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yet another ps suggestion

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P3N1X0R

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so i recently threw together another file server. keepin things easier by seperating file servers, games, video, apps/drivers/utils

well my latest beast is up and i KNOW im underpowering her...the specs are as follows

550mhz p3 katami
some hp board, pulled from work pc
512mb pc 133 sdram
pci ata100 card
pci sata card
pci nic

2 80mm case fans

and hard drives
8gb for os
300gb
and 3 250gb's

its right now sitting on a 300watt PS and since is is an older system what would i want to focus on while still providing enough power for my disks

so any suggestions on a new PS? preferably a quiet one, price isnt too much of a problem, keep it maybe $60 or less, if thats feasible

off to the online shops i go now while i await some reccomendations
 
You'll want a single-rail PSU here; the p3 is drawing all its power over the 20 pin connector, so a dual rail power supply would essentially leave one rail completely unused. That's bad for the life of the PSU. That said, my recommendation is this. 350 watts, Enermax, 26A@12V, 32A@5V, 32A@3.3. Max 185W on the 3.3+5. That 26A isn't happening (that's 312 watts by itself!) but you won't take more than about 5 during high seeks and 10 during the first 2 seconds of startup. If you ever move to a "larger" system with more disks or a faster processor etc you may want to move to a larger PSU, but this should suffice for as long as you use the named setup. It's a little more than $60, but only a little - $64.

 
sweet....looked it over....purchased....

im probably goin to need another down the line.....

thanks unhappy_mage ive seen u around these forums and your word is well respected
 
yup yup most definatly

i have 2 other enermax power supplies in my house as well, this is the 3rd now....

seems in an enermax, ati, amd kinda guy, lol i have all their gear in my house

*edit*
funny now that i think about it, i have a enermax true power 431 watt ps....its been in use since 01 no problems never let me down....good stuff, hope im not jynxing it now by saying so
 
got the supply last nite, good stuff, good n heavy and quality made. fired it right up and left it in my server overnite, so far so good
 
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