Seasonic USA Focus Gold 650 Watt 80 Plus Gold

[jdabb]

I am getting conflicting suggestions on which power supply I should get is the Seasonic USA Focus Gold 650 Watt 80 Plus Gold enough for 12 hard drives?

 

[Yorick]

Proper Power Supply Sizing Guidance

I've seen about 1,000 threads like this one where people decide that they can power a dozen hard drives off a 360 watt supply. DO NOT DO THIS. I've seen another 1,000 threads where people decide to buy the cheapest power supply that they can...

www.ixsystems.com

12*35 = 420

That'll be tight, check power draw of the rest of the system and follow the guidance of that resource.

 

[jdabb]

OK Thanks yea I decided to get the 750w thanks for the help. I ended up deciding to extend the pool with 6 more drives I just dont have the money to to go to 8TB like you suggested in the other thread, its actually getting up there in price now that I have to get the 750w but I need to do something quick my drives are near full.