Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Forums
« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: ITX Mother Board. Seeking Right External PSU.  (Read 435 times)

Description:

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline XDelusionTopic starter

  • Alien Breeder
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2002
  • Posts: 5089
    • Show only replies by XDelusion
    • http://starwarslegacy.net/
ITX Mother Board. Seeking Right External PSU.
« on: April 19, 2016, 03:26:16 PM »
I am planning on putting together a UAE machine and decided to buy a mother board that I could stick inside of a NES.

I want to use an externa Pico PSU, but am unsure what wattage I'd need with this, or what sort of PSU goes with the Pico device once you've got one.


Can anyone assist me with this? Thanks in advance!

Logged
Earth has a lot of things other folks might want... like the whole planet. And maybe these folks would like a few changes made, like more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and room for their way of life. - William S. Burroughs
 

Offline pyrre

Re: ITX Mother Board. Seeking Right External PSU.
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2016, 04:02:14 PM »
pico psu rated @120W will probably be to small...
Those rated @ 160w might do it, but you have to try and see how it performs.
try the PSU calculator
Logged
Amiga 1200 Tower Os 3.9
BPPC 603e+ 040-25/200, 256MBram, BVIsionPPC, Indivision AGA MK2.
Amiga 2000 (rev 4.0) Os 1.2/1.3
2088 bridgeboard, 2MB ram card, 2091 SCSI.
Amiga 500+ Os 2.1
Derringer 030, 32MBram, Buddha in sidecar, Indivision ECS.
Amiga CD32
Video decoder
 

Offline XDelusionTopic starter

  • Alien Breeder
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2002
  • Posts: 5089
    • Show only replies by XDelusion
    • http://starwarslegacy.net/
Re: ITX Mother Board. Seeking Right External PSU.
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2016, 04:09:25 PM »
Quote from: pyrre;807352
pico psu rated @120W will probably be to small...
Those rated @ 160w might do it, but you have to try and see how it performs.
try the PSU calculator


144W is all I need.

THANKS! The PSU Calculator is AMAZING!!!
Logged
Earth has a lot of things other folks might want... like the whole planet. And maybe these folks would like a few changes made, like more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and room for their way of life. - William S. Burroughs
 

Offline Amiwest

  • S.A.C.C.
  • Full Member
  • *
  • Join Date: Apr 2009
  • Posts: 104
    • Show only replies by Amiwest
    • http://www.sacc.org
Re: ITX Mother Board. Seeking Right External PSU.
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2016, 04:32:33 PM »
Most power supplies will handle the turn on power surge but note the paragraph:
(calculator notes)
We do not take the system start-up power surge into account. Systems with numerous hard drives may encounter a large start-up power peak.
Logged
 

Offline XDelusionTopic starter

  • Alien Breeder
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2002
  • Posts: 5089
    • Show only replies by XDelusion
    • http://starwarslegacy.net/
Re: ITX Mother Board. Seeking Right External PSU.
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2016, 06:28:39 PM »
I picked up a 180 Watt just to be on the safe side.
Logged
Earth has a lot of things other folks might want... like the whole planet. And maybe these folks would like a few changes made, like more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and room for their way of life. - William S. Burroughs
 

Offline Rob

Re: ITX Mother Board. Seeking Right External PSU.
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2016, 07:03:33 PM »
Quote from: XDelusion;807351
I am planning on putting together a UAE machine and decided to buy a mother board that I could stick inside of a NES.

I want to use an externa Pico PSU, but am unsure what wattage I'd need with this, or what sort of PSU goes with the Pico device once you've got one.


There are boards out there with DC power input built in which saves you the cost of the Pico PSU.  They have a SATA power connector on the board for powering your drives.  I think it's probably limited to powering 2 devices max but shouldn't be a problem, especially if you're not considering ad optical media.

If an Atlhon 5350 (quad core @2Ghz + Radeon 8400 TDP 25w) would meet your CPU and video requirements I'd recommend an ASRock AM1H board as a cheap and cheerful option.  

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/AM1H-ITX/

If you want plug NES controllers into the front ports like normal then there's an adapter for that here.

http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/AnodeNES_circuit/index.php

The connectors aren't fitted as standard so you can just solder some pins in and wire it to the controller ports already fitted to the case.
Logged
 

Offline XDelusionTopic starter

  • Alien Breeder
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2002
  • Posts: 5089
    • Show only replies by XDelusion
    • http://starwarslegacy.net/
Re: ITX Mother Board. Seeking Right External PSU.
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2016, 07:26:13 PM »
I paid $32 for the mobo and 3Ghz Core Duo 2 used and shipped.

$25 for the PSU set shipped.

$32 for the NES case.


Will probably do the NES port hack, yes a must. Same as I did to my PiStations. :)
Logged
Earth has a lot of things other folks might want... like the whole planet. And maybe these folks would like a few changes made, like more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and room for their way of life. - William S. Burroughs
 

Offline Rob

Re: ITX Mother Board. Seeking Right External PSU.
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2016, 09:37:42 PM »
Quote from: XDelusion;807362
I paid $32 for the mobo and 3Ghz Core Duo 2 used and shipped.

$25 for the PSU set shipped.

$32 for the NES case.


Will probably do the NES port hack, yes a must. Same as I did to my PiStations. :)


Can't fault those prices.
Logged
 

Offline pyrre

Re: ITX Mother Board. Seeking Right External PSU.
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2016, 06:24:35 PM »
Quote from: XDelusion;807362
I paid $32 for the mobo and 3Ghz Core Duo 2 used and shipped.

$25 for the PSU set shipped.

$32 for the NES case.


Will probably do the NES port hack, yes a must. Same as I did to my PiStations. :)
Be sure to post pictures as you go :D
Logged
Amiga 1200 Tower Os 3.9
BPPC 603e+ 040-25/200, 256MBram, BVIsionPPC, Indivision AGA MK2.
Amiga 2000 (rev 4.0) Os 1.2/1.3
2088 bridgeboard, 2MB ram card, 2091 SCSI.
Amiga 500+ Os 2.1
Derringer 030, 32MBram, Buddha in sidecar, Indivision ECS.
Amiga CD32
Video decoder
 

Offline XDelusionTopic starter

  • Alien Breeder
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2002
  • Posts: 5089
    • Show only replies by XDelusion
    • http://starwarslegacy.net/
Re: ITX Mother Board. Seeking Right External PSU.
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2016, 04:59:07 PM »
Quote from: Rob;807361


If you want plug NES controllers into the front ports like normal then there's an adapter for that here.

http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/AnodeNES_circuit/index.php


Works like a charm!!!
Logged
Earth has a lot of things other folks might want... like the whole planet. And maybe these folks would like a few changes made, like more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and room for their way of life. - William S. Burroughs
 
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »