Mini-itx with standard ATX PSU

timmillwood · 6 Jul 2012 at 22:41

The mini-itx power supplies seem so expensive when I can get an ok standard pay for £20, but are there any mini-itx moterboards that work with a standard psu?

I am looking to build a small budget system so want mini-itx, but would rather pay only £20 for a psu.

Engram · 6 Jul 2012 at 22:45

Any ITX motherboard with the standard 20+4 power socket will work with a standard PSU. (Example: http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?model=h61m-itx).

A £20 PSU doesn't sound like a good idea though.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 6 Jul 2012 at 22:48

I don't normally subscribe to the exploding cheapo PSU hysteria that occasionally frequents these boards, but you might want to push the boat out a little bit more on the PSU front.

It does have the ability to lunch everything in your system after all.

timmillwood · 6 Jul 2012 at 22:53

Just to clarify, I am looking at the Mini-itx boards with integrated atom, with the onboard graphics, so shouldn't need too much power.

Woden · 6 Jul 2012 at 23:06

timmillwood said:
Just to clarify, I am looking at the Mini-itx boards with integrated atom, with the onboard graphics, so shouldn't need too much power.

Its not really the amount of power were worried about. Its the quality of that power. You dont want it randomly spinking an extra 1v.