$149 mini ITX PC

[yusoffb01]

2 months ago lazada had $15 off 30. Bought an FSP 300w which is overkill

Motherboard chosen is colorful from taobao. Good thing about n3150 chipset is that it is newer than 1037u / q1900. it is fanless, has usb3, hdmi,vga, uefi, and hardware playback support for hevc/h265

Casing is Cooler Master Elite 110 ITX
$70-30 lazada discount

Turns out motherboard is "mATX". narrower than standard mATX. Budget asrock motherboard are this size too (23cmx17cm)

Luckily motherboard still fits inside case. 500gb hard drive from ps4 and 2tb and 2x2GB 1.5v DDR3 from 5 years ago. Good thing motherboard supports low power 1.35v and standard 1.5v. Not all braswell supports 1.5v

Back panel has vga, gigabit lan, usb3, ps2, and can fit expansion cards

After installing windows 10, the only missing drivers are intel chipset drivers. everything else just works. Good thing the intel installer from the CD is in english.

I estimate power consumption to be less than 20w.
2w hdd+ 6w CPU + 1w fan + 2w ram+ 2w motherboard. So no worries leaving it on. Can control remotely using Chrome remote desktop on android phone

With samba set up, can stream to any device at home.

 

[taytehni]

im thinking of building something similar as a NAS too, maybe getting a n3600 itx mobo but trying to look for a cheap casing and psu

 

[yusoffb01]

im thinking of building something similar as a NAS too, maybe getting a n3600 itx mobo but trying to look for a cheap casing and psu

You mean n3700. CPU performance wise slightly faster than n3150 and 16 execution units for graphics vs 12 for n3150. But if you don't plan to game on it then no need to spend more

 

[yappiie]

what the fuch? agent fee $6.18? u pay me $3 enuf liao next time i help u buy.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

I estimate power consumption to be less than 20w.
2w hdd+ 6w CPU + 1w fan + 2w ram+ 2w motherboard.

Your estimation really fail..

 

[wwenze]

Who remember the old days of $29 FSP 300W

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

wow, it seems good for those want a HPTC for their living room. but the power consumption really that low???

 

[taytehni]

You mean n3700. CPU performance wise slightly faster than n3150 and 16 execution units for graphics vs 12 for n3150. But if you don't plan to game on it then no need to spend more

oops yea n3700. was considering either the n3700, j3710,j3160.

 

[wwenze]

wow, it seems good for those want a HPTC for their living room. but the power consumption really that low???

With that PSU, probably not.

 

[Soul77]

I think this will consume at least 40w power standby

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Who remember the old days of $29 FSP 300W

Too bad price will never scale well down there. And low power adapters are just too pricey...

 

[masterpi]

Wow! This is good stuff. I mean if you are really concern about power consumption nothing beats the Raspberry Pi 3. Though of course it is not as powerful as this itx box but it is definitely low power at 2W and smaller like a credit card.

 

[wwenze]

I think this will consume at least 40w power standby

I think it's time to read reviews

 

[Entry Level PC]

TS don't mislead lah.
Where got $149 only.
You never factor in the SUNK COST in your total cost for the price of the full system.

PSU: $27
MOBO + CPU: $~73
CASING: $40

SUNK COST ITEM
RAM: 2x 2GB ~= $20 * 2 ~= $40
HDD: 500GB + 2TB ~= $55 + $100 ~= $155
OS: Win 10 ~= USD$40 ~= SGD$55

Total Cost for your RIG if including SUNK COST ~= SGD$400

 

[Entry Level PC]

I think this will consume at least 40w power standby

This one need to use Kill-A-Watt to know true value.
I estimate around 25+W.

Also need to factor in that TS is using an INEFFICIENT PSU and not an EFFICIENT AC Adapter for low power consumption.

30W sounds about right.

 

[monikernemo]

TS don't mislead lah.
Where got $149 only.
You never factor in the SUNK COST in your total cost for the price of the full system.

PSU: $27
MOBO + CPU: $~73
CASING: $40

SUNK COST ITEM
RAM: 2x 2GB ~= $20 * 2 ~= $40
HDD: 500GB + 2TB ~= $55 + $100 ~= $155
OS: Win 10 ~= USD$40 ~= SGD$55

Total Cost for your RIG if including SUNK COST ~= SGD$400

Haven't factor implicit cost too

Sent from Huawei NEXUS 6P using GAGT

 

[yusoffb01]

I estimate power consumption to be less than 20w.
2w hdd+ 6w CPU + 1w fan + 2w ram+ 2w motherboard. So no worries leaving it on. Can control remotely using Chrome remote desktop on android phone
.

Your estimation really fail..

I think this will consume at least 40w power standby

This one need to use Kill-A-Watt to know true value.
I estimate around 25+W.

Also need to factor in that TS is using an INEFFICIENT PSU and not an EFFICIENT AC Adapter for low power consumption.

30W sounds about right.

Idle around 12w. Never exceeded 20w under load. Should be 1w lower with 1 stick of ram

 

[sacredrays]

this motherboard can put graphic card? like gtx750ti

 

[yusoffb01]

Yup. it has pcie slot

 

[clearsky7]

https://postimage.org/index.php?lang=chinese_simplified
I also ordered CM 110(from qoo10) during 11.11, but they sent me a 110A instead. Apparently that's the new version with aluminium front cover. Nice.