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I guess for 50 watts total usage you can't actually go too wrong there! It'll be pretty hard to make a PSU so bad it can't even supply 50 watts :D Still don't trust the rated wattages on any of those supplies though!

Quite. Don't trust Aliexpress for anything more complicated than a fan controller :D Critical components should always be bought from verified reputable vendors. I bought the Metalfish Flex PSU, but it was more of a curiosity than anything serious. It didn't add too much to the cost of my S3...

Yep I discovered the FX-500 uses a 15mm fan. Curiously as it has a very loud stock fan, I decided to throw caution to the wind and try a Noctua A4x10 I had new in-box. Now on paper it''s even worse than the A4x20 I have in the 7660B and don't get me wrong the PSU does still get quite warm...

Actually I think with my build the FX-500 might well be a better choice. I think it will run cooler because my build will sit more consistently inside its efficiency curve. It'll be a bit more cables to manage but I might just remove the ones I dont need and heatshrink the ends.

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If youre lucky it might pop up on ebay, otherwise the usual route applies for most of these cases. Aliexpress or Taobao etc.

I tried to do the fan swap but thats a no-go for me. This is due to how they've modified the fan. Its heavily modded. They've added a resistor to allow it to spin up properly: And the fan itself appears to be soldered to the board. Now I can either clip off the Noctua and solder the ADDA...

Sort of like what Silverstone do with the plastic panels under the vents on the FX-350 / FX-500 ? Edit: I see what you mean. GPU /CPU fan shroud. Not sure how necessary that may be. CPU thermals are fine but the GPU is bearing the brunt. And it already right up near the vent. I just need...

That's awesome data, thanks for that. It's enough of an improvement over the Noctua A4x20 to warrant a test fit at least. While the Noctua is very quiet, I do have concerns over its cooling potential in such a dense PSU. I don't think the PSU is overheating per se, but it is radiating a...

What I usually do is completely forget about the boost frequencies on the spec sheet for my card as they are simply irrelevant for normal use. I just run some benchmarks, play some games, and do every other kind of heavy lifting I can think of that I normally do. Then I compare logs from...

The GEEEK modded PSU is very well done to be honest with you. The Modular connectors are well isolated from the back of the PSU using standoffs, so the cables will never 100% obscure the venting, which is nice. The only downside is that the cable connectors extend horizontally from the PSU...

Interesting thanks. As it turns out I had an old Enhance 400W server PSU in an old eGPU (no CPU power or SATA etc, very bare bones). I have extracted the the fan from that, which turns out to be an ADDA AD0412HB-C50. 12V 0.11A. Do you think this might be similar enough?

Just to let you guys know, Metalfish now appear to be selling the S3 with the FSP FX-500-G

I just did this build in a Metalfish S3 from Aliexpress. Cheap enough and they now have a decent PSU option too. Metalfish S3 Aliexpress Link

Link to gallery Preface This is version 2.0 of my Metalfish S3 build. Through a handful of challenges, I wasn't quite ready to make it my main case for a few reasons: Sourcing a good PSU Sourcing an RTX 2070 that might fit Making said RTX 2070 actually fit, haha! The build is now complete...