Powerful PCs are getting smaller and smaller (personally, I'm focusing more and more on NUCs and other sub mini-ITX sized boards/SBCs). Power supplies are becoming more and more of the computer's size - my Hades Canyon power brick is about the same size and weight as the NUC itself...
In any case, I've recently been exploring power supply options and thought it'd be worth kicking off a discussion.
I wanted to start off by pointing to this thread from the beginning of the year on ganging up Xbox One S power supplies. Pretty cool, and you can get genuine ones for about $30 or AliExpress some offbrand ones for considerably cheaper. While an interesting form factor, IMO these really aren't ideal - they are 12V (19V would be better), and aren't all that small (0.4L, 265g).
I found an incredibly tiny (<0.1L, 160g!) 90W power supply, the AcBel AD9009, which can also be found for <$30. If you're running without a GPU, a single unit has you covered, otherwise you could gang two up with a Y-PWR. Pretty sweet.
I also found a tiny 65W power supply, the FINsix DART - it's about 0.055L and 85g, but seems to be largely unavailable - I did find some on eBay for $30. There is a very similar recently Kickstartered (being shipped/delivered, so I'm sure it'll hit store shelves soon) device called the Innergie 55cc/Innergie PowerGear 60C that has USB-C support (but only 60W output) and is about the same weight and volume (but a little more squat). These power supplies seem like the smallest option for most NUC/APUs.
The last thing I was looking at were used Mac Mini power supplies - these are 85W power supplies and go for about $30 or so on eBay. I'll have one arriving in a bit where I can check dimensions, although I really just got it out of curiosity, I doubt it can beat the AcBel, even if you have to factor in the weight of a picoPSU.
Anyway, I did a bunch of research shopping around the other night so I thought I'd share and see what else people have been looking at?
With the DART I picked up, I think I'll have no problem building a <0.5L system that packs a punch when my UDOO Bolt arrives. In the meantime, it should be useful if I decide to grab a Bean Canyon while I wait (will really depend on how overpriced it is).
In any case, I've recently been exploring power supply options and thought it'd be worth kicking off a discussion.
I wanted to start off by pointing to this thread from the beginning of the year on ganging up Xbox One S power supplies. Pretty cool, and you can get genuine ones for about $30 or AliExpress some offbrand ones for considerably cheaper. While an interesting form factor, IMO these really aren't ideal - they are 12V (19V would be better), and aren't all that small (0.4L, 265g).
I found an incredibly tiny (<0.1L, 160g!) 90W power supply, the AcBel AD9009, which can also be found for <$30. If you're running without a GPU, a single unit has you covered, otherwise you could gang two up with a Y-PWR. Pretty sweet.
I also found a tiny 65W power supply, the FINsix DART - it's about 0.055L and 85g, but seems to be largely unavailable - I did find some on eBay for $30. There is a very similar recently Kickstartered (being shipped/delivered, so I'm sure it'll hit store shelves soon) device called the Innergie 55cc/Innergie PowerGear 60C that has USB-C support (but only 60W output) and is about the same weight and volume (but a little more squat). These power supplies seem like the smallest option for most NUC/APUs.
The last thing I was looking at were used Mac Mini power supplies - these are 85W power supplies and go for about $30 or so on eBay. I'll have one arriving in a bit where I can check dimensions, although I really just got it out of curiosity, I doubt it can beat the AcBel, even if you have to factor in the weight of a picoPSU.
Anyway, I did a bunch of research shopping around the other night so I thought I'd share and see what else people have been looking at?
With the DART I picked up, I think I'll have no problem building a <0.5L system that packs a punch when my UDOO Bolt arrives. In the meantime, it should be useful if I decide to grab a Bean Canyon while I wait (will really depend on how overpriced it is).
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