[eskro]

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/165846...Power_Kit/

[soapisclean]

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/165846...Power_Kit/

I think that's actually a 60w brick (12 Volts * 5A = 60w). Only the PSU that goes inside the case is 90w. this is the common kit that Mini-box and other retailers (NCIX) sells. Based on some furious Googling I can see that they used to offer a 90w PSU with a 80w brick but not anymore for some reason

[eskro]

well, there's always EBAY then


PicoPSU-80 +80W adapter $60 CAD
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/PicoPSU-80-80W-ad...255a6d2c36

PicoPSU-90 +90W adapter $78 CAD
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/picoPSU-90-XLP-12...1c20cb8d2b

[voip-ninja]

I would be very careful of getting knock offs when you buy a Pico PSU from eBay. You want the genuine mini box item, unless you don't mind risking frying all of your gear.

[voip-ninja]

The reason I'm hesitant at going with the 120W PSU is that is comes with a 102W brick which has a built in fan that is apparently quite loud. For my purposes this kinda defeats the purpose of building a low powered htpc.

Perhaps going with the A4 CPU or even switching over to the Intel i3-2100T would be a better solution?

Why not just get this one?

http://www.amazon.com/picoPSU-150-XT-102...056&sr=8-2

It fits standard cases, is 102 watts passive PSU (no fan) and is under $70 shipped!

[eskro]

Why not just get this one?

http://www.amazon.com/picoPSU-150-XT-102...056&sr=8-2

It fits standard cases, is 102 watts passive PSU (no fan) and is under $70 shipped!

+1, nice find!!

[soapisclean]

Why not just get this one?

http://www.amazon.com/picoPSU-150-XT-102...056&sr=8-2

It fits standard cases, is 102 watts passive PSU (no fan) and is under $70 shipped!

It's strange that they list this 102w psu as silent and even some of the commenters mention that it's fanless because it looks exactly like the 102w psu on mini-box's website which has a cooling fan that kicks in at higher watt outputs.

Either way I went with this 80W adapter from itxcanada for $31:
http://www.itxcanada.com/products/80w_12...87-56.html

And I ordered the Pico 90w PSU separately from directcanada for $25
so the total PSU cost comes to $56

I know I'm sort of risking not having enough power for my rig with this psu but I guess if this doesn't work I can always get a more powerful unit and use the 90w setup for another build later.

[eskro]

80W is definitely enough for the A6-3500

[voip-ninja]

It's strange that they list this 102w psu as silent and even some of the commenters mention that it's fanless because it looks exactly like the 102w psu on mini-box's website which has a cooling fan that kicks in at higher watt outputs.

Either way I went with this 80W adapter from itxcanada for $31:
http://www.itxcanada.com/products/80w_12...87-56.html

And I ordered the Pico 90w PSU separately from directcanada for $25
so the total PSU cost comes to $56

I know I'm sort of risking not having enough power for my rig with this psu but I guess if this doesn't work I can always get a more powerful unit and use the 90w setup for another build later.

I have the setup that I linked to on Amazon, the PSU is fan less.

[eskro]

Amazon.ca doesnt sell it tho :/

[voip-ninja]

Canadiens. ha.

[Balinus]

Yeah, I'm really jealous of amazon.com. Amazon.ca has nothing! And half of the items on amazon.com cannot be shipped to Canada... :/

[eskro]

true,,, were left with shopbot.ca

[soapisclean]

So I've been putting together my htpc and the power supply is not a problem at all. I've got a 90watt Pico PSU with an 80watt powering an ASRock A75M-ITX board with a A6-3600 cpu and a 60Gb SSD and it seems to be running Ubuntu 11.10 with no hiccups.

The problem however is that the CPU heatsink/fan is too tall for my M350 case. It just narrowly prevents me from mounting the SSD inside the case

I need to start looking into low profile aftermarket CPU cooling options
or maybe getting a different motherboard where the CPU is slightly off center perhaps allowing me to mount the ssd parallel to the cooler (instead of right on top of it)

ASUS F1A75-I Deluxe is one such motherboard but it is over $50 more expensive than the ASRock I have right now

The cooler options are either the Kozuti (still might be too tall)
http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/cpu/11...ooler.html

or this Silverstone
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6835220030

[eskro]

A6-3600's cooler should be 40mm high from bottom heatsink to top of its fan....
im afraid even the KOZUTI cooler wouldnt really suit your needs as its 40mm high too,,,