Im trying to find ( and failing epicly ) an external power supply unit for my htpc build, my build specifications are listed below. I do not have my motherboard or tv tunner yet as the motherboard will be released in Mid November. I need to find an external psu something like the picture posted which is a PicoPSU-150-XT ( which is a 150 watt psu ) but I want to make sure that 150 will be enough for my application, All the 200 watt internal connectors are too big for my case so if I need more than 150 watt I will have to get an internal psu. UNLESS someone knows of some that looks like the picture only in a 200 watt. Really I even wonder if I could just get away with using the picopsu-150 watt power adater, as I have no clue as to what the wattage usages are between my components or how many watts an atom n330 motherboard even uses.
ANY HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED !
Operating System - WINDOWS 7 Ultimate
Case - Lian Li PC-Q07 Mini-ITX Case
HDD - Western Digital WD500AAKS ( 500GB x 1 )
Ram - Corsair 800mhz CM2X1024-6400C4 ( 2GB x 2 )
Optical Drive - 5.25 Full Size HD-DVD / BLU-RAY Drive ( Sata connected )
TV Tunner - Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual TV Tuner ( PCI-Express x1 )
Motherboard - ZOTAC IONITX-G-E ( 1.6 GHZ Dual Core Atom N330 )
Actually theres a problem with your build. The Zotac Ion boards do not come with a true pci-x slot. Its actually a mini pci-x slot for a network card. Most zotac HTPC builds need to use a USB type tuner or a network based on like the Homerun and Hava. You can actually get the zotac board with an external 90w PS which is plenty for what your looking for here
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] _-Product. You can get a PCI slot with the ASUS ion board though which is also available http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] _-Product. A 150 watt power supply is plenty for this setup also.
That would be true if you didnt look at the board inforfmation at the link i posted, the board I choose has BOTH, a mini pci meant for wifi, AND a regular PCI-E x 1
Message edited by cumberledgej on 10-26-2009 at 07:58:08 AM