Using this PSU, what's the most powerful mITX build I could make?

[Blue_Max]

sorry but YOU don't make the decisions around here. I saw around 140 watts at the wall when gaming on the IGP so I will post that info if I choose to. if you don't want to hear that then don't post a thread in public forum where others can share their thoughts and experience.

What about when one is trying to dictate that his opinion is the ONLY correct one? ()

 

[toyota]

What about when one is trying to dictate that his opinion is the ONLY correct one? ()

what I see on the UPS is NOT an opinion. dave_the_nerd said that "any i7" system without dedicated gpu would be fine and not use over 100 watts. that is 100% false as mine clearly did. telling me I am wrong is asinine.

 

[Blue_Max]

what I see on the UPS is NOT an opinion. dave_the_nerd said that "any i7" system without dedicated gpu would be fine and not use over 100 watts. that is 100% false as mine clearly did. telling me I am wrong is asinine.

The original i7 920 (etc) and i7 2600 were pretty thirsty and could overextend 100W... that's stretching the argument to make your point work though. Any stock i7 from the 3770 onward is well under the 100W limit.

That said, I think you've got something wrong with your system and it's drawing more power than it should.

 

[toyota]

The original i7 920 (etc) and i7 2600 were pretty thirsty and could overextend 100W... that's stretching the argument to make your point work though. Any stock i7 from the 3770 onward is well under the 100W limit.

That said, I think you've got something wrong with your system and it's drawing more power than it should.

um HE was the one that said any i7 not me. and I guess you are as delusional as they are thinking an i7 system cant go over 100 watts total system power when gaming. can you not comprehend that a 95 watt cpu can use about 90-95 watts on its own? then the rest of the system can easily be another 25-35 watts or more. I am pretty sure that anyone possessing basic math skills can see that can go over 100 watts for full system load.

this thread is nothing but a joke. you clowns have fun as I am unsubscribing.

 

[Dufus]

Well one can use the power limiting features of Intel's CPU's to keep the power under a certain maximum by throttling the CPU. Laptop manufacturers for instance make great use of this.

 

[VirtualLarry]

sorry but YOU don't make the decisions around here. I saw around 140 watts at the wall when gaming on the IGP so I will post that info if I choose to. if you don't want to hear that then don't post a thread in public forum where others can share their thoughts and experience.

I saw my UPS telling me that I was drawing 212W at idle, with my G4400, 2x4GB DDR4-2400 @ 2133, and a 7950 card, and 450W+ at load.

Yet, after I swapped PSUs, those number dropped to 128W and 315W. 89-99W of that is the monitor.

Which means that the PC was actually drawing like 40W.

 

[therealnickdanger]

sorry but YOU don't make the decisions around here. I saw around 140 watts at the wall when gaming on the IGP so I will post that info if I choose to. if you don't want to hear that then don't post a thread in public forum where others can share their thoughts and experience.

So brave, so defiant. We all applaud you.

If you want to continue rehashing your same example which does not apply to my build, I guess that's your decision, but your input is useless since I'm not going to be using the same components that you are.

Back on the topic of what will actually work within my power envelope and provide me with a decent gaming experience, either the i5-5675c, i7-5775c, or AMD Kaveri will do the trick.

 

[MrTeal]

So brave, so defiant. We all applaud you.

If you want to continue rehashing your same example which does not apply to my build, I guess that's your decision, but your input is useless since I'm not going to be using the same components that you are.

Back on the topic of what will actually work within my power envelope and provide me with a decent gaming experience, either the i5-5675c, i7-5775c, or AMD Kaveri will do the trick.

The 5775C would make a really interesting choice for a fun little mITX gaming computer to stick beside your TV, if for no other reason than so few other people are running them.

 

[Burpo]

Not to mention the i5 5675 is a 65 watt proc, that's slower and uses a lot more juice, than the 35 watt i7 6700T..

 

[therealnickdanger]

The 5775C would make a really interesting choice for a fun little mITX gaming computer to stick beside your TV, if for no other reason than so few other people are running them.

Not to mention the i5 5675 is a 65 watt proc, that's slower and uses a lot more juice, than the 35 watt i7 6700T..

Since I would like to have moderate gaming capability, the 6700T's IGP takes it out of the running even though CPU/watt is excellent. If I was going to use a dGPU, I would certainly consider it. I also didn't expect the i7-5775c to be $370. That's a lot of money. The i5-5675c seems give almost the same gaming performance, obviously losing out on some multi-core compute. $280 is still quite a bit. The least expensive mITX 1150 mobo appears to be $50.

I can get a A10-7850K + A88 mITX mobo from Micro Center for $150 total, so that's a massive savings, but a clear reduction in both compute and fps. Wow, this is a hard call.

Socketed Carrizo arrives soon?

 

[MrTeal]

Since I would like to have moderate gaming capability, the 6700T's IGP takes it out of the running even though CPU/watt is excellent. If I was going to use a dGPU, I would certainly consider it. I also didn't expect the i7-5775c to be $370. That's a lot of money. The i5-5675c seems give almost the same gaming performance, obviously losing out on some multi-core compute. $280 is still quite a bit. The least expensive mITX 1150 mobo appears to be $50.

I can get a A10-7850K + A88 mITX mobo from Micro Center for $150 total, so that's a massive savings, but a clear reduction in both compute and fps. Wow, this is a hard call.

Socketed Carrizo arrives soon?

If budget is a big consideration, what about a replacing the i7-5775C with a i5-4590, $50 mITX MB and a 750 Ti. That would come in about the same price as the i5-5675C, and you should be able to keep that within your PSU spec. It's a lot less novel, but it'd be faster in gaming.

I don't think socketed Carrizo will arrive until AM4, and who knows when that is.