I've put my system in a home theatre case today (Jonsbo G3 Home Theater PC Chassis... looks like an AV amp... even has a working big volume knob on the front)
i needed a horizontal case due to a room remodel, no room for a tower case anymore.
Obviousely it's a little tighter inside one of these cases... mostly PSU cable looms that get in the way tho, so i'm thinking of getting a modular PSU to cut down on un needed cables impeeding the airflow across the case.
But what one do i need.... ATM i have a OCZ-ZS750W,
This is running a Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 main board, with an i5 2500K OC'd to 4.5 gig,
I now have a 'GEFORCE GTX 1060 GT OC DUAL FAN 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARD' in it (when the pc was built it had a GTX580 that used a lot more power (needed 2 x 8 pin power connectors, new gfx card uses a single 6 pin)
There's a 500gb SSD in there, and nowt else really... no optical drive, and i have no plans to put one in there, nor will i ever go back to the old style rotating hard drives.
Would a 500 watt psu be more suited to my use now? and do i need one of these gold, platinum or other expensive PSU's, or would a standard £43 bronze one do me?
I only really play one game on this pc, a train simulator, that's all that would tax the system, rest of the time it'll be loafing along.
Any one spotted a good modular PSU at a black friday / cyber monday offer i shouldnt refuse?
i needed a horizontal case due to a room remodel, no room for a tower case anymore.
Obviousely it's a little tighter inside one of these cases... mostly PSU cable looms that get in the way tho, so i'm thinking of getting a modular PSU to cut down on un needed cables impeeding the airflow across the case.
But what one do i need.... ATM i have a OCZ-ZS750W,
This is running a Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 main board, with an i5 2500K OC'd to 4.5 gig,
I now have a 'GEFORCE GTX 1060 GT OC DUAL FAN 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARD' in it (when the pc was built it had a GTX580 that used a lot more power (needed 2 x 8 pin power connectors, new gfx card uses a single 6 pin)
There's a 500gb SSD in there, and nowt else really... no optical drive, and i have no plans to put one in there, nor will i ever go back to the old style rotating hard drives.
Would a 500 watt psu be more suited to my use now? and do i need one of these gold, platinum or other expensive PSU's, or would a standard £43 bronze one do me?
I only really play one game on this pc, a train simulator, that's all that would tax the system, rest of the time it'll be loafing along.
Any one spotted a good modular PSU at a black friday / cyber monday offer i shouldnt refuse?
