MicroATX power consumption

zvi · 01-16-2004, 01:13 PM

I am fed up with EPIA M10000 mobo because of it's video, no support for it, cant set widescreen resolution, so I am thinking to move to some MicroATX board, like Asus, have bought before PSU from Audioforge on eBay, that, which is rebuilt iTuner 70w PSU with soldering one additional IC and claiming it will give 120w, I wonder how much power MicroATX board would consume, would like to power the board with this PSU

Thanks

Defiler · 01-16-2004, 01:21 PM

Have you read this thread?

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...ight=epia+wide

zvi · 01-16-2004, 02:36 PM

yes

Defiler · 01-16-2004, 02:48 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by zvi

yes

And you still can't get the widescreen output? Hmm. Odd.

wi77iam · 01-16-2004, 03:24 PM

I will also be replacing my EPIA M9000 with an Asus microATX board soon, due to all the problems I've had with it. I'm thinking I will also have to break down and get an Opus 150. That should have enough power if I stick with a laptop drive and use a Celeron vice P4.

zvi · 01-17-2004, 12:55 AM

That's right. EPIA was small enough to fit into my car's dash but I am ready to bould a pc in a trunk, if everithing will be working ok. And probably will put Linux, as I supposed to do before, linux is more flexible.
so anybody knows what power is neede for MicroATX-es?

robiewp · 01-17-2004, 12:59 AM

i'll take the m10k off your hands

shchua · 01-17-2004, 02:02 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by wi77iam

I will also be replacing my EPIA M9000 with an Asus microATX board soon, due to all the problems I've had with it. I'm thinking I will also have to break down and get an Opus 150. That should have enough power if I stick with a laptop drive and use a Celeron vice P4.

There's no need to use a laptop hard disk - the Opus 150W has more than enough juice to power your config. My Opus 150W is powering the following:
- ECS P4VMM2 uATX mb
- 256 MB RAM
- Celeron 1.7 GHz
- Seagate 40 GB 7200rpm hard disk
- Pixelview PlayTV Pro (TV/FM card)
- Lilliput 7" LCD monitor with USB touchscreen
- GlobalSat BU-303 USB GPS mouse
- 4-port USB hub
- ATI Remote Wonder USB receiver

The Opus 150W is rock solid - powers up reliably every time and best of all, there's NO noise on my MP3s and I did not have to resort to all kinds of fancy grounding.

zvi · 01-17-2004, 02:27 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by robiewp

i'll take the m10k off your hands

what you mean, will you buy that from me?

Almost a Ghost · 01-17-2004, 02:35 PM

How hot do the new celerons run?

zvi · 01-19-2004, 08:38 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Defiler

And you still can't get the widescreen output? Hmm. Odd.

it just was an ocasion, I got it today, in safe mode..but this is not what I want,

Twizted · 01-20-2004, 11:29 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by shchua

There's no need to use a laptop hard disk - the Opus 150W has more than enough juice to power your config. My Opus 150W is powering the following:
- ECS P4VMM2 uATX mb
- 256 MB RAM
- Celeron 1.7 GHz
- Seagate 40 GB 7200rpm hard disk
- Pixelview PlayTV Pro (TV/FM card)
- Lilliput 7" LCD monitor with USB touchscreen
- GlobalSat BU-303 USB GPS mouse
- 4-port USB hub
- ATI Remote Wonder USB receiver

The Opus 150W is rock solid - powers up reliably every time and best of all, there's NO noise on my MP3s and I did not have to resort to all kinds of fancy grounding.

What do you think about an Opus 150 with my setup?
I have it outlined on this Thread
Here is the basics of it...

- Motherboard: Soyo Dragon KT333 Ultra Platinum w/6.1 Sound, Lan, USB2.0, Raid...
- Processor: Athlon 1700+ underclocked (would be nice to keep it at 1700+)
- Memory: GEIL Golden Dragon 256 DDR3200
- Video: AGP nVidia MX440 (stock active cooling)
- Storage: 15 GB 5400rpm HDD
- Media: Samsung SD612 DVDRom
- Display: Lilliput 7" w/TS

Eventually I will have more USB devices like GPS and radio... but since the board has 8 USB 2.0 ports there is no need for a hub....
I will also be using a Parallel relay board to control my lighting and what not...
Raid will be disabled and I might disable the onboard Lan and eventually get a USB WiFi adapter..

I am worried the Opus 150 will not cut it?
What do you think