PicoPSU needs a 12V input most laptops are around 19V, so no good unless it is 12V. You can happily use a more powerful adapter with the picopsu it will only ever put out the power required by the picopsu and no more. The only downsides to using a more powerful adapter is that they cost more and might be a tiny bit less efficient only working at half power compared to one that is made to run at that power level.
I would suggest for a 120W PicoPSU that the adapter be between somewhere 100W and 150W depending on how much power you need.
Remember that the adapter and picopsu will only supply the power needed by the computer, it won't try to overload it if the adapter and picopsu are more powerful.

I looked at several reviews of the Asrock E350M1 and the max power draw is around 43W, add 2 HDD at lets say 12W and you get 55W max, so yeah I guess the 60W adapter is a bit light.
120W Pico plus a 80 adapter it is.

Just some more questions:
1. Will any (laptop) adapter work on the picoPSU? (provided the plugs are the same, of course)

2. Will an adapter with a higher output (lets say 140W) work with a 120W picoPSU?

yours truly,

Padawan Grim

The limiting power factor will always be which ever device, picopsu or supply, has the lowest wattage. If either device is called on to supply more wattage than it can cope with it will electronically trip out and reset with no likely damage. So just be sure both picopsu and supply exceed your maximum expected power needs.
I would think between 80w and 120w should be fine for your setup. I have a 160w in my little machine because when the twin satellite card kicks in it needs a lot of power to get it started, but I probably could have got away with a 120w.

yeah, I can only buy the mini-box pico psu's (warranty!).
So the 100W PicoPSU with a lower rated adapter?

...If you are buying the supply from mini-box, who make the picopsu, then the supply will be good quality and hit it's mark.

...And that cheap supply was £10 and the quality one was £50!?!

I have a picopsu 160xt in my server/htpc and it's great, just be sure you get a decent power supply to work with it. Cheap power supplies will max out before they reach the claimed wattage. I'd go for a 100W supply with that setup, unless you are sure the supply is top quality.
I have a cheap 120W supply that tops out and shuts off at 75W. My quality 160W supply really does hit 160W.

You can get a 20->24 pin adapter off ebay for very little.

Thinking about going for a picoPSU. I reckon 60 Watt will be more than enough for the Asrock E350M + 1 or 2x 2TB hard drives (WD WD20EZRX).

Also I've read that even though the mobo has a 24-pin ATX connector, using only 20-pins (like most picoPSU have) shouldn't pose an issue, right?

Oh thank you, holy link fairy

What am I, the link fairy?
...yes I am :D

http://httpd.apache.org/ - Web Server
http://www.samba.org/ - File Server
https://filezilla-project.org/ - FTP Server
http://www.mysql.com/ - Database Server

got link(s), bro?

>>29401 I use windows 7 on my server, most of the good open source server software is available for windows, eg MySQL database, Apache web server.

Any OS I should check out?

Also here are the nerd/geek specs. I won't show an external pic cause it's not that exciting.

Any OS I should check out?

Also here are the nerd/geek specs. I won't show an external pic cause it's not that exciting.

>>29396 It may not have the power to be a games server, but would be great as a server for files, database, ftp, etc. So like a NAS but more flexible.

>>29387 any particular server (game?) in mind?

I could use it as a NAS, right?

You're as hooked on computers as I am tools, Grim. Good luck!

>>29380 That Assrock will make a good little server :D

For now just a new package, tomorrow new internals

I have upgraded to the Intel G1840 this time. It's still a dual core but with a bit more punch, from 1.6Ghz to 2.8Ghz. Also with a new cpu comes a new mobo, different leftover memory, same power supply, and fans. Oh and also not important is the new hard drive..solid drive to be precise, only 60GB but I'll probably keep the 320GB hard drive. Operating system will remain Windows 7.

Anybody needing a slow Assrock AMD? ;)

all packaged up, or did you build a new computational Goliath?

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