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What kind of system could these type of PSUs be used for?
Are they reliable?
What kind of wattage is available?
Thanks
Are they reliable?
What kind of wattage is available?
Thanks
Think they do 200w ones but iv got a 150w myself. For the price I would say they are reliable but as there not massively popular I can only speak for myself which has been fine.
I ran a stock Q9450 , 4GB ram, 1TB HDD, 2TB HDD, Sound card with nvidia onboard video on mine.
Currently moving to a i3 set up similar to above that i expect it should run.
There are quite efficient I think so can actually run quite a bit.
Link in sig might give you a bit of an idea.
They're good for people who like quiet computers.
The fact that they'll run fanless makes them ideal for things like HTPC's
So could i build a SFF based around a second gen i3 or i5 and have one of these pico's power it reliably?
Yep, i3's don't use much power, especially if you don't overclock and often you can drop the vcore a little while still passing stability tests.
This is assuming you're not sticking something silly like a GTX480 in there also
600W+ PSU's are only needed for SLI or highly overclocked systems.
For a modest i3 or i5 rig a 200W PSU will work well
Would be fine on a 150w prolly then. The Q9450 i had uses more power than a 2nd gen i3.
Lian-li make some of the nicests imo but there are going to be plenty of shuttle lovers around. You can obviously go really small if you dont plan on using a card of any sort and too many hard drives.
Although im a intel fanboi im thinking amd might be the best route to take as i think intel have a problem playing back 24frames or whatever its called you want with HD movies.
Well i was thinking of going with onboard graphics and an ssd. I really want a small as possible case that i can get away with. Silent too.
Feel free anyone to 'spec me'.
could look at going AMD route as the llano use the cpu for processing the graphics, so no need for a dedicated card
PicoPSU's are more efficient that any ATX PSU. Only problem is the limited number of connections but you can't have everything.