Originally Posted by sawyen Do make sure your 480 Tagan can handle 5 drives running load on RAID.. Me previous Tagan 430W choked with 4 drives with 2 running on RAID and 2 IDEs (with 7 case fans, one super hungry 6800GT, and one overclocked 3500+.. Which is why I'm using a 530W Tagan now.
So far it appears to cope OK with 2 x 120mm fans, 2 Optical drive, 6800 GT and 4 drives. I would actually be taking the load down to 3 SATA drives from 4, but adding the Creative X-fi to the mix.
It gets quite toasty at the back, but that is probably due to the fact that I have it all squeezed into a Super LANboy with my opticals only 2" from the intake fan on the PSU - CANNOT be good for airflow, that!
Worse case scenario? It blows and I will get something beefier, but sincere thanks for your input.