Hey!
Does any of you know which of the above-mentioned chipset runs cooler/hotter in a medium airflow environment?
I need a new HBA for my FreeNAS home server and since the cards with these two are almost priced identically now (used on ebay) I would rather go with SAS2308 since it’s PCIe 3.0 and newer(?) hardware often tends to run cooler in my experience. But according to an article on this site from 2012, the (older?) SAS2008 chipset seems to consume less power; does this also mean it will run cooler? (see: https://www.servethehome.com/lsi-host-bus-adapter-hba-power-consumption-comparison/)
Since by NAS/Server only gets started on demand and then shut off again, I don’t really care that much about power usage. I use a repurposed Workstation case with 2 front intakes (120mm) and a slow-spinning side intake (120mm) directly blowing on the PCIe cards, which will give the card a little airflow, but probably not the amount they have been designed for... So my main concern here are the temperatures (and of cause thereby also the reliability) of the cards/Chipsets - Although being a little more ‘future proof’ with a PCIe 3.0 card that would probably also work better with SSDs would be nice of cause…
Thank in advance!
Does any of you know which of the above-mentioned chipset runs cooler/hotter in a medium airflow environment?
I need a new HBA for my FreeNAS home server and since the cards with these two are almost priced identically now (used on ebay) I would rather go with SAS2308 since it’s PCIe 3.0 and newer(?) hardware often tends to run cooler in my experience. But according to an article on this site from 2012, the (older?) SAS2008 chipset seems to consume less power; does this also mean it will run cooler? (see: https://www.servethehome.com/lsi-host-bus-adapter-hba-power-consumption-comparison/)
Since by NAS/Server only gets started on demand and then shut off again, I don’t really care that much about power usage. I use a repurposed Workstation case with 2 front intakes (120mm) and a slow-spinning side intake (120mm) directly blowing on the PCIe cards, which will give the card a little airflow, but probably not the amount they have been designed for... So my main concern here are the temperatures (and of cause thereby also the reliability) of the cards/Chipsets - Although being a little more ‘future proof’ with a PCIe 3.0 card that would probably also work better with SSDs would be nice of cause…
Thank in advance!
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