Hi,

And thank you. I was already aware of the differences between fake-raid and real cards. But I can's manage to find, in the tech specs datasheets, the consumption of the cards (I searched for PERC series, P410, some Adaptec controllers)... Seems that no measurement is done ?

Thanks for pointing me to this documentation. But it's only related to recent boards, which are quite expensive.

What about old ones ? Does someone has a clue ?

Thanks,

Hello, It's been months since I posted here . Today my home server runs a A4-4000 APU on a 6-SATA ports mainboard and 1 x 8 Gb memory module. Add to this 3 x 3 Tb Western Digital Red hard drives, and I get a consomption below 40W. I'm fine with this. But today, I'd like to run virtualization on this...

Hi, I'm back after a few weeks of running this new configuration. Linux, 3 hard drives (WD Red series) in RAID5, running 24/24 : average consumption of 38W with my Antec 380. I managed to borrow a Seasonic power supply and I got no difference at all at the meter ! Next step is to try to undervolt : ...

Hello, @ faugusztin : you"re right, my HDD are power-consuming (between 6 and 8W each, depending on their activity). It means ~ 20W only for storage. I plan to migrate on 2 Tb low-power hard disk drives in the future (probably next year) : i was looking at WD Green series. Currently, my power supply...

Hi ! Back after a few months. I finally managed to find the components I was looking for. My new homeserver is based on : - a Lian-Li PC-Q08 case - ASROCK A75M-ITX mainboard - A6-3500 APU - Antec 380W Green - 4 Gb - 3 x 1 Tb in software RAID-5 (Linux) Currently, in idle mode the consumption of this ...

Hello, Sorry for this long silence, was very busy ;). 80+ is meaningless. Logicsupply has a European shop where you can get picos and stuff. A 400W Golden Green would be an option as well. Those are available in regular channels in Europe under the Superflower brand if you want a quality PSU that's ...

You're right, I'll probably won't get full benefice of the 80+ power supply. Do you know any ATX "low power specialized" supply ? Here in France I didn't find any... Probably did'nt look for the right brand name ?

In fact transcoding is not stricty needed. But if the new CPU allows me to, sometimes, trancode on-the-fly a .flv on my DSL box, I'd enjoy it ! My workstation is not always powered on, and I don't store any media file on it : all media files are located on this mini-server (that's why of the huge di...

Please, don't forget my first post...

falagar wrote:Firstly : sorry for my poor english, it is not my birth language.

In idle state, do intel cpu have really lower consumption that AMD ones ?

If I gain only 2 ou 3 watts per hour, since AMD are far less expensive...

Thanks,

Hello, It does not matter : I will keep this computer running for years. If I must buy a new case, it's not a problem. But it must offer at least 4 HDD slots, 6 if possible. This is very important imo, for example you might be happy with your current case performance/noise Noise was a problem when I...

Hi, and thank you very much for all your posts. What size are you building? ATX, mATX or mini ITX? It does not matter : I will keep this computer running for years. If I must buy a new case, it's not a problem. But it must offer at least 4 HDD slots, 6 if possible. If you just need a file server the...

Hi, Firstly : sorry for my poor english, it is not my birth language. I looked in the forum in the last few days but I didn't find exactly the pieces of information I was looking for. I have been using in the last 8 year a barebone (ASUS P4-533A), with a P4B 2,4 Ghz and 3 HD in software RAID (Linux)...