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Any foreseeable issues with this setup?

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Antec SmartPower II Modular 500W powering a fileserver with:

Athlon T-Bird 1.4
MSI K7T 266
512 Ram
5 SATA drives
Raid Controller
DVD-RW
2 NIC's

I'm leaning towards this powersupply because of the modular cables, if there is something that would suit my needs better feel free to reccomend it.
 
1/2 of the +12V won't be used as your CPU is powered by the +5V rail.

It will work, but dual +12V rails are designed for modern computers when the CPU is powered by the +12V.
 
Well chances are the CPU/MB/RAM will be upgraded in the future as the machine moves from pure fileserver to HTPC type of role. What rail do the HD's run on ? Thats my main concern because although I have 5 now more might be added to the RAID5 array.
 
Probably to whats in my sig (which needs to be upgraded) as I upgrade my main machine.
 
Ender said:
Probably to whats in my sig (which needs to be upgraded) as I upgrade my main machine.
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Then I would just keep the Tru550 and get a new PSU for the upgrade of your current sig computer. It will be way overkill for the K7 but it will work just fine until you get the P4 setup in there(when it will still work obviously) and you are going to want a 24pin PSU when you upgrade your sig anyway.

So the plan would be get a PSU for your SIG upgrade and swap it into your sig computer now. What will that upgrade be?
 
Okay but chances are I'm not going to upgrade my main machine anytime soon (least 6 months), I used to do a good amount of gaming on it but ever since I got my xbox I've been using that for my gaming needs. And of course I need the power supply for the fileserver immediately.
 
Ender said:
Okay but chances are I'm not going to upgrade my main machine anytime soon (least 6 months), I used to do a good amount of gaming on it but ever since I got my xbox I've been using that for my gaming needs. And of course I need the power supply for the fileserver immediately.
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Well then you will be looking at buying 2 PSU's I guess. Go with David's recommendation above this post. Nice and quiet to boot.
 
Thats it? Just a 350W ? I will be adding HD's in the future. Also whats up with the colorful fan... I seriously have no need for that! :p
 
http://www.directron.com/turbocool300.html
$32 PCP&C

there plain jane :p

w\ 12A +12V Id say you good to spinup 5 HDDs and an optical at boot
(once they are spinning they'll need only 3A to keep running, if you employ a RAID card that staggers spinup you can stuff more HDDs in takes about 2A per drive to spinup, drops to 0.5A per once spun)

even massive SCSI NAS had just a 300Watt till very recently
because they where able to stagger the spinup of the drives and the runtime draw aint all that great

there are quite a few SATA\IDE controllers that allow staggered spinup

however personally the best deal I see in that clearence section is the
http://www.directron.com/turbocool475.html
 
I'll go with the 475W model you suggested since it seems like a good bargain, especially if its built by PCP&C. Besides I'm sure I'll add more drives to the array and its good to be futureproofed a bit!

BTW, the raid card I have is the 3ware 9500-S. I'm pretty sure it supports staggered spinup, or it sure in hell should for what I paid for it :D
 
well that 475 is a Turbo Cool w\ all that entails
1% load regulation, 1% AC Ripple, the widest possible VAC range, inline conditioning

its an older ATX12V v1.3 (not a hybrid) but exactly what you need
and about as bulletproof as it gets
if I had the $$$ Id by 2 of em for some of my older boxes at that price
 
Ice Czar said:
its an older ATX12V v1.3 (not a hybrid) but exactly what you need
and about as bulletproof as it gets
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When you say older ATX12V 1.3 what exactly do you mean? Or to be more specific what is this power supply not compatible with?
 
http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/other/psu-methodology/p21.gif
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/psu-methodology_13.html

an ATX12V v1.3 hybrid is for comparitive purposes much like an ATX12V v2.0
only it has a single +12V rail
OCZ Powerstreams other than the 600W are an example

they have more wattage dedicated to the +12V rail to power mobos that employ the +12V for the CPU, (and auxillary power to AGP cards and PCI-E)
whereas older boards used the +5V rail (there was no PCI-E and AGP cards where also heavy +3.3V\+5V consumers)
if the board has an auxillary (2x2) 4 pin +12V mobo connector its employing the +12V to power the CPU
(all P4s and some AMDs you have to look at the board)

if it doesnt have the 4 pin aux connector then a "true" ATX12V v1.3 has a more typical allocation of power to rails for the config and most all the +12V power is for drives

that PCP&C predates the switch to the +12V for most of the components
and is ideal for a +5V powered CPU mobo w\ alot of drives
like your T-Bird\K7T266 config

it would also be OK to power a very lean modern config provided you dont ask more than 18A +12V total
http://takaman.jp/D/index.html?english

but for comparative purposes my PCP&C 510 has 34A +12V (38A peak)
which is also an ATX12V v1.3 having a single +12V rail
(in my case w\ EPS12V compatible connectors 24 pin main, 8 pin aux and AGP Pro 6 pin a special order AG designation)
 
Thank you for the clarification, I ordered it this morning but I gotta say they have some crazy shipping charges! Hopefully it will make it here by Friday with UPS Ground.
 
Ender said:
Thank you for the clarification, I ordered it this morning but I gotta say they have some crazy shipping charges! Hopefully it will make it here by Friday with UPS Ground.
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They have always been cheap on PSU shipping to me(12 for 3 day).
 
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