ATX) PSU.

    I have a Dell Inspiron 5675 that came with a 460W PSU installed. Now, this is enough to run my current setup; Ryzen 3 1200 (Going to upgrade when Zen 2 [Ryzen 3rd gen arrives]) RX 580 8GB (No overclock) 8GB DDR4 2400 MHz (soon to change to two 16GB 2666 Mhz) HDD 1TB M.2 NVMe 256 GB (have a...
  7. Z

    Question Dual power supply with mini itx

    Hello, I built a small pc with a mini-ITX Z270I motherboard, a i7 8700 cpu, a nvme ssd and 16go of ram. The power comes from a small 160 watts picopsu I can put this pc in my backpack and bring it everyday to work. When I am home, I would like to quickly plug a graphic card so that I can game...