How many watts does the hard drive consume?
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I have the 3 TB version and the drive does not say. However, the power supply for the drive says the maximum output of the power supply is 12 volts DC at 1.5 amps. this means the drive must draw less than 18 watts. The power supply never gets hot so I guess it is drawing less than 10 watts.
342201
I'm not sure what CFM but I can answer the second part about the power. It uses molux connection (not SATA but the older power like the one in old HDD) you can zoom the product picture (lower left corner)
2186467
Yes. Powering the harddrive may be an issue if the harddrive requires power from a separate power plug (ie. other than the data connector plug).
1334732
I have no idea but the hard drive has not giving me any problems, and it's a beast of a desktop
1855337
They recommend a 300w power supply, but I am running it in a HTPC with only a 250w with 2 HDD internals and a 3tb external
1377923
The specs are not clear on this question. As far as I know, the unit does not contain a fan, and it gets only slightly warm to the touch under light load (one multifunction printer, one high-power laptop), so it is probably using "a few watts"... i.e., not much. However, the unit is absolutely covered with cooling slots, so perhaps under heavy load it will use more. My guess would be less than 10% overhead.
1558717
the hard drive gets its power through the usb cable provided. no other cables are required.
2038703
hello, i could respond to the questions being you only sought 3. in my xeperience it is power with sata hard drive and is used for data with use on cd-rw,and dvd-rw on my comercial cpu
621570
Like most hard disks these days, the disk in this device enters sleep mode after a few minutes. This causes a slight delay when accessing it after the timeout. The power consumption is interesting - I received one with a 2 amp 12VDC power supply, and the device wouldn't start up. Once I replaced that with a 4 amp power supply, the hard disk spun up and the device started. Even 4 amp at 12VDC is negligible in terms of a home's power consumption, though, and as the disk spins down I should think the average power drain is minute.
1938816
Hmmm... When I upgraded the PSU, I believe it was around 250 watts or a bit less than that. For sure, it wasn't over 250 watts.
672883
You need the 2 ports to power the HDD. Depends on your hard drive model only one port may not be enough.
450253
It depends on how many hard drives your system has installed. That graphics card draws 372 watts at full load. The motherboard draws between 150 and 250 watts. Hard drives under full load draws around 40 watts. This power supply should work without any problems unless you have a system with a lot of components. I had an initial problem because I have 7 hard drives and one Blu-ray drive in the system that I put this power supply in. Just make sure to put only 2 hard drives per physical SATA power cable. This supply comes with 4 cables to connect peripherals. This is a great supply. It should work fine for you. Hope this helps.
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The drive spins down if not used for a while. Both the drive and the power adapter feel cool. According to my Kill-A-Watt the drive draws 3 watts when idle and about 10 W when spinning/seeking. It's too bad the idle power isn't closer to zero -- I may have to start unplugging.
2261996
If the drive is a 5400 rpm or solid state then no power adapter required. If its a 7200 rpm or faster, power adapter is required.
1558718
the drive requires the usb cable only! power is provided by your computer through that cable.
2250445
Really depends on what else your running. But if your not very USB heavy and your not using much else only standard stuff like a single hard drive. Should be ok on 460. I use a litigation stuff though so I'm on 750watt
410951
Almost all 3.5" hard drives require more power(current >1.25A ) than what is defined by USB3.0 committee(standard=0.9A), no 3.5" hard drives please. Good to use with 2.5" hard drives or solid-state drives(SSD).