EVGA Power Boost Officially Launched
I talked about this gadget few days ago in this news and now EVGA Power Boost has been officially launched. EVGA Power Boost is a small adapter you plug into an empty X1 or X16 PCI-Express slot to bring additional power and stability to your greedy graphics cards. The price? USD $20.00…
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hmm.. how can this work without crossing two power rails?.. the pci-e slots already have 12v power ..adding this adds 12v power directly from the same PSU but a different rail..wouldnt that take it up to 24v?
does this only work on certain evga mobos?
if not..id like to see the pinout so i can hack up a dead card and make my own! (im guessing pins 1-4 are the only used as they are the +12v and ground pins)
oh my god wackedman better you don´t make your own.
Why 24v ??????
why 24v?
well the pcie slots provides 12v already, as seen here..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express#Pinout
…add another 12v from this and you have 24v
like putting two batteries together.. 1.5v+1.5v=3v
That’s only when you connect them in series. If you connect them in parallel the current will be summed.
it is as jK says.