I'm going to piece together a mini PC from stuff I have and will acquire over the next week or so. I'm going for compact here, not all out performance, which will be painfully obvious by the hardware selection. Let me know what you think. Thanks!
My questions arise in regards to the power supply and the actual capabilities of the final machine.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
My questions arise in regards to the power supply and the actual capabilities of the final machine.
- According to an online power supply calculator I'm looking for a minimum of 111W power supply, but 160W+ is recommended. This points me to mini-box.com and their picoPSU-160-XT. That pretty much squares that way unless you all have anything to add on that front. Can I get away with less? 120W or 150W perhaps?
- The other thing I'm wondering is how capable will this actually be at running the games I list? I don't need all the eye candy turn on/up. Smooth frame rates are more important. Playing at 1080p would be ideal but realize I'm limited. And I only play games periodically anymore. I don't need the latest and great on this particular machine. Just enough to enjoy a few games here and there.
- Would it be worth while in regards to the games to switch from the i3 2100T to something like an i5 2400S?
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
- MS Office 2013, periodic gaming (Fallout 1/2, DoW, Skyrim, Portal 1/2, etc.), web browsing
- In addition to existing hardware: $80
- Aurora, Indiana
- Power supply (picoPSU)
- i5 xxxx? Just (sold my i3 2100T)
- ASRock H67 Mini ITX USB3.0
- Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB DDR3
- Kingston HyperX 120GB SSD
- HIS HD 7750 low profile
- Mini aluminum case (scratch built case)
- No.
- 1920 x 1080, ASUS V242H 24" (23.6")
- Buying now, building later
- Already have the motherboard
- Win7 64bit w/ Win8 upgrade DVD
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