Antec ISK 300-65 Mini-ITX Case; Need a Low Watt processor

[mustard010]

Hi all.

I just purchased the Antec ISK 300-65 Mini-ITX Case, a small form factor that has a 65W power supply.

I plan to buy a mini ITX motherboard and use a low profile Nvidia 9200 card, an optical drive, and a 250 GB mechanical SATA had drive.

Given the above configuration, I am left with no choice but to go with a low powered CPU. What is the best CPU that will allow the above components to be used in a 65W PS?

Thanks!

 

[mutz]

you can read about some setups using Atom processors here:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article959-page4.html

embedded boards using 9300 graphics.

 

[khon]

Best you can do at that size/power is the Intel Atom D510.

 

[mustard010]

you can read about some setups using Atom processors here:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article959-page4.html

embedded boards using 9300 graphics.

you mean I can't use my nvidia card? I want to run dual monitors at the least :\

 

[khurios2000]

im using i3 530 with h55 board while idle only draw 40w and around 55w load (measured via kill-a-watt)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...er=BESTMATCH&Description=h55+mini+itx&x=0&y=0

 

[mutz]

you mean I can't use my nvidia card? I want to run dual monitors at the least

you can read this review here by techreport:
http://techreport.com/articles.x/16642/4

you got a PCI-e x16 on the board.

E:
sorry for the confusion,
there were few boards actually at the first link, including a 775 with expansion slot.

 

[mustard010]

out of curiosity, I can run my card fine on pci x16 without wrrying about the power?

 

[mutz]

i'm curious about this as well ,

though they hooked up the board to a 700W OCZ PSU and the test shows ~107W under load...

E:
you can try that 200W Pico PSU, they're 95 percent efficient with no fan,

and read all about this board at Hard Forum:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1384187&page=2

81 pages of Mini-ITX's and Pico's .

p.s - you should also might consider buying Khurios setup with the I3,
new and future compatible.

 

[mutz]

see edit.

 

[Zstream]

ASUS M4A88T-I Deluxe AM3 AMD 880G & AMD Sempron 140 Sargas 2.7GHz Socket AM3

 

[nenforcer]

I'm running an ASUS AT3N7A-I ION board in that case and its worked just fine.

It has onboard 9400M class video which may very well outperform your discrete 9200 based card.

You have to seriously watch the wattage on such a low powered power supply. They released a 100 Watt version fairly recently.

I would be concerned with any discrete graphics card as well as the chipset / CPU. The board quoted above mine the CPU is rated at 45W by itself so you are already pushing the limits. I don't know how much wattage the AMD 880G board consumes but the knock against the early Intel Atom boards was the old i945 based chipsets which consumed almost double the CPU in watts.

The ION systems are extremely low powered and designed specifically with this in mind.

Read the AT article about it.

 

[mustard010]

Nice! Looks like I'm sticking with ION. You're running dual monitors with it, no?

 

[nenforcer]

I haven't actually hooked up both the HDMI and the VGA at the same time but I have used both of them seperate which works great.

 

[mutz]

still can't understand what is wrong with the Pico,
ION or not ION, kind of matters,
it's a different socket support, no future compatible, slower processor etc.
you seem to want a LOT from such system, your power requirements most probably just won't fit it,

but do what you like.

 

[Spikesoldier]

with that 65w psu, it seems the only thing you are destined for is atom/ion combo.

step up to the 200w pico psu and now youre talking.