Nuitari posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below, on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:26:03 -0500:
>> The origional ps in this case was 500. We replaced it with 550 which >> from what i gather should have been enough to handle the drives as well >> as everything else, that's what i was told anyway. What would generally >> be recommended for this much stuffed into a case like this? > > Which brand / model it is ? > > You should be able to open the case and also see how much it is reader for > each amp level that it does. 550 /should/ be enough, correct. However, as Nuitari asks, what brand, and is it UL/CE certified or not? If not, as I said, the rating's worth less than the sticker it's printed on. Even the good brands have occasional duds. I recently read about someone having Enermax dud, for instance, and normally that's a decent brand, from all I know. You also mentioned dual Opteron 242, which is what I have. My Tyan board required a second connector for the additional power, an 8-pin "EPS-12V" connector. It also has a 6-pin "SSI Workstation" connector for AGP-Pro, but I didn't need that since I'm not running that powerful a video card. However, I expect I'd have issues if I didn't have the 8-pin plugged in. I had to buy a special power supply to get that. Since we are both running similar equipment, different mobo but both running dual Opteron 242, with RAID (mine is four-drive Seagate SATA 300 gig, plus an older 250 gig Maxtor PATA not in the RAID, plus I've both a CD burner and a DVD burner), and I've had no problems with power here, perhaps my power supply would be of interest? (This assumes you have the same 8-pin EPS-12v board connector and don't need the 6-pin AGP-Pro thing.) Vantec Stealth VAN-520A (520W sustained, 620W 60 second peak rating). I purchased it at Fry's Electronics, tho similar rated supplies are available online for somewhat cheaper. (I like pricewatch.com, as I've had decent experiences with their vendors, but even if you don't buy from pricewatch listed vendors, it's a very quick way to come up with "street price" estimates. Even for stuff like power supplies and cases that I usually buy locally, I'll check pricewatch to get an idea of the internet price, before doing my local shopping. Generally speaking, a price within 20% higher, more or less depending on item, will then be a decent local brick and mortar sourced deal.) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html -- [email protected] mailing list
