queeg Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Antec NEO ECO 400C http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371029 Link to comment
Superorb Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Is this another Seasonic made PSU? Link to comment
queeg Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 Is this another Seasonic made PSU? Yep. Link to comment
Superorb Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Yep. Even better How many green hard drives can this power? Link to comment
opentoe Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Excellent price. I paid $160+ for my Seasonic-X 660W supply. Link to comment
queeg Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 It should handle 15 WD greenies. Link to comment
christuf Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 queeg - I have no practical experience mind you, but 15 seems a little low. On a 400W PSU, that would be 27W per drive at spin-up. Finding spin-up wattage is pretty difficult, but the unRAID calculator uses 30W for a regular drive, and the WD Greens have power saving technology to lower spin-up power drain. I did find this site that lists power consumption at spin-up to be 14W (see the chart about 3/4 of the way down the page). This would imply this PSU could handle 28 drives... am I missing something? Link to comment
queeg Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 queeg - I have no practical experience mind you, but 15 seems a little low. On a 400W PSU, that would be 27W per drive at spin-up. Finding spin-up wattage is pretty difficult, but the unRAID calculator uses 30W for a regular drive, and the WD Greens have power saving technology to lower spin-up power drain. I did find this site that lists power consumption at spin-up to be 14W (see the chart about 3/4 of the way down the page). This would imply this PSU could handle 28 drives... am I missing something? It's the amps that are important for spin up. Link to comment
christuf Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 It's the amps that are important for spin up. Understand - thank you... so I need a 600W PSU for my 20-drive (green) setup? Link to comment
queeg Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 It's the amps that are important for spin up. Understand - thank you... so I need a 600W PSU for my 20-drive (green) setup? Well, how many amps does it provide? Link to comment
christuf Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 It's the amps that are important for spin up. Understand - thank you... so I need a 600W PSU for my 20-drive (green) setup? Well, how many amps does it provide? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&cm_re=corsair_650-_-17-139-005-_-Product Says 52A on the 12V rail Link to comment
queeg Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 Well that's plenty for certain. Link to comment
jakebake Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 check it out.. this is what I just bought and is running great. I would think it is a little better deal only 5 dollars more! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030&Tpk=neo%20eco%20520 Link to comment
queeg Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 check it out.. this is what I just bought and is running great. I would think it is a little better deal only 5 dollars more! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030&Tpk=neo%20eco%20520 That is another really good deal. I just bought 2 of the NEO ECO 400 but I'm tempted to buy one of these now as well. Link to comment
prostuff1 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I just speced a build for a customer using the 520W version. The only thing I don't like about antec PSU's is that they do not come with a power cable. I have quite a few of those sitting around, but I wil eventually run out. Link to comment
jakebake Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I just speced a build for a customer using the 520W version. The only thing I don't like about antec PSU's is that they do not come with a power cable. I have quite a few of those sitting around, but I wil eventually run out. yeah I find that kind of weird? Link to comment
Rajahal Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Running 15 Green drives on this PSU leaves no room for other components that also run off the +12V rail, such as fans, the motherboard, etc. I would call it more like 12 - 13 drives to be safe. Link to comment
SCSI Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 check it out.. this is what I just bought and is running great. I would think it is a little better deal only 5 dollars more! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030&Tpk=neo%20eco%20520 Sold out I was too late. Link to comment
Superorb Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 This price/deal is back at Newegg. I need a PSU for a 15 drive system so I'll look for a higher power PSU. Link to comment
jamerson9 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I just speced a build for a customer using the 520W version. The only thing I don't like about antec PSU's is that they do not come with a power cable. I have quite a few of those sitting around, but I wil eventually run out. I'm sure I read in some press release that one of the points of it being "ECO" was that they didn't include a power cable. As they deemed that most people already had spare power cables and hence forth by not including one they were eliminating waste and saving the environment. Link to comment
Rajahal Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Same PSU, same price with promo code EMCKGKB29 (Expires 03/14/2011) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371029&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL030811&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL030811-_-EMC-030811-Index-_-PowerSupplies-_-17371029-L03B Link to comment
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