impressive consumption bigclaw - my rig is pretty similar but draws ~10W more. My guess is the non-80+ PSU - a picoPSU would be an obvious replacement :) Thanks. Even with two HDDs and a blower fan installed, this thing can still idle at 30W - 32W. Considering that a typical 350W power supply is mo...

Excellent article! Based on it, I built an SFF box that will act as NAS as well as a general-purpose server machine. Here are some preliminary stats: Motherboard: GA-MA74GM-S2 Case: Antec NSK-1380 PSU: supplied with case, Antec AR-350 350W (80-plus certified) CPU: AMD 5050e (cheaper than the 4850e a...