micro-ATX PC casing and moherboard DIY assembly - Page 1
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author: Wilson__
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timestamp: January 05, 2025, 01:22:45 am
content: May I ask your experience in choosing a case and power supply for building PC?Any idea of a small case and power supply?For the case, small is good. Power supply needs safety approval UL, etc. for reduced fire risk.I do not want the mini pc and they are too small and likely heat issue.The kit is:1. ASUS PRIME B660M-A WIFI D4 motherboard (build-in video, WiFi, Ethernet), no plug-in video card2. One pair of RAM (to be decided) (plug into mother board)3. Samsung 980 PRO NVMe SSD (1T bytes) (plug into mother board)many thanks

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 05, 2025, 01:36:13 am
content: QuoteAny idea of what processor your using? no good me suggesting the cit s014 im using for the work bench pc with its built in 300w psu if yer planning on a i9-14900

author: ConKbot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 05, 2025, 02:49:53 am
content: For power supplies, in personal machines Id be hard pressed to be convinced to use anything but Seasonic, as they still provide quality meeting their reputation, and generally are the OEM/designer of their own units. I'm not sure how the work out economics wise for OEM applications, but you can also look into who is the OEM for other brands and skip a middleman if you have enough volume. Seasonic looks like they generally don't have UL listings, but do have TUV and not just a CE conformity cert of questionable value.For your motherboard, I'd just warn that 13th gen Intel (and 14th gen ) is into the period where they forgot how to make good silicon and the processors are rotting because of "via oxidation" and other issue, and Id be hesitant to recommend any of their products till they manage to fix their track record.

author: Wilson__
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timestamp: January 05, 2025, 01:44:12 pm
content: Quote from: ConKbot on January 05, 2025, 02:49:53 amThanks for advises Do you trust below:1. They publish a list of about 20 parts affected. Implying parts not on list are good.2. Seem hear forum posting (may be right or wrong) that there is a "red line" of 45 or 65 watts (i forgot the number) and certain xxx GHz. Parts lower than those numbers are fineI am looking at 4.7GHz, 65 watt TDP, 148 W peak TDP, i5-13400, 6 P core, 4 E core

author: Wilson__
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timestamp: January 05, 2025, 01:52:03 pm
content: My planned unitIntel i5-14400 with on board video, Ethernet and WiFi,32GB RAM, NVMe SSD (7 watts). Not plug in video card

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 05, 2025, 02:36:12 pm
content: Quote from: ConKbot on January 05, 2025, 02:49:53 amI think you'll find that for the past 3 or 4 years most of the cheaper power supplies branded as Seasonic are bought in. I don't know where the break point between bought in and made in house lies.

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 05, 2025, 11:22:53 pm
content: https://pangoly.com/en/compatibility/asus-prime-b660m-a-wifi-d4/case?do you want a NUC size or bigger, desktop, or small towerbudget ?you could go all silent ?