hi ive just bought a second hand shuttle 200w psu for the grand total of £5 thought i could use for my LEDS fans and maybe w/c when its finished what do you think have i lost the plot or a bargain genius?

how does a psu get activated without a mobo this may be a nub question

theres a thread on the forum explaining this, its connecting basically just two pins in the atx m/board lead

You have a OCZ GXS 700W PSU & only a pair of 6600GT's, you will never need a bigger or additional PSU!

as i pm'd you earlier im having a shuffle round of cases got a vc2000+ on da way and im shopping this week for new gpu\s, m\board and cpu's

so is it a good idea i thought it would be a tad cheaper than expansion psu and heaven knows i'll have enuf space in my lian li

OT: i like ur sig dutch

If in doubt, do it! :cool:

Just perhaps do it with what you are replacing before trying on new expensive stuff...

boo

I'd power my HDDs, optical drives, and "bling" with a secondary low wattage PS, but I'd be leery about powering any component (like cpu fans or watercooling) who's failure could fry my system.

At least that way, if the secondary PS dies on you (I've got a "cute" little 145w hidden in the basement for a similar project in the future... ) the worst that would happen is that your lights would go out &/or your Hdd will spool down.

sounds logical maybe try it out on my secondary rig and test the psu as well

ne other comments, crap is that the time its 3.30am here, got to be up in 2and half hours cya

Heh.....

I know that feeling.... my weekend WC build took a little longer than I anticipated and I just happened to notice that my initial OC testing had taken me up to 4 am! (Good thing I'm working nights this week)

Have a great day.

Sure you can use the 200w PSU as a secondary PSU. Just make sure to load the lines properly or the +12v will not work to spec. To turn it on with the primary PSU, you just need to connect the ON_PWR pin and a ground pin on the motherboard plug.