[mythtv-users] New System - Looking for Feedback

[R. G. Newbury]

On 02/09/2010 10:45 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:11 PM, R. G. Newbury<newbury at mandamus.org>  wrote:
>> On 02/09/2010 07:53 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2/9/2010 18:21, Brian Fischer wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS
>>>> Certified, Single 12V Rail, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7,i5"
>>>> Power Supply - Retail
>>>
>>> Why such an excessively overpowered supply? The hardware you have listed
>>> there will never peak over 200W. Toss in another 20W per hard drive for
>>> spinup, maybe 10W per tuner, and you're still far over spec.
>>
>> Have you *tried* to find a small power supply lately? I had to go looking in
>> early December and the lowest powered PS I could find was a 350 Watt unit. I
>> ended up with a 400 watt modular so I would not have to deal with a dozen
>> unwanted wires.
>
> Assuming that the link survives email here's three 200W supplies from NewEgg
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=+40000058&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&Subcategory=-1&description=200w+power+supply&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=
>
> Now, I have no idea whether they have the right connectors to drive my
> specific MB but they are out there.

And the third one down, gets a solid thrashing in the user reviews. 2 of 
them died within a couple of weeks. So they may be 'out there', where 
'there' is the trash!!
But thanks!

Geoff


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