Help with choosing a PSU | Linus Tech Tips | Page 1

bitter girder Sep 6, 2023, 5:36 AM

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Im building a home server, and the regular sized PSU def. wont fit.
I will measure its size properly a bit later, but in the meantime im thinking if picopsu is enough for it?

it will contain 6 hard drives and 2 nvme drives, and the board im planning to use is asrock x570 steel legend with ryzen 7 pro 5750G.

It seems that most picopsu-s only have 2x 4pin power and single molex with chained sata power,
i heard its not recommended to have more than 3 drives connected to a single chain, and im not sure if motherboard will work fine if i connect only single 4pin power for a CPU to adapt the other one for second triplet of drives

bitter girder Sep 7, 2023, 12:18 PM

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woah is it really so niche that noone even replied?

quartz wraith Sep 7, 2023, 12:26 PM

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Idek man, I’m just responding cause why not

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But with the sounds of it, you might need something a little more if you have 6 hard drives

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Just to make sure it has enough power per drive

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But I mean if you don’t mind using 3 drives for a while, then I’d use it

bitter girder Sep 7, 2023, 12:32 PM

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well i'd rather build it right the first time so that i dont need to redo cable managment ever again

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but buying fresh new properietary PSU is out of question due to sanctions and getting one used/resold is very risky

quartz wraith Sep 7, 2023, 12:34 PM

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Yeah, I wouldn’t get a used one

bitter girder Sep 7, 2023, 12:35 PM

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i gotta measure it properly but at this point im not even sure i can get the old one out of the case lol

quartz wraith Sep 7, 2023, 12:35 PM

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I mean how much space do you have around your server?

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Oh gosh it’s crammed in there

bitter girder Sep 7, 2023, 12:36 PM

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i have some space ig

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its a 2u case

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now if only discord was kind enough to send pictures

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and yes its very dirty and im still in the process of cleaning it

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but i couldnt find where its attached when i looked last time

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