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  1. 11-18-2004, 03:52 PM #1
    belezeebub
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    Dumb OPUS question

    This is the system I am builing into a mini cube PC box, I know there are a ton of Links about power draw but they seem to differ so here are my questions.

    Does the Opus need a ITP ? (If not I assume I can plug power from a relay stright to the OPUS.

    Will the 150++ Opus power all of these
    (OPUS 150 watt DC-DC Power Supply for Shuttle PC's)

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    USB TV Tuner card.(will be addedd later)
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  2. 11-18-2004, 04:37 PM #2
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    P4 2.5GHz? which generation is this one? they differ in power consumption.
    anyway, just google and u can find a few online PSU wattage calculator
    http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/

    anyway, even assuming that you are using northwood, you system (minus the display) is already drawing close to 200W.

    so a quick answer would be no, it won't work

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  3. 11-18-2004, 04:37 PM #3
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    No, it will probably not. A P$ at 2.5 a desktop cd and hdd, most definatly no, something's got to give, and it should be the cpu. Maybe now, in the winter it will work in terms of heat, but it surely won't work in the summer.
    To answer your other question, no the Opus doesn't need "ITPS".
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  4. 11-18-2004, 04:57 PM #4
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    Then I am even more confused the Opus has a PS for teh shuttle that will work on P4's but just about any P4 system exceeds the wattage the PS will put out.according to the power calcs I have used.
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  5. 11-19-2004, 02:15 PM #5
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    You could underclock the cpu...
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  6. 11-19-2004, 02:17 PM #6
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    I comfortably run a 2.4ghz celeron. Why would you need something so powerful anyway ?
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  7. 11-19-2004, 04:53 PM #7
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    Simple there is not a huge price differance between the 2.4 Cellly and the real one so why not go for broke?


    Quote Originally Posted by Matthew230
    I comfortably run a 2.4ghz celeron. Why would you need something so powerful anyway ?
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  8. 11-20-2004, 06:10 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by belezeebub
    Simple there is not a huge price differance between the 2.4 Cellly and the real one so why not go for broke?
    Because you won't be able to power it?
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  9. 11-20-2004, 07:54 AM #9
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    Well another sugession in case u feel like running P4 2.4 then why not use 2 OPUS power supplies in parallel ...that means 300 Watts of POWER ..sufficient for any add on that u can think off .....;-)
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  10. 01-26-2005, 02:13 PM #10
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    Onboard Video

    I don't see a check box for how much power the on-board video takes on the power calc sites.
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