In your opinions - Will my picopsu be enough

BluSky · 5 Jun 2013 at 09:56

Hi guys - simple question, do you think I can get away with running the following system on a picopsu 160xt (160w, 200w peak).

Q6600 G0 (95w tdp) - Undervolted by 0.1v (the max the mobo allows) and possibly underclocked to around 2ghz
Zotac GF9300-I-E
2 x 2GB DDR2 800mhz
Corsair H70 with 2 scythe fans
1 x low speed (1000rpm) side exhaust fan
Intel X25-m G2 80GB SSD
PCI-e 4x Esata expansion card

I will be using the integrated graphics so no dedicated GPU - hdds will be connected via separately powered esata external enclosure/s.

Do you think I will get away with it?

Thanks in advance

BluSky · 5 Jun 2013 at 22:16

quick bump before bed.

BluSky · 6 Jun 2013 at 06:43

Thanks for that. Yeah they are amazing little things for very small builds. Shame about the PSU calculator result, I wonder if it overestimates though?

Anyone have any real world experience of a similar build?

BluSky · 6 Jun 2013 at 10:14

d_brennen said:
PSU calculators a very conservative, especially ones attached to companies who sell PSUs I think you'd get away with it at stock

I ran an Athlon II quad, two hard drives (non green type), bluray and a 5450 1gb from a 150w pico

Thanks that is very useful to know. if you managed to run all that of a 150 then I reckon I can get away with the 160. Especially considering I have no optical drive or graphics card like you had in yours. This has made me very happy - noisy psu can go bye bye

BluSky · 6 Jun 2013 at 11:58

Sprite said:
What power brick will you be using?

You should be fine, I was running an i52300 (stock) and HD 7870XT (slight undervolt) which ran games at around 215w load. This was the power draw from the wall so actual consumption was lower.

Power calculators tend to be very cautious with their ratings.

I will be using a modified dell da2 block which is a 12V / 18A 216w adapter

BluSky · 7 Jun 2013 at 12:49

Sprite said:
Let me know how the modding goes, I've wanted to try the DA2 with a 192w Pico PSU but never got round to it.

will do

BluSky · 7 Jun 2013 at 19:50

Yeah - you have all done a good job of re-assuring me it will be ok. All I need to do now is wire up the power brick. If it works I will post a couple of pictures up if anyone is interested?

BluSky · 17 Jun 2013 at 09:22

d_brennen said:
Did you kill yourself in a puff of magic smoke then, BluSky?

No not yet

. It has been a bit hectic recently and I haven't had time to put the thing together. Also trying to think of a good way of wiring up a switch so that the power brick doesn't have to always be on.

BluSky · 18 Jun 2013 at 16:22

I actually bought a power meter now so that I can test things like this in future. The thing draws just over 120w at 100% load running Intel Burn Test so I am pretty happy with that. Thanks for your input all.