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[Hookandbook]

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to say HI after a year of lurking and making hardware mistakes I finally broke the bank and purchased hardware recommended in the guide. Assembling tonight and hopefully by tomorrow i will have something totally broken!

X10SL7-F
E3-1230v3
32 gigs Ecc
(7) Western Digital red 3TB HDD's

All in an old 2U server case from Craigslist. Still looking for recommendations on a good power supply if anyone has any...

Thanks!

 

[gpsguy]

Welcome to the forums. And, thanks for lurking on the forum, reading the guides, etc. before making an informed choice.

Seasonic makes some nice power supplies. I'm sure @Ericloewe will chime in with a model number.

 

[Bidule0hm]

Welcome :)

Yep, I recommend SeaSonic too. The G-360 for example is a good match for this server ;)

You might want to upgrade in the future so if you plan to add serveral drives you can take a PSU a bit more powerful (450W for example).

 

[Ericloewe]

If a standard ATX PSU fits (not a given in a rackmount chassis, especially a 2U), a Seasonic G-450 would be a good starting point. If you want to go beyond 12-13 drives, a G-550 would be a good choice. If you need more than 550W, consider moving up to an X-Series or X-Series Platinum, as the price difference isn't very big at equal power ratings.

 

[Hookandbook]

I will look up the Seasonic units thanks for the recommendations. I have been using whatever power supply I have had laying around for the last two Freenas machines I have built Thermaltake TR-600W and a corsair CX750 I figured they are not the best units to use for a machine that is on 24/7.

 

[Bidule0hm]

"I figured they are not the best units to use for a machine that is on 24/7." Clearly not. I have a CX-500 on the desktop and I can see through the vents that Corsair uses Capxon branded caps... SeaSonic uses far higher quality caps (Panasonic, etc.).

 

[Ericloewe]

"I figured they are not the best units to use for a machine that is on 24/7." Clearly not. I have a CX-500 on the desktop and I can see through the vents that Corsair uses Capxon branded caps... SeaSonic uses far higher quality caps (Panasonic, etc.).

The CX-750 (not sure if the regular or modular one) didn't even pass testing at HardOCP a few weeks ago. The lower wattages are ok PSUs, though, but not great.
My Seasonics have all been rock solid.

 

[Bidule0hm]

Yeah, it's a shame from Corsair to make such low quality PSUs. I definitely lost any confidence in them.

 

[Hookandbook]

Yeah The inside of the Thermaltake TR-600 looks like one of those radioshack build your own transistor radio kits