Recommended PSU for Node 304

billybob · July 17, 2014

I've a Node 304 on the way, now need a PSU to go with it!

5 hard drives and an SSD will be going in there, coupled with one stick of RAM and a Pentium G3220. No graphics card, just a storage box.

What wattage should I be aiming at, and what PSU would you guys recommend?

Aniallation · July 17, 2014

I've a Node 304 on the way, now need a PSU to go with it!

5 hard drives and an SSD will be going in there, coupled with one stick of RAM and a Pentium G3220. No graphics card, just a storage box.

What wattage should I be aiming at, and what PSU would you guys recommend?

What are the specs?

If you're just using it as a storage box and not gaming, pretty much any power supply will do.

billybob · July 17, 2014

Well, as mentioned Pentium G3220, a Crucial M550 128GB SSD, 5 hard drives of random origin (a couple of WD RED 3TB and a couple of Seagate 3TB Barracudas and I forget the other now) and just one stick of bog standard Crucial 4GB 1333 which will all be housed on a Gigabyte H97N-WIFI.

Particularly interested in any knowledge of the Node 304 with regards to tips or complications that people observed when using their PSU given the crampt nature of the case.

Aniallation · July 17, 2014

Well, as mentioned Pentium G3220, a Crucial M550 128GB SSD, 5 hard drives of random origin (a couple of WD RED 3TB and a couple of Seagate 3TB Barracudas and I forget the other now) and just one stick of bog standard Crucial 4GB 1333 which will all be housed on a Gigabyte H97N-WIFI.

Particularly interested in any knowledge of the Node 304 with regards to tips or complications that people observed when using their PSU given the crampt nature of the case.

Oh okay. I've done builds with the 304 and I've only run into issues with power supply clearance when there's a graphics card. Since you don't have one then pretty much any power supply will do. A quality built one is of course recommended but as far as wattage even 200W would do you fine. 6 drives and a Pentium don't use that much power.

razor767 · July 17, 2014

Oh okay. I've done builds with the 304 and I've only run into issues with power supply clearance when there's a graphics card. Since you don't have one then pretty much any power supply will do. A quality built one is of course recommended but as far as wattage even 200W would do you fine. 6 drives and a Pentium don't use that much power.

Pretty much this. The only other thing you might want to consider is short cables for easier cable management, something like the Silverstone ST30SF if you don't mind a SFX PSU.