Mini-itx AM1 gaming system w/discrete video card and DC PSU!
Mike sent me some info and photos of his awesome mini-itx system:
I crammed the AM1H-ITX along with a 5350, a Kingston HyperX 4gb DDR3-1600 stick, Slimline DVD-Rom, Microcenter house brand120gb SSD, a couple 40mm fans, and an EVGA GTX 750 2GB (non-ti) into a Travla C158 case. Iβm powering it with a DC power brick (part number 316688-001 or spare 317188-001) from either a beefy HP laptop or possibly a docking station. The specs are 18.5v, 6.5a, 120 watts. I crossed my fingers, pushed the power button, and it powered up. Tested on Far Cry 3, nothing blew up. The brick gets warm, but not unbearably so.
- Compact but packs a punch π
- Sleek and compact!
- View of the complete system from above, very nice!
- Drilled extra cooling vents
- GPU Clock 135MHz
- Flexible PCIe extension/riser cable, DVD drive etc.
- GPU Clock 1358MHz
- Back panel ports etc.
- Extra cooling for the mosfets etc.
- Fan
- More cooling!
- Cooling vents, cables
Very cool stuff Mike! Now I am going to try my NVIDIA GTX 750 TI with my AM1H-ITX π
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Hi!
Guys, i live in Brazil, and some days here reach so easy 40ΒΊ celsius. I want to know if is viable with these temperature, a setup like yours. Since i saw you doing extra coolings for the mosfets and others parts ^^
ps: Sorry about my bad grammar
Hi Antonio,
Thank you for your comment. If you have a case with good ventilation, then I think you would be fine with a setup like this!
Otherwise, ff the computer case is closed without many vents or of it is in a cramped space, then heat could eventually be a problem.
Please let me know if you have any other questions and thank you again for your comment π
Best regards,
-J.D.
Hi,
I would like to build a small HTPC with a Nvidia GT 1030 OC, a passive graphics card that is said to work at 30W TDP.
Do you think I could use a laptop brick to power up such a build ?
Thanks for your help π
Dear Menrad,
That is a great question! Yes, with a nice ~90W+ laptop brick (PSU) you should have no problem powering a 30W GPU + a AM1 motherboard and CPU π
Have a wonderful week,
-J.D.