eelmod: G4 Cube w/ Videos worklog

[eelhead]

hows it going bro ....did u finish your cube yet?

No not yet, would you believe I tore it all down and am trying to reinvent the wheel lol.
I had some different ideas with the inner workings and I wanted to see if I can get pen to paper and give it a shot with the limited tools and supplies I have.

 

[BoomR]

The thermaltake PSU calculator says 185w for all you have, just run it through again to make sure

http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/Power

CRAP... well, luckily the CPU was the last purchase (and hasn't been made yet). I guess if I go to a 2125, that's only 65W... OR...

I just did a search for 200w Pico Power Supply - ran across this:
http://www.mini-box.com/PW-200M-DC-DC-power-supply

...otherwise, all the room I saved by carving out the heatsink will have to be used for something like this:
http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... id=0327220

Whaddayathink???

 

[eelhead]

Several of us have used the PICO as our power supplies.
I know it will run the mobo, i3 2125, HDD, DVD and nVidia 210 when I was doing some bench top testing.

 

[BoomR]

Looks like I'm going to order their 200W picoPSU:
http://www.mini-box.com/PW-200M-DC-DC-power-supply

Anyone who's using a picoPSU have any good recommendations on the AC > DC adapter to go with their pico?

 

[eelhead]

They also have the bricks on their site as well.
The one rated at 160w has a 200w max rating, I do believe that is the one I got a s a combo but I don't see the 200w PICO combo any more.

http://www.mini-box.com/19v-8-4A-160-Wa ... er-Adapter

You can always call them as well. They are very helpful.