Power Supply Requirements ??

[RX]

Hi All !

I recently installed a Scope Pro (15DSP) as a third card, next to 2 Pulsar2s (2x6DSP).

I'm getting a bit worried about whether my power supply is adequate, especially since I will be adding a second internal HD soon ?

The current Power Supply is good for 320W or so.

The rest of the setup, relevant to power consumption :

* AMD CPU, I think it's an XP 3200
* 1 (but soon 2) internal HDs
* 2 DVD writers
* KeyStation 88Pro which gets its power from USB (apparently the external power supply should only be used if connected over MIDI )

Is this going to get me in trouble ?

I'm also interested in cooling solutions - I only have the CPU fan, is there any really easy way to get some extra cooling (and won't that stress my power supply even further) ?

I was thinking, maybe there's some kind of small fan I can put at the bottom of the case ? Or will that only blow the air around inside the case without actually providing real cooling ?

No HW wizard me

Thanx !!!
Philip

[garyb]

how does it run?

a poor quality supply of 320watts is probably best replaced. a high quality 320watt supply is problably ok. the same for cooling. if the components are not overly warm, there's not a problem.

[RX]

Thanx for the quick reply !

It is supposed to be a high-quality, low-noise power supply.

A friend of mine hand-picked the components, and he was very well informed... He's a sound engineer, and he knew all about the requirements for PCs when it comes to making music.

So I'll stick with it for now. Are there any things that I can monitor ? I have the Asus Prob utility, which also shows voltage fluctuations and stuff. However, I have no clue on how to interpret it - i.e. what is good, what is bad

Thanx again !
Philip

[garyb]

if 5vlt is 5vt, 12vlt is 12vlt and nothing's overheating, you're good. if you were running out of juice, you'd likely see some symptoms...

[emphazer]

rx, try a program like everest to monitor mobo and cpu temperature etc.

i remember i had one time an overheating problem
because of the closed chassis.
the result were for example
after 30 min i had in the mixer all inputs on all channel
crickle, stops and really nasty sound

[RX]

Sounds good, but I think the Asus Prob utility I have (which matches nicely with my Asus mobo ) does already a good job of monitoring Fan speed, Temperatures and Voltages. My problem was more how to interpret the voltage graph - what kind of fluctuations are acceptable, and what kind should set the alarm bells ringing.

The Scope manuals do not include power requirements do they ? Or did I read over that ?

Thx for the advice everyone !

[kylie]

The Scope manuals do not include power requirements do they ? Or did I read over that ?

12W for the Project, 15W for the Professional and 6W for the Luna/Home (in my manual)

-greetings, markus-