[mythtv-users] New System - Looking for Feedback

Mark Knecht markknecht at gmail.com
Wed Feb 10 03:45:52 UTC 2010


On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:11 PM, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
> On 02/09/2010 07:53 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>
>> On 2/9/2010 18:21, Brian Fischer wrote:
>>>
>>> Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS
>>> Certified, Single 12V Rail, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7,i5"
>>> Power Supply - Retail
>>
>> Why such an excessively overpowered supply? The hardware you have listed
>> there will never peak over 200W. Toss in another 20W per hard drive for
>> spinup, maybe 10W per tuner, and you're still far over spec.
>
> Have you *tried* to find a small power supply lately? I had to go looking in
> early December and the lowest powered PS I could find was a 350 Watt unit. I
> ended up with a 400 watt modular so I would not have to deal with a dozen
> unwanted wires.

Assuming that the link survives email here's three 200W supplies from NewEgg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=+40000058&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&Subcategory=-1&description=200w+power+supply&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

Now, I have no idea whether they have the right connectors to drive my
specific MB but they are out there.

- Mark


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