[mythtv-users] Awsome Case For Myth Frontend!
Yan Seiner
yan at seiner.com
Thu May 3 16:23:26 UTC 2007
Eric Smith wrote:
> Are there any concerns about the included 200W PS? I guess with
> onboard video this becomes less of a problem, but this is obviously
> very low by today's standards?
>
I suspect power supply numbers are sort of like snake oil.... Newer PS
makers play a numbers game.
I have an ancient HP server with a claimed 225W PS. That wimpy PS
pulled 4 IDE drives, 2 P-III CPUs, and 4 PCI cards for better than 9
years without a glitch. It's still running with 4 IDE drives but with 2
PCI cards as my backup server. That thing puts out A LOT of heat; the
room it was in didn't need heating in the winter, and needed its own
window AC unit in the summer.
I've had advertised 500W PS smoke on starting 4 IDE drives...
As with many things, it's the quality of the hardware, and not
necessarily the printing on the box it ships in.
--Yan
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