Klaus Singvogel wrote: > Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > power supply appears dangerously close to the minimum requirements: > > https://www.servethehome.com/supermicro-x11dpi-n-e-atx-motherboard-review/ > > "We find an idle power draw of 132 watts and Peak of 394 watts to be > > quite common" > > That was with 130 W Xeons. > > True. > > But did you notice that the Supermicro comes with a redudant power supply?
The redundant power supply is to guard against the first one dying, not to provide extra power. > I wouldn't care about your concerns "close to the minimum requirements" here. I would. Supermicro offers a range of single and redundant power supplies; 500W is on the low end for them. -dsr-