On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 00:23:42 -0800 King Beowulf <kingbeow...@gmail.com> dijo:
>No quibbles here except for the power supply. > >300W is going to be a bit thin at load even with intel GPU, and a HD or >two, some USB stuff and you are already pushing almost 200W at load. >Also, this power supply is for older style AT boards. You need ATX >power supply unless you want to modify plugs and use adapters - and >have enough 3.3V and 12V amps. >Don't skimp on the power supply. A poor choice can fry all the other >components. The CPU is rated at 91w full load. I can't find specs for the motherboard and RAM. As for drives, there will be two optical drives, but all the other storage will be SSD. There will be one case fan. I find it difficult to believe that I will exceed 300w. However I do take to heart your comment about ATX. I knew that the motherboard was ATX, but it never occurred to me that power supplies were not universal. I just bought the cheapest 300w power supply they had. Having said the above, the computer I will be putting together is a replacement for a seven-year old computer in a case with a 500x Antec EA-500 power supply: https://www.antec.com/product.php?Type=c:\boot.ini&id=MTIxNQ==&lan=jp Antec's web site does not say if it is an ATX power supply, but it is currently powering an ATX motherboard, so it probably is. The only reasons I bought the new power supply is because the existing case, power supply, RAM, motherboard and CPU will go to a good home, and sans power supply it is not plug and play, plus the existing power supply is now seven years old. Still, it is a backup. >Also, hope you budgeted heatsink/fan and thermal compound. I new Free >Geek has boxes of heatsinks but not all will fit the newer CPUs. >Cooler Master and Thermaltake in the $20-30 range are good. > >Also, I've recently switched from Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound to >the non-electrically conductive Arctic MX-4. 8 yr durability, stays >soft. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAB7G5F67951 This is also something that I did not buy. Free Geek has nothing for socket 1151. Best Buy at Jantzen Beach might have a heatsink/fan and thermal compound but Best Buy no longer answers their phones inside the store. Damn, I miss ENUinc. It looks like I might need to make a trip to Wilsonville before next Saturday (18th). Thanks for the heads up! _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug