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[aidanjt]

The Athlon II does not use the Phenom II chip. The Phenom II X2 is the dual core processor which has two cores disabled.

Oh, I stand corrected.

[neonplanet40]

What wattage of a psu do you's suggest considering the amount of HDD's?

Mark

[aidanjt]

The peak load of a HDD is about 6-20W, depending on the specific HDD model. If you've enough SATA power connectors for each disk you can be assured the PSU will power them without issue. Normally a single Molex connector should be able to power a good high stack of HDDs, depending on the current the appropriate (+3v (mostly unused), +5v & +12v for sata disks) rails can push out. So check the manufacturers specs of the HDD model you're buying, and match them up to the specs of any prospective PSUs.