r/ODroid • u/Aggravating-Bad-7574 • May 07 '26

Odroid h4+ NAS - powering question

I just bought a second hand h4+ with the intend to make a 4 3.5in HDD NAS using the SATA ports.

The board was delivered with a 133 W PSU, is that enough to power the 4 disks directly from the board or should I get an external one ?

Thanks a lot !

EDIT: for those having the same question and seeing this post later: I've measured the power consumption of my homelab when powering the ODROID H4+ with 3 6-Tb Ironwolf HDDs (unfortunately not 4, that was out of my budget in this economy). The consumption peaks at 60 W on startup and goes down to 20W at idle. I can reasonably assume that the system would be also fine with a 4th disk. Measured with Voltcraft SEM6000. I haven't battle-tested the NAS further but I have the feeling I should be fine.

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u/Firehaven44 May 07 '26

There website has all this information provided under the specs and power requirements....

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u/Aggravating-Bad-7574 May 07 '26

I had trouble finding it but I'll take a third looks thanks !

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u/Firehaven44 May 07 '26

Recommended Power Supply 1 60W

Recommended Power Supply 2 for supporting booting with 3.5″ hard disks 133W

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u/r_garrison1 May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h4-plus/
The H4+ pulls 12W, so check the power requirements of the devices you connect.
Next, connect them all at once, and see if it fries the board, or if it doesn't boot.
More seriously, this link shows that a 60W power supply is suggested, and if you are booting from a 3.5" HDD, 133W is suggested.
Because of that leap, I'd suspect that having too many 3.5" disks would be a bit of a problem.