[mythtv-users] Getting OT: What size power supply for this backend...

Willy Boyd willyboyd at gmail.com
Thu Dec 14 00:06:34 UTC 2006


On 12/13/06, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13/12/06, Willy Boyd <willyboyd at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 12/13/06, stephen <mythmail at rogers.com> wrote:
> > > (snip)
> > >
> > > This is a handy little link:
> > >
> > > http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp
> >
> > I've got a semi-related OT question.  Well, at least this thread
> > brought it to mind.  I'm not as much concerned with finding the right
> > wattage, as I am with a supply that has enough leads.  When I built my
> > backend, I bought a nice, quite Zalman P/S that I love.  Then when
> > upgrading my file server to RAID-5, found that I was lacking one HDD
> > lead on its P/S.  So in the pinch, I had to swap them out.  Really
> > dislike have the louder one in my living room, while the Zalman is
> > stuck in the office with an already loud file server.  In the mean
> > time I've been trying to figure out boot-from-USB so I can take the
> > server's disc drive out and free up one lead.  When I looked around
> > before I couldn't definitive info on exactly how many leads a supply
> > has.  Anybody advice?  Any known supplies with at least 5 connectors
> > for 3.5 inch drives?
>
> My Seasonic S12 430W has 6 large Molex connectors for IDE devices, 2
> small connectors for floppy drives etc, and 2 SATA power connectors.
> The manual shows all S12 PSUs having at least 5 large Molex
> connectors, the more powerful units having 2 PCI-E connectors for the
> most demanding video cards. But, as Jake suggests, is there a reason
> why a simple Y-splitter will not be appropriate?

Hehe, simply because I didn't realize such a thing existed.  For all
these years of building my own, I've just never come across the need
or seen one (until now).  That is exactly what I will do.

Thanks.

>
> Nick
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