How to: Arima AMD Opteron Quad Core Socket F 3000 series

[Jacka]

Update: So the 430w power supply may not work. Board powers up for a few seconds, then powers back down. Back on the 650w, POST just fine. What's the minimum anyone is running with one hard drive, a small video card and four CPUs? I really don't want to run a monster power supply if I don't have to. Maybe a 500? 550? Hmmm....

Which CPUs did you get?

[retro77]

Which CPUs did you get?

I have 8347's. Four of them.

[Jacka]

I have 8347's. Four of them.

95/115W TDP. Average CPU power of 75W, so in realistic terms you'll be drawing a continuous 300W from 12V and a little extra for the motherboard, hard disks, fans, etc. Corsair CX450 is capable of continuous 450W without dropping much below 80+ specs, so it'd be fine for even the higher TDP setups.

[shoota]

95/115W TDP. Average CPU power of 75W, so in realistic terms you'll be drawing a continuous 300W from 12V and a little extra for the motherboard, hard disks, fans, etc. Corsair CX450 is capable of continuous 450W without dropping much below 80+ specs, so it'd be fine for even the higher TDP setups.

that setup with a pci card and a laptop hard drive pulls ~380W. figure in a little more powerful gpu, a desktop hard drive, extra fans and such and a 450w will start being pushed pretty hard