I am looking to make my build, Full Circle, portable again (once I can travel again). I got back into PC gaming and plan to get back into 3D and CAD modeling as well.
After my HDPLEX 400W AC/DC died twice last year, I had my main machine powered by a SF750 and housed inside a Meslicious. Yes, I had contacted Larry about it the first time my HDPLEX 400W AC/DC died, then I got curious and impatient, and had a friend of a friend look at it where it died the second and final time. I am going to move the build back into my Skyreach 4 Mini. My only concern now is which way to go for the power supply. My current budget is low though I can buy piece by piece over time.
The easy solution would be to get two HDPLEX 250W GaN units to power the build in it's current state as the Ryzen 7 2700X and RX VEGA 56 Nano (especially) are quite power hungry.
The medium solution would be to get one HDPLEX 250W GaN unit and limit the power draw of the Ryzen 7 2700X and RX VEGA 56 Nano (especially).
The difficult solution would be to get one HDPLEX 250W GaN unit and upgrade to a Ryzen 7 5700X and RX 6600. By going with the difficult solution, I might as well change the motherboard (B550), memory (32GB DDR4-4000 CL18), and CPU cooler (Alpenfohn Black Ridge) at some point as well.
What do you think?
EDIT: Updated for readability.
After my HDPLEX 400W AC/DC died twice last year, I had my main machine powered by a SF750 and housed inside a Meslicious. Yes, I had contacted Larry about it the first time my HDPLEX 400W AC/DC died, then I got curious and impatient, and had a friend of a friend look at it where it died the second and final time. I am going to move the build back into my Skyreach 4 Mini. My only concern now is which way to go for the power supply. My current budget is low though I can buy piece by piece over time.
The easy solution would be to get two HDPLEX 250W GaN units to power the build in it's current state as the Ryzen 7 2700X and RX VEGA 56 Nano (especially) are quite power hungry.
The medium solution would be to get one HDPLEX 250W GaN unit and limit the power draw of the Ryzen 7 2700X and RX VEGA 56 Nano (especially).
The difficult solution would be to get one HDPLEX 250W GaN unit and upgrade to a Ryzen 7 5700X and RX 6600. By going with the difficult solution, I might as well change the motherboard (B550), memory (32GB DDR4-4000 CL18), and CPU cooler (Alpenfohn Black Ridge) at some point as well.
What do you think?
EDIT: Updated for readability.
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