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Fanless PSU in enclosed case?

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Pacwageo

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Hello! Planning a new build with the Rosewill W1 Mini ITX case:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147221

I was hoping I could use a Seasonic Platinum 400 or 460W FANLESS PSU with this case.

PSU: http://www.amazon.com/SeaSonic-SS-4...74&sr=8-4&keywords=Seasonic+Platinum+Seasonic

I'm a little concerned that the closed-off motherboard plate directly above it will not allow for enough passive cooling for this PSU. There are slits on the back and an opening directly under the PSU for it to breath that way.

Does anyone have any thoughts on whether this will work? Or should I consider something with a fan?
 
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Decent PSU will have a fan off idle feature anyway so only spins up when it gets hot.
 
My build is only going to pull in 250 watts under peak load. I really didn't want to buy a 500 watt plus PSU just to get the platinum efficiency. Unfortunately most of the Platinum ones with fans all come in at well over that.
 
I actually just heard back from Seasonic customer support. (by the way, they have the best response time I have ever seen when contacting a company!)

They said it would be fine to mount the fanless PSU upside down in this particular case. Interesting as their manual advises against that.. but eh... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Whatever works I guess
 
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