A6-PACK ☆ ISK 300-90 picoPSU HTPC A6-3500 Very Silent!

(2012-04-25 02:21)eskro Wrote:  no dont unPLug the FAN,

use HardwareMonitorPro or SpeedFAN to bring down the RPM to 0 ...

i really need to know this,
i just wanna see if i could run the A6-3500 in the ISK110 case
using the SCSBK-2100 cooler Without its Fan!!

thx

LOL tired man.... i yah forgot about the software! duh! ill check for u man....

Hi guys, I am am a new poster here, but have been lurking for awhile. I wanted to say thanks for this great information. I just ordered this equipment and hope to haveit up and running soon. I am overseas working at an APO site, but hopefully I will get it all within 2 weeks Thanks again!

Nice build,

I will be looking into this as well, looks just too good :-)
Two questions I got:

* What brick do I need to get the 120W, I can't find any in Germany?!
* Why did you use W7 Professional, would the Home Version be enough or can't I get the OS slim enough and so fast booting?

Thx in advance!
Cheers,
Chris

(2012-04-25 13:45)ChrisB76 Wrote:  Nice build,

I will be looking into this as well, looks just too good :-)
Two questions I got:

* What brick do I need to get the 120W, I can't find any in Germany?!
* Why did you use W7 Professional, would the Home Version be enough or can't I get the OS slim enough and so fast booting?

Thx in advance!
Cheers,
Chris

90W power brick similar to this "19V 4.74A 90W 2.5MM AC Charger Adapter for HP GATEWAY" should be enough and it'll avoid any issue during power spike........W7 home is fine for XBMC...!

(2012-04-25 11:29)Wookie Wrote:  Hi guys, I am am a new poster here, but have been lurking for awhile. I wanted to say thanks for this great information. I just ordered this equipment and hope to haveit up and running soon. I am overseas working at an APO site, but hopefully I will get it all within 2 weeks Thanks again!

Hey nice to know you like the A6-PACK... you will enjoy it.

(2012-04-25 13:45)ChrisB76 Wrote:  Nice build,

I will be looking into this as well, looks just too good :-)
Two questions I got:

* What brick do I need to get the 120W, I can't find any in Germany?!
* Why did you use W7 Professional, would the Home Version be enough or can't I get the OS slim enough and so fast booting?

Thx in advance!
Cheers,
Chris

Are you going to play games? if so the 90w should be plenty.... because it spike up to 80 something....

But are you just going to watch videos? surf the net? watch net tv..... stuff like that... even some games..... you can stick with the 65w brick that comes with the case.....
I been testing with the stock brick..... and it's all good.... (i am keeping the stock 65w on the A6-PACK)

Go check out my first page it has all been updated.....

(yes I did buy a 90w brick.... but I am using that one on my next build since I will be using it as a desktop and the CPU will be going 100% it will be a good match with it.)

yeah stock 65w brick is perfect is your using your HTPC for XBMC 1080P....

no need for more....

I went with the 90W brick since I wanted to make sure I had enough power if I did decide to do more than just watch 1080P. Beer, did you decide if you will put a Slim Blu Ray drive in?

(2012-04-26 01:39)Wookie Wrote:  I went with the 90W brick since I wanted to make sure I had enough power if I did decide to do more than just watch 1080P. Beer, did you decide if you will put a Slim Blu Ray drive in?

why? I don't need it..... lol .....

I will stick a regular DVD RW drive in my next A6-PACK,,,,, or maybe a Blueray RW

(2012-04-26 02:31)Beer40oz Wrote:  or maybe a Blueray RW

That is my kind of HTPC.....all my home PC's have a BD-ROM (since they overtook Toshiba).....

Thanks for sharing your build experience Beer40oz !

Great home cinema set up you got there.

I'm looking to do my first ITX HTPC - 'Silent being the common denominator'

I'm thinking of going with A8-3850 & under-volting & under-clocking - 1.136v @ 2.4mhz. Probably throw in a bigger PSU to be safe.
I read A8-3850 can be under-volted by a nice 32% bringing its power consumption around that of A6-3500.

I'm wondering if the the Big Scythe will be adequate to keep it cool & still maintain low noise levels.

Also does the Big Scythe block the PCie slot in any way ? I intend to get an audiophile sound card in there for decent COAX out to a DAC.

I would prefer to use the ASUS F1A75-I DELUXE motherboard so if anyone can comment on how well it will sit in this case with the Big Scythe would be appreciated.