I have similar setup to what JJ picked. I chose a Corsair 650W PSU for only reason - the PSU fan is off below 200W. I have yet to hear it turning on, even at full load. I am not a gamer, internal Gfx is plenty fast for me.
Unless one need add on Gfx., 300W is plenty. 4x 3.5" hdd RAID is less than additional 40W at full load. With 300W PSU he should be at ideal power efficiency most of the time too. Just my 2c, -T On Feb 8, 2018 3:56 PM, "John Jason Jordan" <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: > On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 00:23:42 -0800 > King Beowulf <kingbeow...@gmail.com> dijo: > > >No quibbles here except for the power supply. > > > >300W is going to be a bit thin at load even with intel GPU, and a HD or > >two, some USB stuff and you are already pushing almost 200W at load. > >Also, this power supply is for older style AT boards. You need ATX > >power supply unless you want to modify plugs and use adapters - and > >have enough 3.3V and 12V amps. > >Don't skimp on the power supply. A poor choice can fry all the other > >components. > > The CPU is rated at 91w full load. I can't find specs for the > motherboard and RAM. As for drives, there will be two optical drives, > but all the other storage will be SSD. There will be one case fan. I > find it difficult to believe that I will exceed 300w. > > However I do take to heart your comment about ATX. I knew that the > motherboard was ATX, but it never occurred to me that power supplies > were not universal. I just bought the cheapest 300w power supply they > had. > > Having said the above, the computer I will be putting together is a > replacement for a seven-year old computer in a case with a 500x Antec > EA-500 power supply: > > https://www.antec.com/product.php?Type=c:\boot.ini&id=MTIxNQ==&lan=jp > > Antec's web site does not say if it is an ATX power supply, but it is > currently powering an ATX motherboard, so it probably is. The only > reasons I bought the new power supply is because the existing case, > power supply, RAM, motherboard and CPU will go to a good home, and sans > power supply it is not plug and play, plus the existing power supply > is now seven years old. Still, it is a backup. > > >Also, hope you budgeted heatsink/fan and thermal compound. I new Free > >Geek has boxes of heatsinks but not all will fit the newer CPUs. > >Cooler Master and Thermaltake in the $20-30 range are good. > > > >Also, I've recently switched from Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound to > >the non-electrically conductive Arctic MX-4. 8 yr durability, stays > >soft. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAB7G5F67951 > > This is also something that I did not buy. Free Geek has nothing for > socket 1151. Best Buy at Jantzen Beach might have a heatsink/fan and > thermal compound but Best Buy no longer answers their phones inside > the store. Damn, I miss ENUinc. It looks like I might need to make a > trip to Wilsonville before next Saturday (18th). > > Thanks for the heads up! > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
