The original post: /r/homelab by /u/xKilley on 2025-03-11 23:45:14.

I recently purchased a Broadcom HBA 9500-8i and I am actually surprised at how power-efficient it is so far. Currently, I don’t have any drives connected to it because my cable for it hasn’t arrived yet, but even in idle it only uses around 3 watts, which I think is actually great.