Powercool Q6 Build, power supply problem?

Richard Tito

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I like the of size the Apple Mac Mini but hate the idea of fixed hardware. So I found this PC case that pretty much mirrors the dimensions of the Mac Mini, the Powercool Q6 (Link). Now my problem is a power supply, I know a gentlemen managed to squeeze an i3 processor into his build (Link). I was looking to squeeze an i7 in there, just for the sake of making the PC ridiculously powerful. As I said previously the main problem is the power supply, it says it has a 120w but it actually only runs at 60w. The i7 requires 77 wats of power I believe so I did some research and came across this micro psu (Link). On Scan it does say that this would support an i3 processor but of course I'm running an i7, do you think this would over stress it? I would be putting the following components in; 8GB of Corsair Dominator RAM, 500GB Samsung SSD, Akasa K25 Low Profile Intel Cooler, Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe motherboard and run it on Windows 7. What do you reckon?
 

Still dealing with a quad core there, I'm looking at ac power adapters in the 180W range since your power distribution says it can handle that, problem I'm running into is the connector and most specify max wattage, not continuous wattage
 

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