I am trying to put together a Micro ATX system to be placed in a Silverstone TJ08 case. I will be using it for video encoding and Photoshop CS4. I would like the system to be quiet so I started looking at 45w processors, however, I read somewhere that 45w processors aren't necessarily the coolest pr...

A good deal for anyone looking to pick up a Blu Ray drive. A lot of BR drives are not DVD/CD writers. This drive is a BDROM + DVDRW + CDRW and is 8x. Haven't gotten mine yet but I purchased yesterday. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151199&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL052810&cm_mmc=EMC-I...

I am in the market for a mATX case. I will be using it as my everyday use PC and will be doing photo editing and video encoding with it. I don't have any parts yet but I will be using 2 hard drives, a blu ray drive, and an Earthwatts 430 that I own now. I will probably pick up a mATX board with a 45...

This is a 1.5TB WD Green Drive. It got a good review from SPCR and is listed in the "recommended HDDs" list. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5201710&csid=ITD&body=REBATES EDIT - READ THE FINE PRINT CAREFULLY. The rebate comes in the form of a Visa Debit gif...

How long does the epoxy hold for? This will be a winmate mounting, so I will be plugging an ATX cable into it and there will be some play on the board from plugging things in, unplugging, power brick cable might get tugged accidentally. Is epoxy strong enough considering it would just be glued to a ...

I need to drill holes for 4 standoffs in my case. I have a drill and a 6/32 bit, but I don't have a tap. Will I need to tap or can I just drill holes and use a plastic standoff like the ones for sale on this website?

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I know at least some of you guys have them. How did you mount it to your case? http://www.electrodacus.com/photo/ATX/24vatx-1.jpg I'm not worried about the power brick being mounted, I will keep that outside of the case, but I need to mount the actual Winmate PCB somewhere. I have a Lian Li PC-37B s...

I am considering getting a Winmate 130w power supply and using a 160watt brick that Electrodacus recommended. I have a 780g system with an Athlon 4850e, 2 HDDs, Blu Ray, and an HD5450, as well as several USB devices (blue tooth, wireless keyboard, wireless N adapter). I just got a Kill-a-Watt and tr...

Is there any way to measure the power draw of my system without a meter? I'm curious to see what kind of wattage it consumes at the moment.

So a 150 watt brick with a 130 watt Pico or Winmate PSU would be able to run this system no problem?

So this may be a total beginner question, but I am wondering a Pico or Winmate PSU would be powerful enough for my HTPC. Here are the specs. Athlon 4850e (45w I guess) Amd 780G motherboard (Foxconn) Radeon 5450 Passive cooler 2 HDD's (160GB and 500GB) - Could probably consolidate down to 1 HDD if ne...

What will you be using the system for mainly? Gaming? HTPC? etc...

As far as a DVD drive goes, wouldn't it be good to just buy a cheaper drive and then use software to slow it down when watching movies? EDIT - I also have an nMediaPC HTPC case and I haven't been that impressed with it in terms of build quality. If you can spare a few bucks more I would recommend pi...

Hey,

I'm new too. Been lurking for a while and decided to register when my PSU died. Good luck with your HTPC. I'm trying to quiet mine down.