Alles anzeigenthis PSU is to big, get something smaller. There's TFX 300W from be!quiet. You can add ATX adapter - it will work.
It will allow you to squeeze additional 1W. Generally the lower PSU the better. You could probably also try with PicoPSU 150W.
use one 16GB instead of two 8GB
waste of energy except there's really a need for - highly doubtful
replace with on 512GB.
each 3.5" will use around 3W in idle! better replace this with two higher capacity disks.
even worse than before. Idle power consumption will be higher.
for comparison:
Asrock B460M ITX with i3-10100 + 16GB DDR + Crucial p512 256GB.
3 vms running, with 400W PSU Gold
This takes around 11.5W in idle, and maximum is around 60W when doing test with "stress" command.
With hdd it will be extra 3W.
The PSU is fine for my needs. I wanted one which is fully modular and this was the best I could get. I decided not to use a PicoPSU due to several reasons which are based on my personal experiences.
I agree with you on the RAM - I had one of those lying around and just got another one for 20€.
I'm actually planning to get rid of the nvme and just get a bigger ssd and store OMV on it. The nvme is getting way to hot and the power draw is insane (close to 10W under full load - the datasheet says 8W max.).
Right now I'm only using one 4 TB Seagate Ironwolf because my old ones didn't make it.
The fans actually don't make that much of a difference for me. Each fan draws around 0.4W.
I'm idling around 22W (without spindown). As soon as i get rid of the nvme and enable spindown i might get down to 15-16W which is fine for me.
