Hi guys,
I'm currently creating a new HTPC. I wanted it completely fanless, but it seems it's not going to be possible. Its specs are:
Motherboard: ASRock H61M-ITX
Hard Disk: OCZ Vertex 3 128 GB
Processor: Intel Core i3 2120T + COOLER CPU THERMALRIGHT HR-02 MACHO
RAM: 2x DIMM 4GB DDR3 PC-1333 SDRAM
Graphics Card: Shappire Radeon HD7750 ultimate (fanless)
Power Supply: FSP Aurum Xilenser 500 W
However, since the PSU is way too big, it wouldn't fit in the case I want to build and, if it did, the heat it would make would be too high and it would raise the inside-the-case temperature. This is why I thought of a much less powerful PSU, which is at the same time very, very small: a picoPSU. Concretely this one: http://www.ebay.es/itm/picoPSU-160-XT-192W-Adapter-Kabel-mit-USA-Netzkabel-with-power-cord-/280846541969?pt=PC_Netzteile&hash=item4163c22491
Two questions:
First: Would this little PSU be enough to power my setup? I say this because, in spite of what the graphics card box says (400W PSU required), since it's a really low demanding graphics card (in terms of power), I don't think it exceeds 75W (due to the limitations of powering of the PCI slot). The processor itself consumes 35 W...
Second: I wanted to run it fanless, but the processor goes beyond 55ºC and reaches 65ºC peaks. I'm afraid those are bad temperatures for such a processor, which TJ Max is 85ºC. Which is the appropiate rank of temperature of this processor? I guess going beyond 50ºC is no good. With the fan, it never goes beyond 45ºC...
Thank you very much and pardon my low level of english (I'm from Spain)!
I'm currently creating a new HTPC. I wanted it completely fanless, but it seems it's not going to be possible. Its specs are:
Motherboard: ASRock H61M-ITX
Hard Disk: OCZ Vertex 3 128 GB
Processor: Intel Core i3 2120T + COOLER CPU THERMALRIGHT HR-02 MACHO
RAM: 2x DIMM 4GB DDR3 PC-1333 SDRAM
Graphics Card: Shappire Radeon HD7750 ultimate (fanless)
Power Supply: FSP Aurum Xilenser 500 W
However, since the PSU is way too big, it wouldn't fit in the case I want to build and, if it did, the heat it would make would be too high and it would raise the inside-the-case temperature. This is why I thought of a much less powerful PSU, which is at the same time very, very small: a picoPSU. Concretely this one: http://www.ebay.es/itm/picoPSU-160-XT-192W-Adapter-Kabel-mit-USA-Netzkabel-with-power-cord-/280846541969?pt=PC_Netzteile&hash=item4163c22491
Two questions:
First: Would this little PSU be enough to power my setup? I say this because, in spite of what the graphics card box says (400W PSU required), since it's a really low demanding graphics card (in terms of power), I don't think it exceeds 75W (due to the limitations of powering of the PCI slot). The processor itself consumes 35 W...
Second: I wanted to run it fanless, but the processor goes beyond 55ºC and reaches 65ºC peaks. I'm afraid those are bad temperatures for such a processor, which TJ Max is 85ºC. Which is the appropiate rank of temperature of this processor? I guess going beyond 50ºC is no good. With the fan, it never goes beyond 45ºC...
Thank you very much and pardon my low level of english (I'm from Spain)!
