DIY ITX

[cpuer]

Hi All
Planning to set one of this up, can you comment on the specs? Budget is around $600. Please recommend a better specs:

Asrock B75 with i3 3210 259
Kingston DDR3 PC1600 DIMM 2x4GB 80
Inwin BP655 99
SSD Intel 330 120GB 117
Total 555

Kinda worry about the TFX PSU of the Inwin case. Newegg reviewers said it's kind of noisy.

TIA

 

[nippp0n]

Hi All
Planning to set one of this up, can you comment on the specs? Budget is around $600. Please recommend a better specs:

Asrock B75 with i3 3210 259
Kingston DDR3 PC1600 DIMM 2x4GB 80
Inwin BP655 99
SSD Intel 330 120GB 117
Total 555

Kinda worry about the TFX PSU of the Inwin case. Newegg reviewers said it's kind of noisy.

TIA

Do you need OS? I assume you don't need an optical drive and hdd?

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Hi All
Planning to set one of this up, can you comment on the specs? Budget is around $600. Please recommend a better specs:

Asrock B75 with i3 3210 259
Kingston DDR3 PC1600 DIMM 2x4GB 80
Inwin BP655 99
SSD Intel 330 120GB 117
Total 555

Kinda worry about the TFX PSU of the Inwin case. Newegg reviewers said it's kind of noisy.

TIA

May i understand what you intend to do with this PC?

Do you also need a DVD drive? Or intend to recycle yours? Or totally omitting it?
If recycling, which of the following interface is it using?

And do you prefer something sleek or just prefer something like BP655?

Are you connecting to the internet via wire or wireless?

 

[coyote]

Good to go. I have a Sandy bridge i3 in a BM650 & it hardly make a whisper.

Tiny chassis logically should be a tad noisier than big chassis, if you have very hot graphics cards in it, forcing hot air to gush out from a small exhaust. However, Sandy Bridge & Ivy bridge i3 are all super cool. So even the InWin BM & likely BP series will hardly make a whisper with such super cool cpu. The only hot component will be a powerful graphic card, which isn't something you can squeeze into the BP series anyway.

So, it's good to go.

Hi All
Planning to set one of this up, can you comment on the specs? Budget is around $600. Please recommend a better specs:

Asrock B75 with i3 3210 259
Kingston DDR3 PC1600 DIMM 2x4GB 80
Inwin BP655 99
SSD Intel 330 120GB 117
Total 555

Kinda worry about the TFX PSU of the Inwin case. Newegg reviewers said it's kind of noisy.

TIA

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Good to go. I have a Sandy bridge i3 in a BM650 & it hardly make a whisper.

Tiny chassis logically should be a tad noisier than big chassis, if you have very hot graphics cards in it, forcing hot air to gush out from a small exhaust. However, Sandy Bridge & Ivy bridge i3 are all super cool. So even the InWin BM & likely BP series will hardly make a whisper with such super cool cpu. The only hot component will be a powerful graphic card, which isn't something you can squeeze into the BP series anyway.

So, it's good to go.

For sure, the fan cooling the Intel processors will run as quiet as they should be. However, the next in-heir noise generator in such small mITX build, after discrete graphics card fan, got to be the fan responsible for cooling the hotter running, weeny tiny PSU. The TFX PSU used on In Win BP series, only to exhibit typical efficiency between 65-80%, is of a totally different class from the 80 Plus Bronze certified PSU used in your In Win BM650. So i don't agree you can safely assume that the PSU fan on the TFX PSU will operate quiet enough as the PSU fan on your higher grade PSU in your BM650. And many deemed to be unsatisfactory with their PSU fan from newegg users' first-hand review.

 

[t258jgn]

Kinda worry about the TFX PSU of the Inwin case. Newegg reviewers said it's kind of noisy.

I've also heard complains about noisy psu fan. Asked can change to other brands psu. Too bad cannot. Have to live with the noise until the psu spoil & then change another case which can use a better psu.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

I've also heard complains about noisy psu fan. Asked can change to other brands psu. Too bad cannot. Have to live with the noise until the psu spoil & then change another case which can use a better psu.

Cannot change to FSP300-60GHT that you are selling? TD brought it in right?

 

[WuTianDao]

If possible , dont get the iwn655 , get some other casing that can fit in sfx psu or a standard size psu. I have owned this casing before , the power button is kind of poor design and the interior of the casing is not really user friendly, it depends on the itx board you are buying also. My psu fail less then 1 year and now the casing is rotting in my storeroom...

 

[cpuer]

wow, thanks guys for the many suggestions. OMG, the BP 655 psu is that bad?

Ok, let me try to answer some of the questions. The intended DIY is just to surf a secondary pc for web surfing and mainly for storing files.

There will be a SATA 3.5" installed together with the SSD. SSD will be the C drive.

Not fixing any DVD or GPU card, networking via usb WIFI dongle

Thanks for the tip on BM650. Will check it out.

THANKS AGAIN!

 

[cpuer]

Hmm, the Seagate Momentus SSD+HDD 750GB @ $195 looks attractive

 

[AS1]

Have you considered an AMD APU solution instead?

Btw for what you want to do, can just get those pre-owned desktops at SLS back alley for around $200. Usually can get C2D processor desktop at that price. They also come with pre-installed OS.

 

[t258jgn]

inwin make it difficult to fit in the universal std size TFX

Cannot change to FSP300-60GHT that you are selling? TD brought it in right?

 

[cpuer]

Thanks guys for all the feedback and suggestions. I did it this afternoon:

It's a tiny case. I need to do fingers and arm yoga in this tight space. The sata power as noted by many, is too short to support a second drive, so an additional molex-SATA power cable is required. secondly, the Corsair Vengence DIMM is too tall and hit the bottom side of the 3.5inch drive i am fixing in. So i guess i have to tape the 3.5" ontop of the 2.5" cage. BTW, the Seagate Momentus XT 750GB is very speedy. And the best part of the case is the PSU like some of you said is a 80+ Bronze!! And the case run cool during the short time I booted it. Under load would be hotter/noisier I supposed.

I just managed to boot it and took alook of the UEFI screen. Tomorrow will load win7.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Thanks guys for all the feedback and suggestions. I did it this afternoon:

It's a tiny case. I need to do fingers and arm yoga in this tight space. The sata power as noted by many, is too short to support a second drive, so an additional molex-SATA power cable is required. secondly, the Corsair Vengence DIMM is too tall and hit the bottom side of the 3.5inch drive i am fixing in. So i guess i have to tape the 3.5" ontop of the 2.5" cage. BTW, the Seagate Momentus XT 750GB is very speedy. And the best part of the case is the PSU like some of you said is a 80+ Bronze!! And the case run cool during the short time I booted it. Under load would be hotter/noisier I supposed.

I just managed to boot it and took alook of the UEFI screen. Tomorrow will load win7.

You are showing us the buttock of the chassis.

Use imageshack next time.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Actually it is cheaper to get SSD + 1TB HDD so maybe next time you should consider that option.

 

[cpuer]

You are showing us the buttock of the chassis.

Use imageshack next time.

LOL, not sure which is which, i just lift it up single handedly. Really like the smallness(after the tough setting up)

 

[cpuer]

Actually it is cheaper to get SSD + 1TB HDD so maybe next time you should consider that option.

aha, never thought of that

 

[cpuer]

Going to tape the 3.5" here:
http://sdrv.ms/Xe3ujl

Should be ok right?

PS: Actually the 2.5" cage can hold the 3.5", so no need tape liao.
http://www.in-win.com.tw/manual_tw/4RAMEE003600.pdf

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Going to tape the 3.5" here:
http://sdrv.ms/Xe3ujl

Should be ok right?

PS: Actually the 2.5" cage can hold the 3.5", so no need tape liao.
http://www.in-win.com.tw/manual_tw/4RAMEE003600.pdf

OMY you just unintentionally sexposed your name in the link above. Use imageshack, really.

 

[coyote]

Oh... You gotten bm650 same as my case. Cool.

Yes, that hdd cage is for 3.5", no need to tape at all. If you search for my thread here or vr, you can install a hotswap single bay 3.5" hdd removable rack. I have hotswap on many of my rigs, veryconvenient to swap hdd around for testing and others.

Congrat.