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I've been searching on the internet for ages and I can't seem to find out what this power supply is rated at, anyone good at reading labels?

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    Looks like 484W Max?
    – DavidPostill ♦
    Commented Feb 28, 2016 at 0:43
  • Searching for the The FSP500-50AAGA model number shows that it's a 500 watts. It's also part of the model number.
    – mtone
    Commented Feb 28, 2016 at 1:40

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500W total over the whole system. However you can't supply more than 484W total over 12V and no single 12V rail can exceed the rating stated - so 12V1 would supply 12x14w and so on.

As for why 3 rails? One for the CPU, one for the PCIe power, and one for everything else. It should work fine for most purpose. Johnny Guru has a write up on what his means, and why its a non issue. For most uses there's no advantage or disadvantage in this, but clearly this was the confusing part.

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  • Just curious - I do realise not everyone inhales articles about hardware like I sometimes do, but which part of the label was confusing? The two different max wattages mentioned?
    – Journeyman Geek ♦
    Commented Feb 28, 2016 at 14:38

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