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smarenwolf
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Cheers folks,
I'm currently planning my new rig, which will be housed in DAN's A4-SFX.
The components themselves will be externally watercooled. To free up space for Res/Pump, I'd like to use a different powering method. It seems I need around 500W, especially with some OC'ing, so the HDPLEX 400W is not large enough, especially with "only" 330W external supply.
I'm thinking of using PicoBox' X500 (X7-ATX) with two external 240W bricks (they're just so much damn smaller than the 330W bricks). The case-bottom will have 2 Noctua 92mm fans for general cooling (everything not taken care by the loop).
This should also suffice for the heat generated by the X500.
Question now is:
a) Is the X500 with 2x 240W okay for the load? Or should I really go for 2x 330W bricks? I dislike their size, tbh.
b) Is there a way to use a powered Riser with the A4-SFX?
c) can the PicoBox use a powered Riser? Cause it's basically 2 separate systems, one for CPU and one for GPU, I'd like to use a "GPU-powered" Riser, so that the GPU-power-draw "stays" with the GPU-side of things.
Can someone help here?
I'm currently planning my new rig, which will be housed in DAN's A4-SFX.
The components themselves will be externally watercooled. To free up space for Res/Pump, I'd like to use a different powering method. It seems I need around 500W, especially with some OC'ing, so the HDPLEX 400W is not large enough, especially with "only" 330W external supply.
I'm thinking of using PicoBox' X500 (X7-ATX) with two external 240W bricks (they're just so much damn smaller than the 330W bricks). The case-bottom will have 2 Noctua 92mm fans for general cooling (everything not taken care by the loop).
This should also suffice for the heat generated by the X500.
Question now is:
a) Is the X500 with 2x 240W okay for the load? Or should I really go for 2x 330W bricks? I dislike their size, tbh.
b) Is there a way to use a powered Riser with the A4-SFX?
c) can the PicoBox use a powered Riser? Cause it's basically 2 separate systems, one for CPU and one for GPU, I'd like to use a "GPU-powered" Riser, so that the GPU-power-draw "stays" with the GPU-side of things.
Can someone help here?