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atleast 5 more HDD selectors would be nice as not all of my HDD's are the same
2x 500GB Samsung HD501IJ (spinpoint F1) 7200rpm 8MB cache
1x 1TB Samsung HD103SJ (spinpoint F3) 7200rpm 32MB cache
1x 2TB Western Digital WD2003FYYS (RE4) 7200rpm 64MB cache
1x 1TB Western Digital WD1003FZEX (Caviar Black) 64MB cache

I would say that none of these HDD's are going to draw the same amount of power at full tilt or idle
 
these calculators are irrelevant these days
psu requirements fall into 3 wattage classes now a adays
budget 350 to 450W
mainstream 500W to 600W
highend 700 to 1000W
there is very little price-difference between units in the same wattage class so it all comes down to quality of the psu its self
I can't think of one case where you would want/need one of these utility's
the forumula is simple
two gpus >700W
single gpu <600W
for 98% of cases
 
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Thats the beauty off having a digital PSU, it comes with its own app, so you can see exactly how its doing. watt used 2.jpg watt used.jpg
 
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Did not know it exist. Thanks for teaching me. :)

Its a brand new way of doing things with a PSU, only Thermaltake and Corsair has those in their productline and they come with a premium pricetag also.

Corsair has only one PSU thats digital think its called AX1200i. Thermaltake has launched a whole line going from 450 watts and up to 1050 watt like I have. All the rest of the manufactures have to play catchup the next coupple of years.
 
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