Hey folks! I'm new to the community, so far was just a reader and wanted to thank you all for all the discussions, questions, answers, and measurements!)
I've recently built a small build with 1070 ti, Ryzen 2600 + Dark Rock TF and SF600 PSU, but it was too big to carry around in a backpack so I've decided to shrink it down:
I want to replace PSU with 2x Meanwell EPP-400-12 which must give me 250+250 Watts of fanless power which must be enough to power MB + CPU from one supply and GPU from another, but I have few questions:
I'm doing this mainly because:
I've recently built a small build with 1070 ti, Ryzen 2600 + Dark Rock TF and SF600 PSU, but it was too big to carry around in a backpack so I've decided to shrink it down:
I want to replace PSU with 2x Meanwell EPP-400-12 which must give me 250+250 Watts of fanless power which must be enough to power MB + CPU from one supply and GPU from another, but I have few questions:
- How hot Meanwell can be at 250 Watts? I plan to place both PSUs under the GPU like that - sandwich style, pretty close to the GPU, and wonder if it can cause heat issues (for both PSU and GPU).
- Are out there any PCIe risers with external power (so GPU and MB power lines will be disconnected)? In that case, I can fully decouple two Meanwell PSUs so they will not fight in case the voltage difference will be too high between them.
I'm doing this mainly because:
- All the small sandwich cases have CPU cooling limitations, and going lower than 70mm in height will be not sufficient. With this build seems like I can still go about 17x30x8cm internal size and have same hardware like in Velka 3.
- Flex PSUs while similar in size are quite noisy (+ 600w Flex are more expensive compared to 2x Meanwell + 24pin DC-DC in my area).
