Antec NEO ECO 400C

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371029

Is this another Seasonic made PSU?

Is this another Seasonic made PSU?

 

Yep. 

 

Yep. 

 

Even better   How many green hard drives can this power?

Excellent price. I paid $160+ for my Seasonic-X 660W supply.

 

 

It should handle 15 WD greenies.

queeg - I have no practical experience mind you, but 15 seems a little low.  On a 400W PSU, that would be 27W per drive at spin-up.

 

Finding spin-up wattage is pretty difficult, but the unRAID calculator uses 30W for a regular drive, and the WD Greens have power saving technology to lower spin-up power drain.  I did find this site that lists power consumption at spin-up to be 14W (see the chart about 3/4 of the way down the page).

 

This would imply this PSU could handle 28 drives... am I missing something?

queeg - I have no practical experience mind you, but 15 seems a little low.  On a 400W PSU, that would be 27W per drive at spin-up.

 

Finding spin-up wattage is pretty difficult, but the unRAID calculator uses 30W for a regular drive, and the WD Greens have power saving technology to lower spin-up power drain.  I did find this site that lists power consumption at spin-up to be 14W (see the chart about 3/4 of the way down the page).

 

This would imply this PSU could handle 28 drives... am I missing something?

 

It's the amps that are important for spin up.

It's the amps that are important for spin up.

 

Understand - thank you... so I need a 600W PSU for my 20-drive (green) setup?

 

 

It's the amps that are important for spin up.

 

Understand - thank you... so I need a 600W PSU for my 20-drive (green) setup?

 

 

 

Well, how many amps does it provide?

It's the amps that are important for spin up.

 

Understand - thank you... so I need a 600W PSU for my 20-drive (green) setup?

 

 

 

Well, how many amps does it provide?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&cm_re=corsair_650-_-17-139-005-_-Product

 

Says 52A on the 12V rail

Well that's plenty for certain. 

check it out.. this is what I just bought and is running great. I would think it is a little better deal only 5 dollars more!

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030&Tpk=neo%20eco%20520

check it out.. this is what I just bought and is running great. I would think it is a little better deal only 5 dollars more!

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030&Tpk=neo%20eco%20520

 

That is another really good deal.  I just bought 2 of the NEO ECO 400 but I'm tempted to buy one of these now as well.

I just speced a build for a customer using the 520W version.  The only thing I don't like about antec PSU's is that they do not come with a power cable.  I have quite a few of those sitting around, but I wil eventually run out.

I just speced a build for a customer using the 520W version.  The only thing I don't like about antec PSU's is that they do not come with a power cable.  I have quite a few of those sitting around, but I wil eventually run out.

 

yeah I find that kind of weird?

Running 15 Green drives on this PSU leaves no room for other components that also run off the +12V rail, such as fans, the motherboard, etc.  I would call it more like 12 - 13 drives to be safe.

check it out.. this is what I just bought and is running great. I would think it is a little better deal only 5 dollars more!

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030&Tpk=neo%20eco%20520

 

Sold out  I was too late.

This price/deal is back at Newegg.

 

I need a PSU for a 15 drive system so I'll look for a higher power PSU.

I just speced a build for a customer using the 520W version.  The only thing I don't like about antec PSU's is that they do not come with a power cable.  I have quite a few of those sitting around, but I wil eventually run out.

I'm sure I read in some press release that one of the points of it being "ECO" was that they didn't include a power cable. As they deemed that most people already had spare power cables and hence forth by not including one they were eliminating waste and saving the environment. 

Same PSU, same price with promo code EMCKGKB29 (Expires 03/14/2011)

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371029&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL030811&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL030811-_-EMC-030811-Index-_-PowerSupplies-_-17371029-L03B