Hello, Josh and people of the forum,
I'm building a system with an i5-7600k and a GTX 1070 Ti and as far as I can tell an HDPLEX 400W in combination with a Dell power brick is the best PSU solution (recommendations or corrections are welcomed). Can anyone point me towards a specific power brick? I just read a post on the S4M-c thread about a Dell brick not powering a system it should be and someone suggested it might be a knockoff. I found
this site to be the cheapest source that a simple Google search is able to find BUT DISCLAIMER! These products are without a doubt knockoffs and the whole business is shady as hell (If someone has experience with this site please share your findings). On
reputable sites, the price for the brick seems to be 109€, which annoyed me as I had calculated my total cost with the prices that I found initially (knockoffs).
Thanks for reading, Iso
Hello, Isometricy! I just finished this post in the S4M-C thread, and I think it belongs here too.
---------1080ti-------
FIRST CHOICE:
HDPLEX 400 + Eurocom 780
PROS:
- Safe, certified, highly tested, rock solid stable.
- This setup runs very cool with even an i9 and has plenty of overhead for safe overclocking
- Least amount of coil whine
CONS:
- Very expensive
- Difficult to mod connectors for Eurocom
- Noisy before replacing Eurcom's fans
- Bulky wires (better with Skywire cables) and install, takes up lots of room in MINI
- 2nd most bulky hookup
SECOND CHOICE:
G-UNQIUE 450 Kit (Arkangel + Modded Brick)
PROS:
- EASY to install!
- No fan noise
- Tons of room inside case!
- Could be perfectly neat if output cables reversed (Please, Gary?)
- Reasonably priced
CONS:
- Not certified, use at own risk and be thankful to Gary for being an awesome modder!
- Power brick runs STUPID hot
- Minor coil whine (in brick and plug in unit)
- Very hard to get one made (long waiting list)
- 1st most bulky hookup
-----1070 and 1080 systems----
HDPLEX 400 + Genuine Dell LA330PM160
- Dell 330 is readily available and works well.
- Buy the 60ish dollar grey market DA330 bricks at own risk for 1080. These can work OK for 1070 systems.
G-UNQIUE Kit
- Sames cons as above, but can be a good choice based on the pros
- Make sure to tell Gary you are ordering for a MINI!
-----1060 systems----
Dynamo Mini + Dell LA330PM160
- Super neat install; even better than the G-unique due to modularity and sensible cable orientation
- You can use the 60ish dollar grey market DA330 fairly stably. I still recommend the genuine article.
-----1050ti systems----
FIRST CHOICE:
Dynamo Mini + Dell LA330PM160
- This is my first choice because it is prime for an upgrade down the road
SECOND CHOICE:
Pico 160XT KIT (with 192w Adaptec Brick)
- Second choice only because it is not easy to upgrade/hookup for bigger GPUs
- Inexpensive! (under 70 bucks for the kit!)
- Pico 160XT can easily power a 1070 system, but requires dainty soldering.
---------------------But what about the Dynamo Duo?-------------------
The Dynamo Duo (Dynamo Mini + Dynamo 360 + AC/DC Power Brick) offers some
really interesting possibilities. This combo should not be written off for advanced and creative builders. It is not on my list for a few reasons:
- Complex solution for advanced builders (many configurations and possibilities)
- I need to do much more testing. I never recommend power solutions until I have thoroughly tested and purchased many copies.
- Currently is the most bulky NFC MINI power solution.
There are plenty of pros, and this is a PSU combo I am quite interested in. I'm not going to list them here now, but I can say that this is a solution I am considering for larger builds for my customers
instead of SFX-L PSUs. The idea of powering my mods with a modular system where I can spread out the components intrigues me greatly. This is also the most small form factor power solution once you want to really start pushing the wattage. When I first started using this combo I thought it was a little silly, but that is because I was seeing it as a MINI product. Once I started applying it to larger SFF builds and even ATX builds, I fell in love with it, and I have some interesting projects planned with it. KMPKT is also fixing to do something pretty epic in a MINI with this combo, and if he can pull it off I will be even more impressed.
Hope this helps some of my new customers
