Power supply for many hard drives?

Kakumba

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Mar 13, 2006
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So, I am looking at building a new file server, which means somewhere between 12 and 20 hard drives. As such, I am wondering what power supply to get, because while that may not be a huge amount of power during day to day use, it IS a lot at spin up, and that is a lot of connectors needed.

So, any suggestions?
 

Kakumba

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sweet, looks like the 1100W unit will do the job with some molex to sata adapters. Thanks for that.
 

Sam Lowry

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Hi, which is the best power supply for me, using those pieces? What kind of power supply will hold all of this without even hesitate?

* Case: LIAN LI PC-V2000

* Q9450 processor
* ABIT IP35 Pro
* 2x 1 GB RAM

* Promise Controller card TX4 SATA 300
* At least 10 Samsung HD753LJ 750 GB Hard Disk Drives

* 8800 GTS 512 MB G92 EVGA
* Blackmagic Intensity Pro capture card

Thank you.