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Hey guys,
I'm not sure if this topic belongs in this category but I can't find anywhere else to put it :) . I've got a server case with 11 drive bays. I want to make use of plenty of them. I'm thinking of purchasing an IDE Controller card but would I need a new power supply? I have a 300w PWS now with 3 fans running, 1 cdrom, zip, floppy, 1 hd. Would I need to buy a new power supply to accomidate the 1 hd and 2 cdroms i want to add? Thanks all.
-Kaelon
Depends.....what are you running now? cpu? drive configuration?
Running on a 1Ghz tbird, K7S5A mobo, 256 megs ram. Hope that helps. Anymore questions I'll be glad to answer them. :)
-Kaelon
Forgot to mention... 20 GB ata66 hd.
I wouldnt think you'd needa stronger PS, I have an athlon 1ghz/266fsb with 1 main hdd(primany channel),cdrw,dvd,( sec.) and 2 ide raid drives on a compusa 300w PS. My vid card is a voodoo 4500, which doesnt eat as much juice as the geforce cards. If you're truly concerned, get a monitoring software and check your voltages regularly.......
My desktop is running a p3-800, 1/2 gig ram, 4 HDD 2 20 gig ide 5400RPM in raid 0 (ata 66), 1 27 gig ide 7200RPM(ata66), 10 gig IDE 5400RPM (ata100) a CDR and CDRW, Gforce2 GTS 64 meg, PCI raid card, 2 nics, SBLive! and 4 case fans. all on a 300 watt(AOpen) no probs
ive got a lot of stuff on mine its a bit bigger than what you have but im running alot!no problems and i just added a all copper heat sink with a delta fan 43 cfm sounds like a hover draws much juice runs cooler lol but still no power problems, i agree with above just moniter it if your woried sorry all me spelling is bad and i know it, but its not as bad as my total lack of short term memory!