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On 26 Mar 2010, at 22:21, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> Well, I was thinking more about something like alteriong IOH/ICH |
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> voltage, or whichever voltage powers the SATA controllers. It has 12 |
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> SATA headers on this motherboard but I don't know how much it can |
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> realistically handle at once. Hopefully all of my disks. :) |
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Honestly, I'm not sure that I'd do that. |
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If I thought it was a power issue - and that seems quite a reasonable |
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possibility - I would replace the PSU first. |
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What PSU are you using at the moment? Brand / wattage? |
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I think these are probably overkill: |
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http://www.bluepoint.net/AKAPSU066 |
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http://www.bluepoint.net/AKAPSU071 |
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However, if you're using a 450W PSU at the moment, you can get an OCZ |
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branded 600W for less than £50. I tend to be suspicious of cheap |
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unbranded and Wong Fu 350W - 450W PSUs. Often a 350W PSU from a |
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manufacturer with a half-decent brand (eg Trust) will be better than a |
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no-name 450W PSU. |
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It seems important not only the actual wattage that the PSU gives out |
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(measured with an analogue-needle multimeter) but also how stable that |
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voltage is, how smooth, consistent and reliable it is. Unless your PSU |
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is absolute top-notch quality, try to under-utilise it. |
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With 6 x hard-drives, I would be generous with supplying power - I |
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think a 600W PSU would easily be justified. |
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Stroller. |
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