Which Powersupply would you recommend?

peter89 · Post by **peter89** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:09 am

WHICH POWER SUPPLY IS YOU RECOMMEND?

My CPU SPEC:
Intel Pentium 4 2.8E
2048MB DDR400 Memory RAM (512 x 4pcs)
Asus P4C800 Deluxe Motherboard
PowerColor 9600XT 256MB APG Card
Sony 18x DVDRW Drive
5x SATA RAID Card
80GB HDD (SATA) x 1
120GB HDD (SATA) x 5
160GB HDD (PATA) x 1
200GB HDD (SATA) x 3
200GB HDD (PATA) x 1
320GB HDD (SATA) x 1
Casing FAN LED 12CM x 4
Casing FAN 8CM x 4

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:26 am

Wow, that sure is alot of Hard drives! What size is your case to fit them all in?

With that many hard drives I would reccomend a 450-500W PSU. According to extreme PSU calculator the peak power draw, i.e. the max power it can possibly need is 416W, so get a bigger PSU than that.

As to brands, i cant remember if it was this forum where we had a thread with quality hard drives or a different site. But any major name player should do, I'm sure others will be able to reccomend you in that area.

Dan

peter89 · Post by **peter89** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:08 am

thanks.

Post by **dicecca112** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:22 am

your gonna be hard pressed to find a psu with 10 Sata Connectors, your gonna be relegated to using converters for the sata drives. ALso finding at a minimum 11 Molexes is also gonna be hard. This could get expensive.

Your other issues is all those drives pull from the 12V rail, so you need a PSU that has a real beefy 12V rail, also could be expensive.

It would be far cheaper for you to get 2 500GB Satas or 4 320GB drives

The problem is you really only need 500W drive, but finding something with a beefy 12V in that area with the right amount of connectors is impossible

Tagan Offers 10Sata but only 3 molex
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817101014

This has 6 molex and 6 sata
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817256007

If you replace the 80, 120, and the 4 200GBs with 2 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136014 then its doable. If not your out of luck. Its not doable, not from a power standpoint, but just down to the fact that no harddrive can offer that amount of connectors on a desktop platform

And I know of no case that can accomondate 12 HDDS

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:10 pm

You could try out the 'new' antec approach with the P190 and have 2 separate power supplies. If your case can fit all those HD's, then maybe you can fit two PSUs? Would work around the needed sata power connectors and 12v rail.

Just curious, but why do you need so many drives anyway?

Dan

Pengwin · Post by **Pengwin** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:23 am

dicecca112 wrote: And I know of no case that can accomondate 12 HDDS

Lian Li

Post by **dicecca112** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:38 am

which? V1000 sure doesn't

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:50 am

Maybe he's got a big case to start off with and has something like this too?

Dan

camaroguy1998 · Post by **camaroguy1998** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:54 pm

I have a Lian Li PC-75, it will accommodate 13 HD's depending on configuration. Yes I have the Lian Li EX-23 and love it!

Lian Li PC 75 has 7 external 5.25 bays, 3 external 3.5 bays and 5 internal 3.5s
If you run one ROM drive and one floppy you have room for 13 HD's!

This case has (6) 80mm case fans, also the EX-23 has another 80mm and then whatever your PSU has, so cooling is excellent!

So far, I have not found another case that compares!

Post by **Apoptosis** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:56 pm

camaroguy1998 wrote:I have a Lian Li PC-75, it will accommodate 13 HD's depending on configuration. Yes I have the Lian Li EX-23 and love it!

Lian Li PC 75 has 7 external 5.25 bays, 3 external 3.5 bays and 5 internal 3.5s
If you run one ROM drive and one floppy you have room for 13 HD's!

This case has (6) 80mm case fans, also the EX-23 has another 80mm and then whatever your PSU has, so cooling is excellent!

So far, I have not found another case that compares!

I'd hope not... That's insane... Got any pics of your rig?

camaroguy1998 · Post by **camaroguy1998** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:11 pm

Apoptosis wrote:
camaroguy1998 wrote:I have a Lian Li PC-75, it will accommodate 13 HD's depending on configuration. Yes I have the Lian Li EX-23 and love it!

Lian Li PC 75 has 7 external 5.25 bays, 3 external 3.5 bays and 5 internal 3.5s
If you run one ROM drive and one floppy you have room for 13 HD's!

This case has (6) 80mm case fans, also the EX-23 has another 80mm and then whatever your PSU has, so cooling is excellent!

So far, I have not found another case that compares!
I'd hope not... That's insane... Got any pics of your rig?

Yes I have a cpl, but I dont have them posted anywhere in order to link them here!

Do you have any recommendations on a good place to post them?

camaroguy1998 · Post by **camaroguy1998** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:23 pm

Nevermind I called a friend he said photobucket works so here ya go!