Mondo

Ok did that but the SAS addy I get back does not follow the format that everyone else's seems to. Instead it starts with 590b11cxxxxxxxxx (Dell Perc H310) Just checking that is OK before I go any further? Thanks John

Thanks -will give that a go Monday Hi John Where did you find the SAS addy for the H310? The other cards have a sticker but the H310 does not? don't want to wipe the card until I have the address.. Thanks Mondo

Hi John Where did you find the SAS addy for the H310? The other cards have a sticker but the H310 does not? don't want to wipe the card until I have the address.. Thanks Mondo

Hey John, I hear you about the SuperMicro stuff, frustrating eh. Maybe an opportunity? I bet the Distributors are price gouging. Anyone in the US want to start a forwarding service to Aus for SuperMicro? Yeah - the most frustrating thing is the gouging by the various software vendors - in particular Adobe and Microsoft. I ended up getting the Supermicro boards of eBay vendor - he responded quickly and shipment was fast but you can still get them cheaper from a couple of US online vendors.. http://myworld.ebay.com.au/bakamuzko/?_trksid=p4340.l2559 As usual with all online vendors it is buyer beware so use the usual discretion. M John

Hi Rob - I'm no expert but if you plan to turn your unit off a lot I'd be turning that baby off at the wall. Others might have a better idea of what is normal for that supply and the rest of your setup.

Whether a supply is single rail or two rail or quad rail doesn't have a lot to do with it's efficiency. It really comes down to the design, cooling and other factors. Check out http://www.jonnyguru.com/ for excellent reviews on a lot of popular supplies. Best to do this pre-purchase. For standby efficiency particularly pay attention to a PSU's efficiency in that 0-10% range. There are now three easy standards as well Gold, Silver and Bronze... with gold being the best Better still purchase one of hte recommended supplies on this forum. 30W seems like a lot at standby...

, Yeah it claims to have four rails on the casing which also seems suspect because that would be more like 850 - 900W. I'll check with a multimeter to see if the two hard disk rails are connected. I could always swap over the plugs on the PCIe connectors for Molex plugs and use them to power the hard disks as I won't be using a PCIe video card.. It is weird that they dion't split the hard disk connectors off more than one rail because according to Intel's ATX standard the maximum on any 12V rail should be 20 amps..., which means most single rail supplies do not comply with the ATX standard.. Thanks for the feedback Joe John

While I understand the logic to using a single 12V rail supply (no need for load balancing etc) is there any reason you can't use a quad rail supply? (as I have a spare lying around with I think about 18 amps on each rail) http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/p_2960_GreatWall_GW700SEL_700_WATT_TRUE_POWER_SUPPLY

In Australia - well you simply can't get the same deals as in the US. Half the stuff on Amazon they won't ship to Aus, NewEgg doesn't ship internationally and SuperBiiz does but they require a wire transfer to do business. I won't wire transfer OS for goods - too dangerous and it is quite expensive until you start to get into the $2000 bracket where you can use a Forex service. Techbuy.com.au for reasonably priced Norco cases and they carry the 120mm Fan wall bracket as well. To import these cases would cost way more with shipping.. http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/149123/CASINGS_SERVER_-_4U/Norco/RPC-4224.asp http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/152644/CASINGS_SERVER_-_ACCESSORIES/Norco/120mmfanbracket.asp Mwave.com.au for CPUs, memory, hdds and other brands of cases - always reasonably competitive. Bought a lot of stuff from them over the years... And so far nowhere for SuperMicro server boards and SAS PCie cards :'(. Unbelievable that no one is Aus stocks these things at a reasonable price - Scorptec.com.au has the MV8 but @ $AU199 a piece ($US212) its more than double the price from SuperBiiz... even with transport you can import them cheaper... but you must wire the money. John