Let's see your secondary PC Power Supply setups!!

[mcseforsale]

New to the site, but been trolling for about 4 years....

Anyway..I've completed the woodwork and it's turned out better than I'd hoped! 

My plan is to include a separate PC power supply for things such as a small amp with 2 speakers and sub, some cold cathode lighting and possibly some expansion in the future for something like LED button lights and possibly an led-wiz of some sort.

Being the geek that I am, I want the inside of the cab to be as neat and interesting to look at as the outside.  So, I'd like to see how others have setup their secondary PC power supplies.  The more interesting and geeky, the better!    Has anyone made a power box of some sort using, perhaps a project-box...or standoffs?

I'll be empasizing wire management and neatness in my cab, and I'll be decorating the inside, too. 

Once I figure out how to post pics, I'd like to introduce my project...

Thanks!
AJ from the ATL

[mcseforsale]

Got my first project up!   

Here's the link (hope cross posting doesn't get you in trouble...)

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=117977.0

AJ

[Unstupid]

rather than getting a PC power supply just get an arcade power supply for the ancillary stuff.

[ark_ader]

New to the site, but been trolling for about 4 years....

Anyway..I've completed the woodwork and it's turned out better than I'd hoped! 

My plan is to include a separate PC power supply for things such as a small amp with 2 speakers and sub, some cold cathode lighting and possibly some expansion in the future for something like LED button lights and possibly an led-wiz of some sort.

Being the geek that I am, I want the inside of the cab to be as neat and interesting to look at as the outside.  So, I'd like to see how others have setup their secondary PC power supplies.  The more interesting and geeky, the better!    Has anyone made a power box of some sort using, perhaps a project-box...or standoffs?

I'll be empasizing wire management and neatness in my cab, and I'll be decorating the inside, too. 

Once I figure out how to post pics, I'd like to introduce my project...

Thanks!
AJ from the ATL

Hi, welcome to the forums.  I have been here for a few years and I have been trolling too. 

I like using the mini 90W AT PSU you get from old junked machines.  You get just enough for what you want, and they are always so cheap to buy.

I now tend to use 5V now for all my power requirements, which keep the heat to a minimal.

[BobA]

New arcade power supplies have more than enough power to get rid of your secondary supply and just use 1.

[madmatt]

I second Ark.  I have an old PC psu, added a switch, that runs all my outside lights( 4 pairs of cc lights and the  coin door). 
Very easy, but lots of extra wires.

MM

out
 

[mcseforsale]

Thanks all!  I'm looking forward to completing the cab.  Here's where I am so far.  H1N1 got into our house so I've been away from building for the most part.  So, I got the top painted.... I don't know if I'm going to paint the bottom.  Metalcast rules.







AJ

[matsadona]

Maybe I'm just tired and didn't read this through properly, but what is the purpose of a second PSU? Avoid interference or is the current one not powerful enough? I'm assuming that we are talking about a MAME cabinet, right?

[mcseforsale]

Yes.  Mame cabinet.  I don't want the PC to be burdened down with all the wires and external stuff hanging off it.  I want the cab to be completely independent of the PC in terms of power so that I can swap PCs in as I get more experience with frontends, get faster hardware (for things such as PS2 and other high-utilization emus).

Since I get PCs for free, I can just swap them in and out.  I thought of using just a molex card in a PCI slot, but that didn't meet my purposes.  Plus, I want the inside of the cab to look cool, too.  The more wires, edge blocks, cable routing, etc...the better. 

AJ

Maybe I'm just tired and didn't read this through properly, but what is the purpose of a second PSU? Avoid interference or is the current one not powerful enough? I'm assuming that we are talking about a MAME cabinet, right?

[DeLuSioNal29]

Here's what I did.  And they easily disconnect to swap the PC out.



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