> Question 1: Do I meet all of the power requirements for this setup?
lets see:
how many watts does the DVD-RW use/need at max draw?
how many watts does hard drive use/need at max draw?
how many watts does Atom and motherboard builtins use/need at max draw?
what do those add up to?
and, how much “head room” do you expect to need and/or want…that is,
if those things add up to (say) 50 watts i’d guess 65 might be
enough, but personally i like to have at least 50% over highest
expected (everything working at full draw) need…that allows the
power supply to get along without ‘straining’…so it runs quieter and
longer…
on the other hand, i have no hardware new enough to be in the same
power needs class as anything Atom…
you probably should have a look at Tom’s Hardware
<www.tomshardware.com/> for MUCH better advice…they even have forums
with folks who deal with your kind of question hourly…here, we are
more focused on hardware use with Linux…while yours is a generic
electrical power needs question (same answer if running Linux,
Windows, BSD, whatever)
questions 2, 3, and 4: i have no idea but you are welcome to hang out
and get other opinions!!
oh, and one thing i didn’t see on your list is what on-board graphics
that main board offers…and, wonder if you will be happy with (i
suspect) a 2D desktop…or if after purchase you will wish you
could have a spinning cube desktop, but can’t because the on-board
graphics is neither strong, fast nor RAMed enough to support it, even
if there were a driver available…
65W is not sufficient power as the MBO suggests 90W minimum without drives. Add 1 hdd of high efficiency nature ram and dvd reader (not writer) and you are at over 115W
Dang. I thought the Atom was a hair more efficient than the Via mini-
itx that I’m using with a 60 watt picoPSU power supply. Under full
load, it draws 34 watts from the wall with a regular IDE hard drive.
Granted, the onboard video on mine is squat compared to the one you’re
looking at.
You could always test a spare power supply or one of the small 150watt
or more powerful picoPSUs, see what it draws with a Kill-a-Watt and
then decide if the 65watt PSU would be adequate.
techwiz03 wrote:
>
> mich04;2171155 Wrote:
>> Making new computer a few questions
>>
>>
>> Case
>> ‘Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GZ-SPIM51-P0B Black 0.6 mm SECC / ABS Mini-
ITX
>> Desktop Computer Case 65W adapter Power Supply’
>> (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811233060)
>>
>> motherboard/CPU
>> ‘Newegg.com - ASUS AT3IONT-I Deluxe Intel Atom 330 PBGA437 NVIDIA
ION
>> Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo’
>> (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131635)
>>
>> Ram
>> ‘Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066
(PC3
>> 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-8500CL7D-2GBNQ’
>> (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231149)
>>
>> DVD-RW Drive 5.25
>>
>> Hard Drive 3.5 250 GB IDE
>>
>> Question 1: Do I meet all of the power requirements for this setup?
>>
>> Question 2: Could I switch to the non-delux board and run off the
65
>> watt stock power supply?
>>
>> Question 3: If I go with the deluxe board how do I power my hard
drive
>> and dvd-rw?
>>
>> Question 4: What kind of hard drive should I put in it, I am only
going
>> to use it for openoffice documents, pictures and internet, and
netflix.
>
> 65W is not sufficient power as the MBO suggests 90W minimum without
> drives. Add 1 hdd of high efficiency nature ram and dvd reader (not
> writer) and you are at over 115W
>
>