Wow, I want to build a custom one.

Edward78 · 16 Jun 2013 at 16:31

Haswell-Infused Alienware X51 R2 SFF Game PC, but how easy is it to do the powerbrick thing with a PC?

KiiYzOo · 16 Jun 2013 at 17:09

You can get pico psus that have power bricks

only problem is that they don't tend to have enough power for a good graphics card

gropingmantis · 16 Jun 2013 at 21:14

Actually they do. Pico PSUs do not regulate the 12V rail so as long as your brick is up to the job (something the an Xbox 360 one is usually enough) and you are willing to make the custom extention cable for the GPU power, you can power a GPU using a Pico PSU. Just make sure that your mobo+CPU+drives do not exceed the pico PSU power limit.

KiiYzOo · 16 Jun 2013 at 21:22

hmmmmm, interesting, that means you could make an awesome little gaming rig then

gropingmantis · 16 Jun 2013 at 22:22

Yeah thats what one of the guys over on losias has done.

Brok · 24 Jun 2013 at 12:14

Nothing on temps in that review, which would be my main concern. Still, a lot of power in a little box

Monkeh · 24 Jun 2013 at 13:49

If you swapped the 4770 to a k version and put a 2Gb mechanical drive into that spec you have my current rig built into a SG07 case. The warmest part is the WF OC 670 GTX, although the CPU did hit 70c when I took it to 5Ghz

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ZXSpectrum · 24 Jun 2013 at 15:17

Brok said:
Nothing on temps in that review, which would be my main concern. Still, a lot of power in a little box

Surely to most people temps do not matter one little bit. The only time they really should is when it causes problems like throttling, crashing etc...

Brok · 24 Jun 2013 at 16:26

Its a box intended for a room with a big screen tv, which is most probably your lounge. A large number of people (including me) own TV stands/cabinets with restricted airflow and temps are very much a concern. If it runs hot out in the open its going to be much worse in a cabinet.

ZXSpectrum · 25 Jun 2013 at 16:37

Brok said:
Its a box intended for a room with a big screen tv, which is most probably your lounge. A large number of people (including me) own TV stands/cabinets with restricted airflow and temps are very much a concern. If it runs hot out in the open its going to be much worse in a cabinet.

But a user/enthusiast definition of "Too Hot" is a lot different from a manufacturers. For instance there was a member that bought one of the new Pulse Eight HTPC/Media streaming units and was concerned that it was running too hot. He contacted the manufacturer and they said that was perfectly fine and unless it was causing any faults/problems then it was not an issue. I am sure that if it did throttle or crash Dell/AW would swap/repair straight away. If you called them and said "My pc is running too hot because I/coretemp tells me so" They will ask you if its crashing/throttling and if the answer is no then they will tell you that its not an issue and not a fault.

Gav_881 · 11 Jul 2013 at 13:18

All too true, people stressed about keeping the ivybridge chips dellow 70 on full load when TJ max is 105. Lets face it if IBT can't get your chip to TJ max then solitare isn't going to either.

For most the heat concern is more about the associated noise caused by fans trying to cool it down, pulling a power brick out of the main box should reduce that a bit.

Gav_881 · 11 Jul 2013 at 14:31

All too true, people stressed about keeping the ivybridge chips dellow 70 on full load when TJ max is 105. Lets face it if IBT can't get your chip to TJ max then solitare isn't going to either.

For most the heat concern is more about the associated noise caused by fans trying to cool it down, pulling a power brick out of the main box should reduce that a bit.

Edit: if you do manage it be sure to do a build log