ANTEC ISK300-65's hidden PSU Spec

True, but if both ram kits are 1.5V,
both builds will draw similar Watts!!

(2012-04-10 04:53)eskro Wrote:  waver123, can u look at the PSU inside the ISK100 case please?

do you see something like this written on it??

but instead saying MD-80 or MD-90??

thx

I'ts MD-80



Man this thing is so tight..... all assembled 1st power on ok! Time to install.

(2012-04-10 03:59)eskro Wrote:  man, case aside, you guys bought the same hardware

Well..... I got into eskro & Beer40oz's reality distortion field, next thing I knew the ups guy is knocking at the door....

Wow in the bios screen staring at hw monitor I'm getting 75W from kill-a-watt....

Wow 75W? I hope your 80w can take your stress test. Good thing I bought that 120W brick. More testing please....

im sure the 80W will prevail.

thanks for the PSU screenie...

its definitely 80W PSU and Power Brick is 90W...

(2012-04-10 06:18)Beer40oz Wrote:  Wow 75W? I hope your 80w can take your stress test. Good thing I bought that 120W brick. More testing please....

That is what I thought. That is why I said 65W is not enough.... and I recommended the 150W version of the same case but you want a silent PSU (power brick)......for standard PSU you want to operate it at the most efficient ranges, which is at 50-70% of its spec. 120W PSU is the perfect PSU for A6-3500.....

(2012-04-10 06:37)bluray Wrote:  

(2012-04-10 06:18)Beer40oz Wrote:  Wow 75W? I hope your 80w can take your stress test. Good thing I bought that 120W brick. More testing please....

That is what I thought. That is why I said 65W is not enough.... and I recommended the 150W version of the same case but you want a silent PSU (power brick)......for standard PSU you want to operate it at the most efficient ranges, which is at 50-70% of its spec. 120W PSU is the perfect PSU for A6-3500.....

Cool thanx.... Can't wait to build it.

lets give the 80W PSU a chance guys...

and the guys over pugetsystems.com also use this 80W PSU in their ECHO builds

http://www.pugetsystems.com/nav/echo/I_AMD/specs.php

and if u look closely, they even let you choose the A6-3500 APU when u customize your build!

http://www.pugetsystems.com/nav/echo/I_A...tomize.php

well I'd openelec installed and configured....man scraping and loading thumbnails is blazing fast compare to my e350/SU2300 box it's hardly breaking a sweat and seems pretty much got throttled down to 800mhz playing some of the videos off my nas..... 1080ts/bluray mkv I'm getting ~29W, menu screen I'm getting ~35W and some 720p rmvb I get spikes to ~35-40W.

numbers match this http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=128384

During reboot I can see a short spike to 65-70 and then quickly settle down to the 40s.

I didn't know I hardly has any clearance though, the stock fan is pretty much close to the top cover even after I removed the top fan.... ha the Shuriken 2 probably won't fit.



I hate the ISK100 though the backplate seems a little off so my ports is a little off center to the plate. Maybe I'll end up getting a ISK300-65 and give this old case to my buddies...