Low cost sff build

[SMK]

Hello how are you! I am doing a small, low-budget construction, since I live in Argentina (Messi country) and the components for sff are very scarce and very expensive. For the project, I chose an athlon 5150 and a GT730 had planned to use a 160 W PICO, but I'm afraid it won't reach and end up overheated, since it supposedly needs 300w of PSU. What you think? How is it possible to move your configuration with 160w / 150w? Does something escape me? On the other hand I read out there that they recommend the psupico xt but they are expensive for me since the construction came out 90dls! Do you recommend any other? Thank you! Sorry for my English

 

[ignsvn]

Hello how are you! I am doing a small, low-budget construction, since I live in Argentina (Messi country) and the components for sff are very scarce and very expensive. For the project, I chose an athlon 5150 and a GT730 had planned to use a 160 W PICO, but I'm afraid it won't reach and end up overheated, since it supposedly needs 300w of PSU. What you think? How is it possible to move your configuration with 160w / 150w? Does something escape me? On the other hand I read out there that they recommend the psupico xt but they are expensive for me since the construction came out 90dls! Do you recommend any other? Thank you! Sorry for my English

5150 use around 20w

AMD Athlon 5150 Benchmarks and Review – AM1 APU

The AMD Athlon 5150 is a lower cost part that provides SoC capabilities at low power consumption levels. This allows platforms to be small, inexpensive and quiet with minimal complexity.

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GTX730 use around 40-50w I think?

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 Specs

NVIDIA GK208B, 902 MHz, 384 Cores, 32 TMUs, 8 ROPs, 1024 MB GDDR5, 1253 MHz, 64 bit

www.techpowerup.com

Just google around.

 

[Windfall]

Hello how are you! I am doing a small, low-budget construction, since I live in Argentina (Messi country) and the components for sff are very scarce and very expensive. For the project, I chose an athlon 5150 and a GT730 had planned to use a 160 W PICO, but I'm afraid it won't reach and end up overheated, since it supposedly needs 300w of PSU. What you think? How is it possible to move your configuration with 160w / 150w? Does something escape me? On the other hand I read out there that they recommend the psupico xt but they are expensive for me since the construction came out 90dls! Do you recommend any other? Thank you! Sorry for my English

At most, that system would consume 100W.

A pico 120 would handle your system fine.

 

[Valantar]

Hi, and welcome to the forums! As said by the two above, don't worry about your power draw - PSU requirement specs are ALWAYS overblown to account for all the variability in how people configure their PCs (and that some PSUs are terrible quality and can't deliver their rated output). A PC like that will likely consume less than 100W total even under the harshest power virus loads.

What case will you be using, by the way?

 

[SMK]

At most, that system would consume 100W.

A pico 120 would handle your system fine.

Hello thank you very much! I'll keep it in mind. I was reading many guides and I understand that the PICOPSU XT are the best there is, but due to the cost I wanted to know what PSUPICO could put

 

[SMK]

Hi, and welcome to the forums! As said by the two above, don't worry about your power draw - PSU requirement specs are ALWAYS overblown to account for all the variability in how people configure their PCs (and that some PSUs are terrible quality and can't deliver their rated output). A PC like that will likely consume less than 100W total even under the harshest power virus loads.

What case will you be using, by the way?

Hello! How are you? Thank you.
The case is ... playstation one fat!

I understand from the guidelines that the PicoPSU XT is the best (or one of them) but I don't know if they send to my country and they are quite expensive. Do you know any other cheaper option?

 

[Valantar]

For a wattage like that I wouldn't be scared of using one of those knock-off DC-ATX units off Aliexpress - but I would go for the "250W" version just to be safe (the wattage ratings on these are typically way overblown. Normally these go for something like US$20.

For example:

24.0US $ 15% OFF|RGEEK DC 12V 250W 24Pin Pico ATX Switch pcio PSU Auto Mini ITX High Power Supply Module ITX|PC Power Supplies| - AliExpress

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I can't vouch for the 250W version (I have one, but haven't used it at all really) but I have one of the low-end 80W ones (I think - can't remember right now) in a tiny ITX box I have with a 10W Pentium chip. It doesn't get much use, but it's been stable so far.

 

[SMK]

For a wattage like that I wouldn't be scared of using one of those knock-off DC-ATX units off Aliexpress - but I would go for the "250W" version just to be safe (the wattage ratings on these are typically way overblown. Normally these go for something like US$20.

For example:

24.0US $ 15% OFF|RGEEK DC 12V 250W 24Pin Pico ATX Switch pcio PSU Auto Mini ITX High Power Supply Module ITX|PC Power Supplies| - AliExpress

Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com

s.click.aliexpress.com

I can't vouch for the 250W version (I have one, but haven't used it at all really) but I have one of the low-end 80W ones (I think - can't remember right now) in a tiny ITX box I have with a 10W Pentium chip. It doesn't get much use, but it's been stable so far.

Hi, I had a problem with my project and I burned the motherboard! But that is no problem with this one. Or rather I am in that. I may be selling this Asrock AM1H-ITX motherboard but I have a doubt it has a DC IN input but can I feed the GT730? for this connector? On the other hand I have the option of an I3 7100t (35w), can I also feed it with the generic PSU? How much would you consume with the GT 730? or is the HD 630 preferable? thank you!

 

[cleveland]

Hi, I had a problem with my project and I burned the motherboard! But that is no problem with this one. Or rather I am in that. I may be selling this Asrock AM1H-ITX motherboard but I have a doubt it has a DC IN input but can I feed the GT730? for this connector? On the other hand I have the option of an I3 7100t (35w), can I also feed it with the generic PSU? How much would you consume with the GT 730? or is the HD 630 preferable? thank you!

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