Please excuse me hijacking your thread to ask a question but it does relate to your breakout board and fan sideplate combo.
Im a home miner and sound is a major factor for my mining equipment so the side fans are a great alternative to the whine/howl of the small fans on server psus. Are they temperature controlled or just permenantly 12v full speed fans?
Also are there any small capacity psus that would fit the dual breakout board and fan setup? I don't need a 4kw solution as I cant use that much electricity. Is there a dual 1Kw version, or can you recommend suitable psus that would fit (ideally platinum efficienty rating)?
I'm in the UK if that makes any difference.
Thanks.
My DPS2000BB breakout board with sideplate and 3x 60mm fans will have a low noise level.
You can even use a push/pull configuration with lower RPM fans to make it really quiet.
On both setups (4K or single DPS2000BB), the fans are running full speed all the time.
The question is how many PCI-E plugs do you need?
The single DPS2000BB board only have 12 plugs.
If you need more than 12 PCI-E but only 2000 watts, you can still use a 4k board with a single DPS2000BB (or 2500BB) PSU and the 60mm sideplate.