In article <94C12549-4944-4C18-9015-32664F297F9B@xxxxxx>,
Dwarf <Dwarf@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>As stated in my previous post, these figures are based on those taken from
>pp1266-1267 of 'Scott Mueller's Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 18th Edition'.
Well, Scott Mueller's wrong too then :-) Power consumption
figures are published by manufacturers so there's no need to guess.
The problem with 4 drives isn't going to be running them it's going
to be starting them. Best to stagger the startup times. That's easy to do
with scsi but harder with sata. The bios on the motherboard or addin
controller may support it, or you can rig it by holding pin 11 on the sata
power cable high.
That being said even a 350 should have no trouble spinning up and
holding 4 drives. IMHO.
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>At 65% efficiency
A modern power supply runs at >80%. Unless you buy crappy
power supplies.