Intel ATX Power Supply Design Guide

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3.3 Typical Power Distribution

Although power requirements and distributions will depend on the specific system options and implementation, this section identifies several potential configurations. For a single processor mini-tower configuration with one ISA slot, three PCI slots, one shared slot, and six peripheral bays, a minimum 160 W sustained (200 W peak) power supply should be sufficient for a typical application. For a full tower, dual processor configuration with one ISA slot, five PCI slots, one shared slot, and six peripheral bays, a 300 W sustained power supply should be sufficient. Tables 4, 5, 6, and 7 list the suggested power distribution for various configurations and applications.

Table 4: Typical Power Distribution for a 160 W Configuration

 

Min.

Max.

Peak

 

 

Current

Current

Current

 

Output

(amps)

(amps)

(amps)

Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

+12VDC

0.0

6.0

8.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

+5VDC

1.0

18.0

 

+3.3VDC and +5VDC combined power 110 W max

 

 

 

 

 

+3.3VDC

0.3

14.0

 

Pin 11 default +3.3 V sense required

 

 

 

 

 

-5VDC

0.0

0.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-12VDC

0.0

0.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+5VSB

0.0

0.72

 

See Section 3.4.3.

 

 

 

 

 

Table 5: Typical Power Distribution for a 200 W Configuration

 

Min.

Max.

Peak

 

 

Current

Current

Current

 

Output

(amps)

(amps)

(amps)

Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

+12VDC

0.0

6.0

8.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

+5VDC

1.0

21.0

 

+3.3VDC and +5VDC combined power 125 W Max

 

 

 

 

 

+3.3VDC

0.3

14.0

 

Pin 11 default +3.3 V sense required

 

 

 

 

 

-5VDC

0.0

0.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-12VDC

0.0

0.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+5VSB

0.0

0.72

 

See Section 3.4.3.

 

 

 

 

 

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