[geeks] Little Falls 2 System Power Consumpion Question

[Gaz God]

Well if you will take cases and power supplies off dodgy blokes for free,
what do you expect :D

(that is if we are taking about the case i gave you)

Gaz

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8 Dec 2008, at 11:29, Michael-John Turner wrote:
>
>  On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 07:10:37PM +0000, Mark Benson wrote:
>>
>>> Do you guys think I could power all that on a Pico-PSU 80W adapter run
>>> off a 60W brick?
>>>
>>
>> I have the same board and have no problems with it in a 'Noah' case[1]
>> with
>> the supplied 80W brick and Pico PSU. My draw is probably less than yours
>> though - I'm using a 2.5" SATA HD and don't have any add-on cards
>> installed
>> or USB devices connected.
>>
>> [1] http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=3#3988
>>
>
> Thanks for all your many advices. I think I'll grab a 120W Pico and a
> bigger power brick in the new year.
>
> My main problem is I am currently using a ATX case wit ha mini-ATX PSU and
> the fan is rather noisy. I use the case because it has 2 5.25" drive bays,
> one for my SATA cradle and one for the front Audigy2 panel, plus room for
> another 2 3.5" devices inside. Combined with the damned chipset fan on the
> 945 chipset controller it makes the whole rig disappointingly loud. I though
> plonking a Pico and a brick on would take one fan out of the equation, then
> I'd just have to work on the chipset fan.
>
> Anyone else here tried to calm down the noise their Little Falls board?
>
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