Pico PSU - Which one

DiCe! · 4 May 2012 at 12:09

HIS ATI Radeon HD 5570 1024MB GDDR3 SILENT PCI-Express Graphics Card
M3 60 gig SSD
DVD drive - although may remove
4 gig DDR3
Will add a TV card

would a 120 be enough? or should I go all out and go for 150?

Ben Cole · 4 May 2012 at 13:21

DiCe! · 4 May 2012 at 13:24

Ah yes, I knew I was forgetting something and couldnt place it!

e6700 core2duo

Doomedspeed · 4 May 2012 at 19:11

I don't know whether to trust this but it says the CPU (or simular) uses ~120W at idle. I assume thats for the whole system.

Source: http://techreport.com/articles.x/12737/13

Bigsy · 4 May 2012 at 21:56

Cpu and gfx is about 110w under load.

So add mobo, mem, drives, and a psu efficieny of 85% and you will be majorly pushing a 12w psu to its limits!

Venares · 4 May 2012 at 22:41

That e6700 will really be hurting you.
Conversly I run a similar system with a g620 and a GT 430 and it bearly breaks 60w.

I still ended up going for the 150w PICO though just to be sure.
Very much overkill in my case I would say definatly needed for your build.

str · 7 May 2012 at 13:59

The latest PicoPSU is the 160W-XT and it's only a few pennies more than the 150W.