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Small sized PSU for mod project

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rfwinters77

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Anyone know of really small PSU's that would still have decent power?

Mostly I'm curious about the size of the PSU's in SFF systems.

I have a wood briefcase type thing and I want to take an old
eMachines system apart and put it in the wooden case
(just for the hell of it. My first mod project. :D )

Anyway, the thing is only about 2 1/2 inches on the inside, so I need
a small PSU.

Any recommendations? Also, just to help with what wattage I need,
I think the PSU that's in the eMachines case is only a 250 watt one.

The system specs will be:
Generic eMachines mobo
500Mhz Celeron
256 (2x128MB) PC100/133
4.3GB HDD
Onboard audio
Either onboard video or a 32MB TnT2 PCI card I have
lying around if it'll fit in the case.
CD-ROM drive.

That's about it.
 
Smallest decent PSU I've seen is Enermax's microATX PSU. I think you could score one at Newegg. I think there's a SuperFlower model at Directron as well, but don't remember the specs and don't have time to look for it right now (gotta run off to work, sorry.)
 
Kind of expensive, but looks like that Enermax one is short enough to fit.

Don't know if I wanna spend that or not, though. Guess I'll wait and see.
 
rfwinters77 said:
Anyone know of really small PSU's that would still have decent power?

Mostly I'm curious about the size of the PSU's in SFF systems.

I have a wood briefcase type thing and I want to take an old
eMachines system apart and put it in the wooden case
(just for the hell of it. My first mod project. :D )

Anyway, the thing is only about 2 1/2 inches on the inside, so I need
a small PSU.

Any recommendations? Also, just to help with what wattage I need,
I think the PSU that's in the eMachines case is only a 250 watt one.

The system specs will be:
Generic eMachines mobo
500Mhz Celeron
256 (2x128MB) PC100/133
4.3GB HDD
Onboard audio
Either onboard video or a 32MB TnT2 PCI card I have
lying around if it'll fit in the case.
CD-ROM drive.

That's about it.
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Yes the PSU in the eMachines it is a 250w PSU made by Superflower/TTGI IIRC.

Take a look at the ones available at directron to see if one will fit

http://www.directron.com/matxps.html
 
I must have had a brainfart.

I just checked the PSU from the eMachines system and IT will fit. lol

Didn't even think to check that before. :p

Anyway, problem solved. Thanks for the help guys.

Wish me luck on my first mod project! :D
 
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