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Topic: Do the Molex Powered Risers need to come from same 12v rail as MOBO? (Read 839 times)

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Also, how much power is drawn through the powered risers?

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Powered risers molex draw max of 75 watt which is the same as if you use 16x PCI-e riser without molex.

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Do the powered risers have to come from the same 12v rail as the motherboard?

They should because of voltage difference between both psus. From experience I would say that best idea is to power risers from one psu, even though with some psus it works other way without problems.
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This question is unanswerable - it depends on the PSU.
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Also, how much power is drawn through the powered risers?

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Powered risers molex draw max of 75 watt which is the same as if you use 16x PCI-e riser without molex.

Thank you.

Do the powered risers have to come from the same 12v rail as the motherboard?
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Also, how much power is drawn through the powered risers?

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Powered risers molex draw max of 75 watt which is the same as if you use 16x PCI-e riser without molex.
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Also, how much power is drawn through the powered risers?

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As above really.

Have a Dell 1440w server PSU nearly ready to go, but need to know if I need to use the 'MOBO' PSU to power the risers?

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