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Hello,

When reading and searching for my future quiet PC, I came accross these incredible small PSU.
I have never heard about picoPSU before last week.

It looks really great!

But it looks also bit expensive, when you consider few components on a small board.
42€ for the 150W, it's like a complete PSU 300W (correct 80+ bronze)

Is it only because it's a niche, so we have to pay a premium?

Why no other company is selling the same, cheaper?


Last question: do you have one on your PC? how good is it? (regulated power, silence if the brick has a fan, etc.)

There is another maker/seller at least, on ebay, electrodacus - he used to be on these forums some years back; http://www.ebay.com/itm/181252102012

thierry. wrote:
Is it only because it's a niche, so we have to pay a premium?

Why no other company is selling the same, cheaper?


Last question: do you have one on your PC? how good is it? (regulated power, silence if the brick has a fan, etc.)

its expensive because of its quality and small size.

there are other companies selling knock off "picos". (i wont link to them because I believe they are infringing on pico's patents)

i have 3 pico's, and love them. my bricks have no fan, so they are truly silent. the only moving part in my PC is the single 140mm fan that stays under 750 rpm.

Xan_user,
Would you have a link to your builds?
What power do you use? what bricks?

thanks.

i dont really do "build pages" - not enough time for me. but pictures of my latest build were posted in the last few pages of the viewtopic.php?f=15&t=66109 thread.

i have a 150 watt and 2 120 watt picos with a meanwell, a lite on and some chinese generic brick.