Re: workstation buying advice

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Klaus Singvogel wrote: 
> Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> > power supply appears dangerously close to the minimum requirements:
> >   https://www.servethehome.com/supermicro-x11dpi-n-e-atx-motherboard-review/
> >   "We find an idle power draw of 132 watts and Peak of 394 watts to be
> >    quite common"
> > That was with 130 W Xeons.
> 
> True.
> 
> But did you notice that the Supermicro comes with a redudant power supply?

The redundant power supply is to guard against the first one
dying, not to provide extra power.

> I wouldn't care about your concerns "close to the minimum requirements" here.

I would. Supermicro offers a range of single and redundant power
supplies; 500W is on the low end for them.

-dsr-