#Antec Isk 300 150 Series Cards Launch#

Engr62's listed specifications with a Pentium G3258 will probably end up idling at 30W and loading at 50W based on a cursory web search which found Legit Reviews' review of the CPU.HardOCP didn't review it, but did review the i7-4770K which idled at 32W and loaded at 108W.Note that these numbers are for the entire computer and not just the CPU, plus measured 'at the wall.'Tldr: The stock ISK 150W PSU can handle the loads presented by any current Intel consumer CPU (socket 115X) at stock speeds, along with the rest of the components.**Obviously adding a graphics card can change the dynamics a great amount. Antec ISK 300-150 mini ITX case. I have an old Antec ISK 300-150 mITX case that weve been using as a HTPC for years. It was given to me for some work I did for a friend at least 3 or 4 years ago. I started thinking about building a gaming computer, and was wondering if this case is big enough to build something decent.Click to expand.That is common, with Internet / retail stores heavily discounting 'K' overclocking processors with motherboard bundles.Buy Antec ISK 300-150 Black Mini-ITX Desktop Computer Case 150 Watt Power Supply online at an affordable price. Ubuy is the leading international shopping.Mini-ITX is the next 'big' thing.

Antec Isk 300 150 Series Cards Launch

It will be black and orange. Because orange!TLDR version: I'm building a tiny system and wanted to share. It has been given a name: the pumpkinator. Right now there's an R7 250E in it, but I'm hoping that when the rest of the 900 series cards launch I'll find something that matches the black and orange scheme. Core i5-4590S with Xigamtek Praeton LD963 HSFCrucial Ballistix Tactical LP DDR3L-1600 16GB (2x8GB)Gigabyte GA-B85N Phoenix Wifi (Azurewave mPCIe card with Broadcom wifi replaced with Intel 7260AC)Antec ISK 300-150 with Pico PSU 160XT PSU (stock PSU removed)2x Antec Tricool 80mm (clear versions without LED lights)I've tested a few different video cards in it but haven't settled on a final model.

The Stealth fans have always worked well for me in the past, and while Noctua and Scythe's fans are highly regarded, they're also more expensive.I'd planned on just using the ISK 300-150's stock power supply, but a few things stopped me. Here's the list of parts that are going to be used:Antec ISK 300-150 with Pico PSU 160XT and 2x80mm Vantec Stealth SF8025L - I really liked the ISK 300-65, and I wanted to go low profile and keep the system's physical volume to a minimum, so the same case with better ventilation was an obvious choice. I still want it to be quiet, and I don't want it to take up a lot of space. It will probably run Ubuntu with Steam. I tossed in some Noctua fans and a thicker heatsink than the one that came with the 530 (I think it was from a Core 2 Duo, as I recall they used the same dimensions / retention mechanism) to keep fan speed (and thus, noise) to a minimum.Years later I find myself wanting to put together another PC, this time with a little more power in case I wanted to break out some games. The last one I built was a Core i3-530 and Intel DH57JG ITX motherboard in an Antec ISK 300-65, and it ran Ubuntu and was used almost exclusively for listening to my music collection and browsing the web.

That's perfect for the rest of the system:Core i3-4130T - Picked solely for the low TDP, with the thinking that I'd like to fit a video card in the system that could potentially pull the max 75W from the PCIe slot. I've added the additional peripheral cable they offer on their website, so I've got a 24 pin ATX power connector, 4 pin aux 12v for the motherboard, 2 PATA style 4-pin power connectors and 2 SATA power connectors. Plus, no fans, so no added noise internally.I've gone with the top-end kit version, capable of 160W sustained output with a 200W peak, in case I end up needing a little more power than I expected. The Pico PSU (from Mini Box) is perfect for this configuration, taking up practically no space at all, and since it uses an external power brick for AC-DC conversion, is very efficient and generates little heat. Second, from what I've read, it isn't particularly efficient, so it generates more waste heat than I'd like.While I could have used a larger case and different power supply, I really wanted to stick to something with a small footprint, so the obvious choice was to replace the power supply with something more efficient. Antec thankfully doesn't load it up with a dozen molex power connectors - no room in the case for them anyhow - but there's still a pretty large bundle of cables that would need to get crammed somewhere and a power cable strung along the top of the case that would get in the way of a taller CPU heatsink or make video card installation a bit difficult.

The 1TB drive was cheap, the DVDRW was cheap, and the mSATA was cheap. If you need teh RAIDs, Asrock's H97 ITX board (which wasn't available at the time I made this purchase) has wifi, but lacks the mSATA slot (and has the somewhat less impressive Realtek ALC892 audio, but if you've got a digital output, the analog output capabilities of the onboard audio may not be a concern for you).Samsung PM851 256GB mSATA, 1TB 2.5' (M8 HN-M101MBB), slim DVDRW SN208FB/BEBE - Samsung takes all three storage spots for this. There's also glowy orange lights, which I admit haven't ever really been my thing, but when it is all assembled, if the glow is nice, I might try to carve a lambda into it or something.B85 chipset might be a showstopper for some, but RAID support wasn't ever in my plans. It's got the 802.11ac onboard (mine came with an Azurewave card, though I've seen pictures that appear to show an Intel card installed, so they may be shipping with both), has decent onboard audio (Realtek ALC898) and, bonus, has an mSATA slot. Black and Orange make for a nice color scheme - reminds me of DFI's old Lanparty boards, plus, you know, Valve, Steam Engine, Half Life, etc. I didn't want to have any USB dongles connected to this system and have to keep the PCIe slot available for a video card, so I turned to Newegg's handy search to find a mini ITX something with onboard 802.11ac (because future!).I was pleasantly surprised to stumble across this thing.

There are a few single slot low profile versions of those (and R740 with GDDR5, too). The Kepler-based GeForce 740 with GDDR5 would also be a good option, though the improved performance and efficiency of Maxwell is preferred (and, if I can be crazy about color coordination, Zotac's colors are black and orange, so.).Single slot and low profile will be a bit noisier when running at full tilt, given the size of their heatsinks and tiny fans, but the ISK 300 is well ventilated along the edge where the video card lives, so I'm hoping that whatever I choose, there will be sufficient airflow to keep it from getting annoying while gaming.The power draw on the 750 cards is very similar to AMD's R7 250 GPU. There also isn't room for a double-wide heatsink/fan on the video card, so that further limits options.A GeForce 750 would be ideal, and there are already a few low profile GeForce 750 cards out there - Zotac makes one, as does Galaxy (who I believe also sell cards under the KFA brand) - but they all have heatsink/fan units too wide to fit into the ISK. The ISK 300 is a low profile case, so that limits the options. It just needs to rip audio from my CDs (yes, I still have CDs) and probably won't get used much past that.This is the million hundred dollar question. The DVDRW, I'd wanted to get a slot load drive but couldn't justify the added cost.

Or AMD could scale Bonaire down a bit and give us an R7 255 that fits in the same form factor. Thankfully, with an onboard GPU, I have the luxury of getting the system running and deciding on the video card later.Maybe we'll see a Maxwell refresh 'GeForce 740 version 2', or maybe someone will get a single slot, low profile 750 out there. But it's hard to ignore the additional oomph that Maxwell provides in the same power envelope.

I haven't had issues with any of the Intel chipsets under Linux in a long time. A higher power processor could benefit from that and I'm sure someone would want to know.Fox - Well, the B85 chipset should be properly supported in Ubuntu. I've got a different motherboard I'm going to pop in the case with a Zalman CNPS8900, just to see if it would actually fit. Once I've got that done I'll start posting some pictures of the assembly.