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All pico psu's are fanless.
David
HTPC1: Intel Pentium G620, 4GB RAM, AMD HD6570, Samsung 830 SSD, Silverstone GD05 case.
HTPC2: AMD Athlon II X2 255, 4GB RAM, AMD HD5450, Western Digital HDD, Silverstone ML03 case.
HTPC3: AMD E350, 4GB RAM, AMD HD6310, OCZ Agility 3 SSD, Akasa Crypto case.
Media Server: i3-3220, 8gb RAM, WHS 2011, 8tb capacity, Fractal Design ARC Midi R2 case.
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I just installed a new ASUS mATX zacate board & a SSD (same one as yours) in my HTPC two days ago. I haven't updated my signature yet but everything is the same except for the MB, CPU, OS Drive, and RAM. With my 120w picoPSU my rig is drawing 38w max at boot and ~28w at idle. I'd give a number for 1080p mkv playback but my media server is down right now running a memtest on some new RAM. The 102w AC adapter that comes in the picoPSU kit does have a fan but it is off so long as you stay below 85-90 watts output. I would say that you should easily be able to get by with the 80w unit. My HTPC has a media drive so your HTPC should draw even less power than mine.
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There are cases with external PSU (similar to picoPSU but internal pcb is a bit larger) - much better prices.
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True but they may not be fan-less, they may not have the same efficiency and I don't think they are as nice as the Wesena ones (plus I'm supporting a British company!).
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Which cases in particular are you thinking of (just in case anyone else reading this wants to know)?
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Yes, I had seen cases like that but they don't seem to have the build quality or IMO look anywhere near as good as the Wesena cases... but I guess you get what you pay for!