Storage Server PSU
I'm looking to put a computer together for a home storage server. My main concern is the PSU. I plan to run a P4 2.8, 1GB RAM, an nVidia 5500, DVD drive, and probably 4 7200rpm IDE/SATA drives for now. The drive count will probably go as high as 8. Newegg says a 675+ watt PSU, another calculator says 450+ watts. I know for a video card the 12V rail is the main concern, but what about drives?
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You could probably get by with a 610W pc power and cooling unit as well.
*NOTE* Pc power & cooling psu's are rated at 50C most other manufactures rate there psu's at room temperature.
I've ran more than that on an Antec 330W PSU before. And hard drives dont pull a lot of wattage anyway.
Anything that spins uses the 12v rail, so hard drives/fans. They all have 12 vdc motors.
That's good to know. For some reason I thought the drives used the 5v rail. Don't know where I got that from.