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is this system doable? (GTX 650 with 160-200W PSU)
As you may be aware, for a while I've been trying to figure out how to get a bunch of components into a really small case. I might've finally found one.
C137 Mini-ITX case
The problem is, it only supports external/DC power adaptors (Ironically there's a smaller version that supports flex ATX psu's but no graphics cards C289 Mini-ITX Enclosure)
I can get a picopsu picoPSU-160-XT that operates at 160W while handling bursts to 200W (195W effectively)
The TDP of a Nvidia GTX 650 is 65W. AnandTech - NVIDIA Launches GeForce GTX 650: GK107 With GDDR5 The 650 isn't the most powerful chip, but it will handle my needs fine.
After that, I can add a 55W i3-3220, a motherboard, ram, optical drive, and a hard drive (think I can only install one drive, so it may be a hybrid drive)
Is it doable? or will the PSU be overloaded? eXtreme PSU calculator says that with a 100% load I need 184W minimum with 234W reccomended.
Thanks
Last edited by FuturDreamz; 12 Feb 2013 at 23:40.