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Recommendation of a power supply to handle 18 drives?

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I have 18 drive split out amongst two power supplies but it's just not great, I get random drops. I was looking to see if there is any consumer grade PSU that can handle it, primarily the voltage. Now here is what chatgpt has recommended spec-wise for my hardware:

Components

Component

12V amps

Watts

15× Seagate ST8000DM004

30A

360W

3× WD 8TB

5.4–5.7A

65–69W

LSI SAS3008 HBA

1.0–1.5A

12–18W

5 fans

1.0–2.0A

12–24W

i7-6700K CPU peak

8–10A

95–120W

Motherboard/RAM/misc

2–4A

25–50W

Totals

Requirement

Estimate

12V current needed

~48–53A

12V wattage needed

~575–635W

Total PSU size recommended

850W bare minimum, 1000W safer, 1200W ideal

Now, im fine with the wattage but the whole 12v rail thing confuses me, especially because I think that is what is causing me issues now. Can anyone recommend a PSU that has strong rails and wont randomly drop drives?

It is reccomending Corsair RM1200e 1200W PSU but I really wanted to get some non-ai opinions.

Edited by oliver

4 hours ago, oliver said:

It is reccomending Corsair RM1200e 1200W PSU but I really wanted to get some non-ai opinions.

If you like Corsair then Corsair RM1200x (Shift or Standard) is a much better choice.

EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 P+ or G+ is another good choice with a massive single 12V rail.

There are other good choices:

https://tuerie.github.io/psu-tier-list/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/edit?gid=1719706335#gid=1719706335

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