aaron kulkis cmiqlkx91hotpopcom greg freemyer wrote thu feb 14 2008 543 pm jdd wrote carlos e r écrit important thing power needed internal dc lines new power units data sheet list max amp power line part problem newer psus multiple power lanes say one lane designed drive 2 peripherals unsuspecting user pc builder adds couple splitters drives 4 peripherals trouble try keep power load evenly distributed across powerlines ive got big tower chassis 15 drive slots ever filled would really watch power distributed go one connector next yep tower 2 scsi2 2 lvd scsi quite scsi3 theyre good 80 mbsec whereas true scsi3 lvd160 hard drives 2 scsi hard drives 1 ide drive 2 scsi cdrom drives one ide cddvdrw load balancing pain neck never electrical problems 1 ghz athlon 450w power supply two scsi cards adaptec 2940 slow scsi 29160 scsi2 lvd scsi ive actually thinking cool would get big 3ware card fill thing 1tb drives price dropped 240 sale k could build nice 10tb machine kinda scary great machines college days handled 100 simultaneous logins 30 mhz 64 mb memory disk drives 500mb 750 mb range trivial fact first 1 gb disk drive purdue university mounted kulkis elecnpurdueedu ill save another thread another day greg tue 05 aug 2008 051828 0500 opensuse ot much power pc really consume