Best 140mm long modular PSU for the Lian Li PC-Q08

YesSirICanBogey · 6 Sep 2010 at 19:00

Hello,

I am really up for getting the Lian Li PC-Q08. However, after reading a review on it (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2010/07/20/lian-li-pc-q08-review/3), it seems like one should definitely get a 140mm long PSU with this case. Most nice PSUs seem to be ~150mm in length.

What are my options here for a good 140mm modular PSU?

Cheers,
Bogey

chipps101 · 6 Sep 2010 at 21:16

corsair cx 400

ooops just noticed you want a modular

i dont think there are any 140mm modular psu's as the extra space is needed for the modular connectors

YesSirICanBogey · 6 Sep 2010 at 23:20

Wouldn't a non-modular PSU be quite bad in a PC-Q08?

chipps101 · 6 Sep 2010 at 23:57

depends on how good your cable tidying is.

ninja2000 · 7 Sep 2010 at 07:10

I have a corsair cx 400 in a PC-Q07 which is hell of a lot smaller than the 8. Tidying them is interesting but with a bit of thought I had no problem

koolpc · 7 Sep 2010 at 10:34

What about modifying the PSU cables? Is it possible to unsolder the ones you don't want / shorten them?

mrtckane · 7 Sep 2010 at 20:17

koolpc said:
What about modifying the PSU cables? Is it possible to unsolder the ones you don't want / shorten them?

you could cut em off and heatshring the stumps i suppose but generally people don't, as times change you might regret it.

i'd just tuck em away wherever you can.

Legion · 8 Sep 2010 at 10:33

If you want the 3.5" drive bay in without having to shorten it/do away with it,then the 450W Silverstone Tech. Strider PSU, SST-ST45SF is a good option.
It's the highest wattage SFX PSU available to buy and will power most sff builds with ease.

From your previous threads I'm still assuming you are looking at an i3/i5 750 with something around 460 gtx for gfx.
This little beast of a psu will power it nicely including 2 hardrives and an optical drive with wattage to spare.
It isnt modular but it's pretty hassle free to tidy what comes out of it because it's so tiny.

It even has enough wattage left in it to power a watercooling loop later on if that's something else you have planned for the Q-08.

If you still want a "full size" psu most builds I've seen utilize the bottom section of the 3.5" bay (it's in 2 pieces and 1 is shorter to allow some flexibility) mounted up top and the psu flipped so the 24 pin bundle is at the bottom rather than up top where it cant foul the drive bay.
Anything over 6.5" in length gfx card wise,the lower half of the drive bay has to come out anyway to allow for a card with more grunt.
gtx 460 ~8.25" and a 5850 ~9.5"
None of that is in any way complicated even for a novice.

This psu calculator is pretty much up to date with the latest hardware and will help you calculate what you actually need wattage wise in just a few minutes.
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

YesSirICanBogey · 27 Sep 2010 at 13:25

Done the order

Thank you for all the help and especially the tip for the Silverstone PSU. I have now placed my order and it should be arriving tomorrow (will post some photos when I have put it all together).

Here is what I went with in the end:

*450W Silverstone Tech. Strider PSU, SST-ST45SF, 80+ Bronze, EPS 12V, 24 Pin, 80mm Fan
*64GB Crucial RealSSD C300, MLC-Flash, SATA3 6Gbps, 2.5" SSD, Read 355MB/s, Write 70MB/s
*Intel i5 760, S1156, Lynnfield Quad Core, 2.8 GHz, 8MB Cache, Core Ratio 21x, 95W, Retail
*Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3, Intel H55 Express, 1156, DDR3 1666(OC), SATA 3Gb/s, Mini ITX, On Board VGA
*4GB (2x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, DHX, 1.65v
*Lian Li PC-Q08B, Black, Small Tower mini-ITX/DTX Case, Aluminium, w/o PSU (ATX Fits)
*Sony AD-7241S-0B 24x DVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, Lightscribe, OEM
*1GB Palit GTX 460 Sonic, 3600MHz GDDR5, GPU 700MHz, Shader 1400MHz, 336Cores, DVI/ D-Sub/ HDMI

For storage I will get a USB3 external drive (have looked at the new LaCie drives) so I can easily take it with me.

Cannot wait to build it