>Doc wrote:
> I run at least a 300W PSU and lots o' fans on anything I want stable.
> It's louder, more expensive, and probably excessive. It gives me warm &
> fuzzies.
Jerome Fine replies:
On the system which has 16 drives, the 300 W PSU is used ONLY
for the 3 EIDE hard drives, the 2 floppy drives and the 2 IDE CDROM
drives - plus the motherboard. Since the EIDE hard drives are hanging
outside of the box, there are enough air currents to keep them cool and
the CPU has its own fan. In that mode, it is EXTREMELY quiet.
When anything else is turned on, I use an additional 300 W PSU to power
up to 5 SCSI hard drives with 2 fans and an Iomega Zip drive. If the
Sony SMO drives are used, they are external boxes with their own PSU.
I realize that 2 * 300 W PSU is overkill for the 13 drives and motherboard,
but I also believe that ONE 300 W PSU is much too tight for that size of
a load.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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Received on Fri Apr 19 2002 - 22:51:53 BST