w00t! My new (first) SFF build ( 2 Views )

no kitty!

Current Setup:
| APEVIA X-QPack Case | ASUS P5B-VM SE MicroATX Motherboard | Intel E4500 (2.2GHz, 800MHz FSB) Core 2 Duo Processor |
| Mushkin 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) 4GB (4x1GB) SDRAM | ASUS 80mm SuperFlo CPU Cooler | Rexus Panaflo 120mm Case Fan |
| Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive |
| Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit | Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.1 |

Coming Soon:
| EVGA GeForce 8800GT SSC | Vantec PCI VGA Cooler | LG Blu-Ray / HD-DVD Drive |

I'll be sure to post some pics ASAP. Possibly tomorrow night. :) I'm loving this rig so far.

(umut, India)

I should post this again to make sure that you get the message:

I would recommend getting a new PSU ASAP. Apevia selects/rebrands/designs some of the worst PSUs out there. They tend to over-inflate what their PSUs are capable of. Here's a few reviews why:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/PSU/AspireXQpack/420W.html <<== The PSU that comes with the XQPack
http://jonnyguru.com/PSU/Beast/
http://www.jonnyguru.com/PSU/DarkSide/

So, evoanop, I recommend getting a better PSU ASAP, especially if you're planning on getting a new video card. Any of these PSUs are vastly superior to the one you have now and will provide plenty of power for any future upgrade:
Corsair 450VX 450W PSU - $77
Corsair 550VX 550W PSU - $98
Corsair 520HX 520W PSU - $109

Trust me, you do not want that Apevia PSU in your system for long. I had one back when I was a noob to the whole PC world. It killed 5 or 6 hard drives before I finally realized that it was the fuckin problem. So take that thing outside of your system and get a new PSU.

(halil, French Polynesia)

Awesome. Thanks for the advice, bro. :)

I think I'll go with that 520W PSU. All three of those will fit fine in the X-QPack case?

Thanks again. :)

(görkem, India)

congrats on ur new build ;) :cool:

I outta build a SFF for my next rig :D

(MÜCAHÝT MUSTAFA, Finland)

the q-packs fix standard PSU sizes? nice.... any other SFF systems that support standard PSU sieze? i wanted to do a SFF but the PSU were always on the weak side.

(cihat, Cook Islands)

Most SFF cases (at least the popular ones) support standard PSU sizes.

(aylin, Azerbaijan)

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Originally Posted by Danny Bui (Post 1031829461)

I should post this again to make sure that you get the message:

I would recommend getting a new PSU ASAP. Apevia selects/rebrands/designs some of the worst PSUs out there. They tend to over-inflate what their PSUs are capable of. Here's a few reviews why:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/PSU/AspireXQpack/420W.html <<== The PSU that comes with the XQPack
http://jonnyguru.com/PSU/Beast/
http://www.jonnyguru.com/PSU/DarkSide/

So, evoanop, I recommend getting a better PSU ASAP, especially if you're planning on getting a new video card. Any of these PSUs are vastly superior to the one you have now and will provide plenty of power for any future upgrade:
Corsair 450VX 450W PSU - $77
Corsair 550VX 550W PSU - $98
Corsair 520HX 520W PSU - $109

Trust me, you do not want that Apevia PSU in your system for long. I had one back when I was a noob to the whole PC world. It killed 5 or 6 hard drives before I finally realized that it was the fuckin problem. So take that thing outside of your system and get a new PSU.

Guys, I just ordered the following PSU from Newegg:
ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT ATX12V 500W Power Supply 90V~265V (Auto Adjusted) UL, cUL, TUV, CB - Retail

Do you think that particular PSU will fit OK in the X-QPack case? Also, have you heard much about that particular PSU? From the reviews on Newegg it seems to be a pretty good PSU, and the price was pretty good as well.

Thanks in advance, everyone. And thanks again for all of the help and advice so far. :)

(cansu, Sierra Leone)

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Originally Posted by evopanop (Post 1031856700)

Any standard size ATX PSU will fit in the XQpack. However, I think that PSU was a bad choice.

Remember that wattage doesn't mean as much these days. What matters most is where those watts are being delivered. For current rigs, it's all about how much amps are on the +12V rail since most PC parts draw their power from there. The more amps you have, the more upgrades (hard drives, video cards, PCI cards, etc) you can add. You determine the amperage on the +12V rails by first finding out what's the total combined or max wattage set aside for the +12V rails/section alone. So for example, the Enermax Liberty 500W has 384W total on the +12V rail. Divide that total wattage for the +12V by 12 and you get how much amps the PSU has on the +12V rail. In this case, 384W divided by 12 is 32A. That is enough for your system I believe.

For comparison though,:
- The $77 Corsair 450VX 450W PSU I recommended has 33A on the +12V rail.
- The $98 Corsair 550VX 550W PSU I recommended has 41A on the +12V rail.

So the cheaper Corsair PSUs that I recommended actually provide more power for your PC than that $110 Enermax Liberty 500W. So the price wasn't good for that one.

However, the Enermax is still a decent PSU and you shouldn't have any problem with it. But you could've gotten a much much better power supply for cheaper.

(ramazan, Haiti)

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However, the Enermax is still a decent PSU and you shouldn't have any problem with it. But you could've gotten a much much better power supply for cheaper.

I think for evopanop´s setup a good 350W Psu would be more than enough. I don´t see any VideoCards in his current setup (except tho onboard) so there is nothing that would need a 500W psu.

(kerim, Ethiopia)

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Originally Posted by Tremeloes (Post 1031856809)

I think for evopanop´s setup a good 350W Psu would be more than enough. I don´t see any VideoCards in his current setup (except tho onboard) so there is nothing that would need a 500W psu.

He is planning to get a 8800GTS SSC video card if you check back to his first post.

(berfin, Cook Islands)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny Bui (Post 1031856744)

Thanks for the info, Danny. That's exactly the kind of stuff I need to be learning, lol.

I plan on doing another SFF build within the next few months, so I will definitely pick up a Corsair PSU for that one. :)

Also, as an aside, I've got a Rosewill RC-204 IDE to SATA Mini Vertical Bridge coming; because, apparently, OSX86 does not like the JMicron IDE Controller on my Mobo. Once I can switch my optical drive over from IDE to SATA it should hopefully boot and run just fine. *crosses fingers* :)

(mahir, Saudi Arabia)

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