Hi all, I have been reading SPCR articles and reviews for a long time, but never posted in the forums because I have note had a build project to work on for several years.
I have pouring over articles lately because I am getting ready to build a diy WHS. I picked up a Antec P180 Mini on black friday for a price that was too good to pass up. Now I am starting to pick the components. I have been over to We got served and AVS and read a lot of blogs on whs build projects, but SPCR really goes into way more depth and focuses on the aspects I am most concerned about:
- energy efficiency
- noise levels
So as I research I hopefully will be posting more to leverage ya'lls expertise.
I am excited to build in the p180 mini. My last diy was several years ago in a vanilla micro atx.
My first realization in this process is the lack of ATX sized PSU's that are in the 200-275 watt range that are 80+ and relatively quiet. From what I read, I could probably get by with a Pico style psu, but that seems silly to have such a little sucker in the p180 mini with its nice psu chamber. But really, if my system is idling around 50-60 watts, it'd be nice to not have a 400 watt wasting energy.
Thanks all,
wickchucker
My intro - WHS, psu's, long time SPCR reader
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Any decent 80+ PSU will still be pretty close to 80% efficient in the ~100W range that most small WHS will run.
A low-power 45W Athlon II CPU paired with an 760/780/785G chipset should run you below the 80W range at idle when paired with couple low power hard drives.
My WHS, runs a 780G mobo with a 45W Athlon X2 4850e and 6 HDDs (some 5400rpm, some 7200rpm) runs around 70-80W at idle. I've only seen it max out at 110W.
A low-power 45W Athlon II CPU paired with an 760/780/785G chipset should run you below the 80W range at idle when paired with couple low power hard drives.
My WHS, runs a 780G mobo with a 45W Athlon X2 4850e and 6 HDDs (some 5400rpm, some 7200rpm) runs around 70-80W at idle. I've only seen it max out at 110W.