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Beer! As long as that power supply is decent it should be enough power. My A8-3870K system maxed out at 117W when I really stressed it and that's with two physical hard drives and an SSD in it.

Have you try "Prime95"? Check out these tests- AMD A8-3850 2.9GHz Llano APU Review........

[Beer40oz]

I know what Prime95 is.....

[bluray]

Interesting build. I can't wait to see if that PSU will hold up.

I doubt it......and welcome back bud!

Why are you doubting? Has someone already tried? or do you have it? have you tested...

I already looked online and people are running there GPU's for gaming on it....

Here is the proof....

#95

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1490163&page=5

No, I don't own any of the above. I'm doubting it because most of the complains about the case are PSU being weak. I'm doubting it the same way I doubted the 300-65 PSU. I skimmed through the thread, and they are using the case with lower TDP CPU's.....

You don't have to take my word for it.....you can give it shot and you can always replace it with Pico later.......!

When I build HTPC and desktop PC, I stick to 50% to 70% rule.......

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I know what Prime95 is.....

I know you do, but I'm asking Mick1152........

[Beer40oz]

Ok my bad bluray ..... did not see the reply of Mick1152 Wrote..... weird...

Anyways... I hope hope the stock PSU works.... if not then more money down the drain for a PICO......

Makes me think a lot.....

I hope Mick1152 Primes it..... so we know for sure....

Mick1152 Please prime it for us about 10 minutes and tell us the results...... you have a killa a watt right?

[Dougie Fresh]

The test system used a 850W PSU. You should see better power consumption than what's shown there.

[Mick1152]

Yes I have a Kill a Watt, I'll try to do this Prime95 thing you speak of tonight if I have a few minutes otherwise I'll post it tomorrow for you.

My previous "scientific stress test" consisted of transcoding a blu-ray while watching a movie. Saw a post by bluray that this was a good way to stress things.

[bluray]

My previous "scientific stress test" consisted of transcoding a blu-ray while watching a movie. Saw a post by bluray that this was a good way to stress things.

Did you trancode the bluray file using HandBrake? It's not as much stress as Prime95, and it use slightly less power than Prime95......

Yes, you can give Prime95 a try for Beer......

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Ok my bad bluray ..... did not see the reply of Mick1152 Wrote..... weird...

Anyways... I hope hope the stock PSU works.... if not then more money down the drain for a PICO......

Makes me think a lot.....

I hope Mick1152 Primes it..... so we know for sure....

Mick1152 Please prime it for us about 10 minutes and tell us the results...... you have a killa a watt right?

If you go for the 65W Intel i3-2105 or i3-2125 CPU, it should be plenty of wattages for it.....and it should make a very good desktop......

[Dougie Fresh]

I just tested my office PC using a Kill-a-Watt meter.

Specs: i3-2100 / 128GB SSD / Slim slot-load blu-ray / 4GB RAM / 120W DC+84W AC PSU / 1 x 80mm fan.

Idle at desktop: ~27.5W
Prime95 FFT: ~62.5W
1080p video in WMP: ~31.5W
Sleep: 4.4W

It will be interesting to see how the A8-3850 with 150W PSU compares to this.

[eskro]

APU: AMD A8-33850

A8-33850

[Beer40oz]

I just tested my office PC using a Kill-a-Watt meter.

Specs: i3-2100 / 128GB SSD / Slim slot-load blu-ray / 4GB RAM / 120W DC+84W AC PSU / 1 x 80mm fan.

Idle at desktop: ~27.5W
Prime95 FFT: ~62.5W
1080p video in WMP: ~31.5W
Sleep: 4.4W

It will be interesting to see how the A8-3850 with 150W PSU compares to this.

Wow... nice....

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APU: AMD A8-33850

A8-33850

Yes! LOL fixed.... Punk

[eskro]

CPU Cooler: Alpine 64 PLUS

so PRO V2 won't fit u think at 78mm high?

[Beer40oz]

It will.... but PRO V2 is rated to 90W.... read it on there website...

I like the Alpine 64 Plus its made for 100W and already tested on the A8.....

[Mick1152]

Looks like those tests bluray posted are fairly accurate. I may have been watching a 480p dvd when I checked the power while transcoding with handbrake last time, I honestly can't remember what I was watching at the time so I can't give any details about that power measurement. However, today's measurements are the following:

32.8W at idle (with these forums open in Chrome)


73W-76W Watching 1080 mkv from one of the hard drives


143W 10 minutes of Prime95 kicking my poor little HTPC's ass (Selected the option that said "Maximum heat, CPU, and Power")



My Home Theater System
Silverstone ML03B
SeaSonic 380W Power Supply
ASRock A75M FM1 AMD A75
AMD A8-3870K
Crucial M4 64GB SSD
BIG Shuriken 2
Kingston HyperX 4GB
3 TB green hard drive for MOVIES
2 TB green hard drive for TV SHOWS, MUSIC, HOME VIDEOS, PICTURES, and other media

[Beer40oz]

Sweet so from the looks of it..... the 150W Antec PSU will work....
Now it's time to get a Kill A Watt..... maybe someone want's to donate?

Dougie Fresh what you think? you are the one who knows all this stuff............

[eskro]

Interesting build. I can't wait to see if that PSU will hold up.

I doubt it......and welcome back bud!

@bluray: you doubt?
man, your sure are a special guy lol

Krazijoe uses a 102W picoPSU....
and his mini ITX build is powered by a 100w A8-3870K apu...
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1095326

i thought you'd knew already....
if not, well, now you know LoL ,,,