- May 14, 2015
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Hi everybody! I'm building a SFF mITX build, with these components:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N8m2GX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N8m2GX/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $229.99)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK PALLAS 56.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $39.90)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $87.98)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $110.00)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $100.00)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (Purchased For $130.00)
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini ITX Tower Case (Purchased For $46.00)
Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply (Purchased For $89.99)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12B redux-1200 PWM 59.1 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $18.61)
Total: $852.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-29 01:19 EDT-0400
The Silverstone SG13 case is a shoe box style case, and as with most cases like it, has poor heat management and limited case airflow options. In different owner's forums for the SG13, I have seen that, because there is no space for an exhaust fan in the case, it is common to turn the PSU so that its air intake is pulling air from inside the case as a kind of exhaust fan alternative.
So, my question is, is the power supply that I have in my build, the Silverstone SX500-LG, high quality enough to be used in this way safely? In the Tom's Hardware review, it says the operating temp. max is 40 C. Will my internal ambient temp. ever be higher than that? Thank you!
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N8m2GX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N8m2GX/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $229.99)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK PALLAS 56.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $39.90)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $87.98)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $110.00)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $100.00)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (Purchased For $130.00)
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini ITX Tower Case (Purchased For $46.00)
Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply (Purchased For $89.99)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12B redux-1200 PWM 59.1 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $18.61)
Total: $852.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-29 01:19 EDT-0400
The Silverstone SG13 case is a shoe box style case, and as with most cases like it, has poor heat management and limited case airflow options. In different owner's forums for the SG13, I have seen that, because there is no space for an exhaust fan in the case, it is common to turn the PSU so that its air intake is pulling air from inside the case as a kind of exhaust fan alternative.
So, my question is, is the power supply that I have in my build, the Silverstone SX500-LG, high quality enough to be used in this way safely? In the Tom's Hardware review, it says the operating temp. max is 40 C. Will my internal ambient temp. ever be higher than that? Thank you!
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