Corsair CX430m vs 9 HDDs

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M76

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I just upgraded my NAS/home server. And now it has nine 3.5 spinning drives in it plus one 2.5 SSD.
The hardware under it, is a Zotac Z77-ITX-WIFI (with the wifi module disabled), a G540 and 4GB Dual Channel 2000Mhz RAM. It has no dedicated video, the x16 slot is occupied by a Highpoint 2680 raid card.

It's already running like this, so it seems OK. My question is should I think about upgrading the PSU, or it will be fine for the long term? The server is running 24/7.
 
I wouldn't worry about it. Idling drives use very little power, and since it is on 24/7, you don't really have to worry about spinup load.
 
The only thing I would worry about would be making sure that highpoint card is actively cooled. They tend to overheat and start dropping drives and ports.
 
Randalflagg said:
The only thing I would worry about would be making sure that highpoint card is actively cooled. They tend to overheat and start dropping drives and ports.
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I've had no problems with it so far. I've been using it for 3 years now. But thanks for the heads up.
 
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