Ongoing New PSU... now mutch power do I need? (1 Viewer)

[ThaClown]

My server is running well, but my old PSU (500W) is noisy as hell...
I want a new one but am not sure how mutch power I need for a server with 4 SATA 500GB....

Here are my specs:

MSI K9AGM2-FIH
Onboard video
AMD Athlon XP 3200+
Arctic Cooling CPU koeler Freezer 64 Pro low profile
Cooler Master Ultra Silent Case Fan 80x80mm
Trust VI-2050 firewire pci card
Digital Everywhere FireDTV-C + CAM
512MB DDR2
Seagate Barracuda 500GB 16mb
Samsung Spinpoint 500GB 16mb
(2 more 500 GB HDD later...)
And I might use a RAID (5?) setup in the future....

Any good tips on a cheap silent PSU with the juice in need (less is better)
Anything from this list would be best...
http://www.sallandautomatisering.nl/?pid=31884&ref=2

Also what would anybody advise on the standby/hybernate setup?
I'd like to have bittorrent running and to have my Server to be active when I want to access it, but would love to have it startup/hybernate by itself.
Now im turning it on/off myself (works good too hehe)

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

ThaClown

This may interest you.

http://journeysystems.com/?powercalc

 

[ThaClown]

Whow Thanks PD that is really nice!
My wattage will be under 400 so im a happy guy!
Think ill go for a:
Nexus-4090 (68,95 euro)
or:
Be Quiet! Straight Power 400W (53,98 euro)

anybody got a good suggestion for a 400W?

 

[Arn01805]

I've a Zalman ZM460B-APS PSU. It's very silent and very good quality. Don't underestimate the importance of an overdimensioned PSU, better have some more extra Watts to assure system stability.

http://www.alternate.nl/html/productDetails.html?artno=TN4Z10

BTW: The power as stated on a PSU is not the power it uses, but the power it can provide as maximum, so a PSU of 350Watts with a bad 'rendement' can consume more power as a good designed PSU with 460W in the same computer.

 

[ThaClown]

Ok thx for the info....

 

[daniel_1980]

Seasonic is always good and silent and relatively cheap

 

[Spragleknas]

These are recommended PSU's for HTPC:

High Q:
- Seasonic
- Corsair ("Seasonic in disguise"- but even lower noise)
- Mist (rebranded?)

Good test resaults
- Chill Innovation (Dannish?)

Cheap - somewhat OK reputation (depending on who you ask)
- NorthQ

You might want to take a look here: http://www.silentpcreview.com/section10.html
(nobody does PSU testing like SPCR)