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--- Quote from: Ond on March 21, 2021, 10:02:13 pm --- --- Quote from: lilshawn on March 21, 2021, 04:52:23 pm ---just looking at your power supply solution there.... you know these exist right? https://www.quietpc.com/st-nano-psus can't imagine your computer there needs more than a few hundo watts, but this is a perfect DC-DC converter and all it needs is an external 12v brick for power. (or a battery so you could use a computer in your car without an inverter) --- End quote --- Thanks, but yes, I do know about similar fan-less solutions. The unit could probably get by on under 200 watts although the graphics card destined for this unit specs at ~300W again, probably could run on less. Many of my builds are all about using stuff I already have, I like the challenge of re-purposing stuff for my needs...sometimes I'll go to extremes when a ready solution may be available. For me that's part of the fun. I am a secret member of PBJs dumpster diver elite retrieval squad. Our Motto.."why pay, when it's free". it's a way of life. :P --- End quote --- oh yeah, yeah. just something to keep in mind if you want to build something really small or super portable. the one i linked as just an example. not from that particular company, but from pico-box you can get them in like upwards of 500 watt versions pretty easily for about 80 bucks which is the amount you'd pay for a decent 500 watter anyways. they come with like dual 12v rails and stuff for to make a gaming rig that's not much bigger than the videocard itself. back in the early days of MP3 in the late 90's into the 2000's we'd build carputers and frequently post on mp3car.com forums... having a good power supply that was reliable was paramount for a good build. |
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