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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Thank you for your answer. the picoPSU is the next point that causes headaches. I have two questions about the pico.

    How to calculate how much energy is needed without knowing how much the board needs? My actual HDDs and planed parts are:

    • 2x 6TB WD Red WD60EFAX -> and I found the use 5.3W under load what means even with four of them they only need 21,2W
    • a NVME like the WD Blue SN570 with max consumption of 3,75W
    • a fan (maybe an be quiet! Silent Wings 4 PWM 120mm) for the case with round about 4W by max Speed sums up to 27,95W But the information about the power consumption for the board is missing.

    It seems like a 80 watts picoPSU should be sufficent. What I don’t understand is, how can I supply the power with this psu when it is a 24-pin ATX but the board needs only 4-Pin-ATX?