May 4, 201511 yr Looking at making the switch from AMD to Intel and thought maybe its time for new PSU too. keeping: CASE: CM Centurion 590 w/3x 5in3 cages RAID: Areca ARC-1231ML in JBOD mode HDD: 10 Green, 3 Reds & 1 Toshiba 7200 rpm, 250GB cache (SSD) old: MOBO: MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) MEMORY: 8GB DDR3 CPU: AMD FX-6300 6-Core New: MOBO: Supermicro X10SL7-F MEMORY: 16GB ECC DDR3 CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 current PSU: CORSAIR|430W CMPSU-430CX No power sag issues so far but I know its right about at its limit with current setup. Do I need a beefier PSU? If so what is recommended budget model(s)?
May 4, 201511 yr Looking at making the switch from AMD to Intel and thought maybe its time for new PSU too. keeping: CASE: CM Centurion 590 w/3x 5in3 cages RAID: Areca ARC-1231ML in JBOD mode HDD: 10 Green, 3 Reds & 1 Toshiba 7200 rpm, 250GB cache (SSD) old: MOBO: MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) MEMORY: 8GB DDR3 CPU: AMD FX-6300 6-Core New: MOBO: Supermicro X10SL7-F MEMORY: 16GB ECC DDR3 CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 current PSU: CORSAIR|430W CMPSU-430CX No power sag issues so far but I know its right about at its limit with current setup. Do I need a beefier PSU? If so what is recommended budget model(s)? It's more than enough. Some people like to have beefier PSU's because of the startup power requirement of the hard drives (2A on the 12v line), but even a 300W 80plus can boot them up. This is because the announced power rating on 80 plus units is measured with PSU's maximum efficiency. Any 80plus PSU can handle peaks 30% greater than it's nominal maximum output with lower efficiency. If you decide to change the PSU (they get old, primary due to capacitors aging), you could change for a Corsair RM450 which has better power efficiency.
May 4, 201511 yr Author Thanks for the confirmation. I found a calculator online that came up with 350W for the proposed build.
May 5, 201511 yr Thanks for the confirmation. I found a calculator online that came up with 350W for the proposed build. While we're on the topic of p/s calculators, there are alot of them out there, but this is the only one I've ever run across that gives the Amperage ratings required for all of the rails. (Just having a calculator that spits out a wattage rating for a P/S is not good enough because you don't know where the power is required.) http://psucalc.info/
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