I. Introduction:
For many DIY host enthusiasts, there is often a worry that the power supply of their choice is insufficient and affects the stability and power supply requirements of the entire host. For example, when matching mainstream mid-to-high-end performance hardware, how to ensure that the power supply can meet the needs without wasting too much on the budget and power wattage, this is indeed a topic worth one or two. This article will share the ideas and views on hardware selection and power adaptation through this set of mainstream seaview house host examples tossed for friends, hoping to provide some useful references for all box friends.
Second, the key points of power selection:
The choice of power supply is not simply the larger the wattage, the better, it should be noted that when we use the computer, it is not always used at full load, in most cases it is a lower load operation, the load rate of the power supply with high power will be lower, but it will make the efficiency lower, and there is also a point that the choice of a good brand of large wattage power supply is much higher. Therefore, when choosing the host hardware, it is also necessary to consider the budget, the power consumption of the selected platform, and the personal use needs to decide. If you weigh carefully under a limited budget, I personally recommend choosing a power supply brand that has high cost performance and has a good reputation in materials and workmanship to adapt to your host. In addition, for high-power platforms or users who often operate under high loads, it is recommended to choose a high-quality high-wattage power supply to ensure the safety and stability of the system.
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4. Configuration:
Not only does this set look great, but it also performs as well. In particular, the choice of power supply not only meets the power consumption needs of the host, but is not too wasteful.
Processor: Intel i5 14600K
Main board: ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi S blowing snow.
Graphics: Ӣ HOF RTX4070 20th Anniversary Edition.
Memory: Apacer Zadak DDR5 6400 16*2 32G
Solid: Critical T500 PCIe40 1tb
Chassis: Xianma Image Deluxe.
Power supply: Xianma GT650W ATX31 Gold Fully Modular Power Supply: White.
Radiator: Xianma XW360 square screen version 360 AIO integrated liquid cooling.
Board U: i5 14600K and ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi S Snow Blowing Set.
The 14th generation i5 14600K is basically the same as the previous generation i5 13600K in terms of performance, and the power consumption given by the official is basically the same as 13600K, which is the same as the 125W basic thermal power consumption.
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi S Blowing Snow 2. More information check, the general power consumption of the motherboard is maintained at about 30 70W, even if the current motherboard has added a lot of functions, but the energy efficiency will never be too high.
The design language of the motherboard still implements the familiar "formula" of the IP of Snow Dance Battle Queen. The motherboard adopts a standard ATX form factor, and the black PCB is covered with a large area of integrated silver-white I O & VRM thermal armor, which continues the design characteristics of blowing snow with mecha elements, and the silver-white covered vest + 2 ounces of copper 6-layer black PCB blows snow's signature board design combination.
Silver and white integrated I O & VRM aluminum alloy heat dissipation armor, in the power supply design part of the motherboard: a single 16 (70A) + 1 (70A) + 2 phase power supply module that can carry 70A current can well control the power supply needs of the new generation of processors. Equipped with four DDR5 memory slots, it can support overclocking up to DDR5-8000MHz (OC+). The motherboard features the new AEP 20, can detect CPU and memory overclocking potential, and can be automatically tuned with just one click, making it easy to achieve memory optimization. The lower part of the motherboard consists of the original 4 groups of m2 designs have been added to 5 groups, pch chipsets and each mBoth slots are equipped with thick silver thermal guards above the slots, keeping the motherboard's look and feel uniform. The surface of the aluminum alloy heat dissipation armor is treated with a variety of brushed wire and anodic sandblasting processes, with a strong metal texture, and the same totem logo treatment as the B760-G snow blowing motherboard is used to better show the positioning image of the snow blowing battle queen.
The graphics card is very representative among many white graphics cards: the HOF series graphics card, which is a commemorative graphics card launched by the Shadow at the end of last year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Shadow Run (2003-2023). The design features of the entire graphics card are also designed around the theme of the 20th anniversary, and the design features of the whole card are still the usual white design features of the whole card.
The body is made of pure white background, and the front is decorated with inlaid transparent acrylic panels, which is basically similar to the design of the detachable customized decoration of Yinglax's Xingyao, which can be detached (and will not affect the warranty) for various pattern DIY production. The heat dissipation system uses 5 nickel-plated composite heat pipes with a diameter of 8mm, the front fan is a combination of forward + reverse fan on the back, the two fans on the front are 100mm in diameter, which are double-sided silent frost fans, and the number 20 and the Shadow Run logo are in the center of the two fan blades.
The back of the panel is made of aluminum alloy body, and the back process covers metal die-casting, CNC, brushed, and has the design of a suspended light bar, which is indeed in line with the concept of current graphics card aesthetics.
Different from the power supply design of the previous batches of Shadowrun graphics cards, the hidden back-end power supply design is adopted, a magnetic detachable cover is designed at the upper end of the back fan, and the power supply and 5V RGB interface are hidden inside, and the power supply that stores and hides the entire cable is estimated to become more and more common in the graphics card in the future, and many graphics card manufacturers are developing similar product types, which makes the front of the graphics card more neat and refreshing. The transfer of all cables to the back of the graphics card is also in line with the new trend of back plug DIY in the industry that has recently been blown. And the graphics card adopts a dual BIOS design to replace the traditional overclocking buttons on the I-O side: acceleration frequency P-mode: 2610MHz S-mode: 2475MHz, graphics card power consumption TGP: P-mode: 215W S-mode: 200W, from here you can also see the power consumption of the entire graphics card as a reference comparison of the power consumption of the whole machine.
The graphics card adopts a thinner and lighter dual card slot design: 344*1523*45mm。However, in terms of length control, the heat dissipation design of the graphics card of the Shadow is relatively long.
It is said that the power consumption of DDR4 memory of the same capacity is generally between 5-10W, so the same capacity of DDR5 is 23% lower than DDR4, so converted, the memory power consumption of a set of DDR5 sleeves will not exceed 20W (PS: except for overclocking, but it will not be very high). The matching memory is Apacer Zadakh DDR5 6400 32G memory. The overall size of the memory is 5cm in height, 136cm in width, 079cm thickness, single weight 60g. The patented five-segment ultra-wide-angle lighting effect of the top diffuser presents a jewel-shaped hollow light guide effect through the staggered design of materials, supporting ARGB lighting synchronization on motherboards of major manufacturers. After installation, it matches the motherboard very well, whether it is a vest or a silver lampshade, it has a basically zero-error fit with the Tianxuan motherboard.
Silver light frame design, the lower part is covered with a white all-aluminum vest and the color of the Tianxuan motherboard is really very matched, the timing and voltage of this memory: c32-39-39-84 135V, the pellet is AIDE from Hynix.
Basically, there are several large hardware of the host,The power consumption has also been mentioned,Combined with the scenarios of their own use,The conclusion is that the daily power consumption is generally maintained at about 300W (PS:The actual measurement of each scene is shown in the test part),According to the power supply that is twice the power consumption of the platform,Then the choice of the first horse GT 650W power supply this time can meet the daily use needs of this host。
This power supply is another new product series after the continuation of XF XP Black Hole Black Diamond, which was launched at the end of last year, and the product is positioned in the more mid-range gold medal full module series, and it is also Xianma's first ATX31. Gold power supply, built with common active PFC + full-bridge LLC resonant topology + synchronous rectification + DC-DC scheme, +5V and +33V is rated 20A output, and the combined output power is rated 100W; +12V is a single-channel design, and the maximum output can be 54With a current of 1A, it can output a maximum of 6492W total power. Power conversion rate: 20% load 8879% conversion rate, 50% load 9151% conversion rate, 100% load 90The conversion rate of 17% has reached the 80plus gold certification standard, which is close to the platinum certification.
The standard standard of the power supply is PCIe51. Interface and embossed cable, the size of the power supply is also the mainstream 14cm length short size (140 150 86mm), 16pin new specification cable maximum load 450W power consumption is enough to meet the newly launched 4070s 4070tis 16P interface used. In terms of after-sales, it adopts a 3-year replacement + 2-year 5-year warranty service.
The radiator part will not be introduced much, according to the power consumption of the matching processor 14600K processor, the XW360 AIO integrated liquid cooling with a square screen design was selected. The characteristics of this cold head can also be said slightly, using 28-inch 320x320 resolution, 500nits brightness, 24bit true color IPS LCD full-color screen, can be customized through Samamonitor for different GIFs, MP4 JPGs and other different dynamics, animations and patterns for DIY play.
In terms of chassis, my friend chose to be about 300 yuan positioning of the Xianma image left and right compartment sea view room chassis, the size of the whole box: (L) 442mm * (W) 285mm * (H) 410mm, from the size of the case is also the volume of the chassis is positioned in the compact ATX box, which is slightly larger than the general M-ATX box and slightly smaller than the traditional ATX box. However, the IO panel of this cabinet is located on the top, such a design is a bit confusing, since it is positioned as a compact ATX, of course, it is also necessary to consider the convenience of switching on and off when placed on the desktop, or the IO interchange design like the Yuan realm of Xianma, which can not only meet the IO panel on the top when placed at the bottom of the table, but also meet the IO panel at the bottom when placed on the desktop.
In terms of disassembly and assembly, it is elastic buckle and top screw fixing, which also plays a lot of role in the long-lasting stability of the glass, after all, if the buckle is broken with a simple elastic buckle design, it is difficult to maintain the stability of the panel. The interior of the cabinet is also the mainstream 270° A-pillar design.
In addition to being compatible with the mainstream M-ATX ATX, it also has a reserved cut-out design that supports back-plug motherboards, which is the same as the design of several cabinets launched earlier by Xianma, so I won't talk about it here.
It can be seen from the installation display that whether it is a forward motherboard or a back motherboard, this case has a very good compatibility, if you plan to install the M-ATX motherboard, you will find that the lower part of the motherboard will have a lot of exposed parts after installation, so that the overall beauty and coordination is a bit far-fetched, in fact, there are many M-ATX back-plug chassis on the market to choose from, such as the new realm of Xianma is very suitable for the installation of M-ATX motherboards. Of course, if you need to install a split water cooler, you can install the M-ATX motherboard and use a radiator to fill the gap between the bottom of the box and the motherboard. Personally, I recommend this case or installing an ATX motherboard as the best choice.
The opening design of the back plug part is also very sufficient, whether it is M-ATX back plug board or ATX back plug board has a very good installation experience.
5. Installation details:
The advantage of the left and right compartments is that there is no need for each hardware to be arranged in a cabin to install,This is also the feature of many seaview rooms with this architecture,Xianma image is no exception,The front cabin (left cabin) is the installation cabin of hardware such as motherboard graphics card heat dissipation,The back cabin (right cabin) is the installation position of power supply、Cable、Hard disk。 Because of the 270° A-pillar design, the installation experience is still possible, the left cabin part is compatible with 360 cold drainage cooling, while the middle heat dissipation installation is not compatible with 360 water cooling, and can only be compatible with 240 280 size water cooling radiators. It is worth noting that after the ATX motherboard is installed in the box, compared with the installation display of the M-ATX motherboard above, the distance gap between the bottom of the case and the motherboard is made up to the maximum extent, so that the whole set of hosts looks better. A full set of pure white hardware can be said to be very good, and this kind of matching is also in line with the tone of the mainstream DIY host on the market, which is decent, after all, there are too many similar products, and I don't know how to describe the current "involution" market.
After the graphics card is installed on the machine, although this chassis gives enough space support in the compatibility of the graphics card, and the length of the graphics card also comes to the length of 400mm, but if the graphics card in your hand and the 2 card slot design used by this host, the lower part is still a lot of empty space from the lower fan, giving people the feeling that there is always a visual gap that is not satisfied, and it may be possible to install a larger 3 card slot graphics card may be better in appearance, not so empty as a large piece below. If you want to deal with this problem better, or use the graphics card bracket to make a decoration is also the lowest cost method.
The image cancels the design of the traditional hard disk cage and replaces it with a hard disk bracket, but the range of exposed cables is still very large, and only the hard disk compartment below can block the exposure of part of the cables.
6. Performance Power consumption:
Let's take a look at the power consumption displayed by the host in the performance of this time, so that more partners can understand the parameters of this mainstream mid-range positioning host for reference comparison. First of all, let's take a look at the standby power consumption after the machine is turned on: between 100 and 102W.
The benchmark performance test of this set of i5 14600K+RTX4070+DDR5 6400 host is as follows, you can refer to the comparison by yourself:
When running 3D Mark, the power consumption value of the test is: 318W and 330W, and then you will find that the benchmark test of 3D Mark and the measured power consumption of games are basically similar, and the difference between the two is not big.
Some friends will ask: So if the whole set of hosts is at full load in the studio, what is the power consumption of the host? What is the heat dissipation performance of the sea view room? Don't panic, and then use actual measurements to answer your questions. First, let's take a look at the room temperature of 266 What is the power consumption of the CPU after full load and the full load temperature after using 360 heat dissipation: The frequency of the CPU size core silent frequency full load is 52g/4.0G, power consumption can be monitored through software such as HIWI and AIDA64, you can see that the CPU full load frequency is about 174W, the CPU temperature is 65, and the core temperature is 77, of course, if you turn on the OC overclocking mode, the CPU power consumption and temperature will also increase.
Graphics card power consumption: about 200W, GPU core temperature 62, hotspot temperature 72, video memory temperature 62.
If both are fully loaded at the same time, the power consumption of the whole machine will be fully increased to 540W. When there is a full-load demand for the host for a long time, the platform with a load power of 500W with a power supply of 850-1000W can achieve the highest efficiency when the load is exactly 50% when it is fully loaded, so that it has a more energy-saving effect and is more power-saving when used.
So let's use 2 triple-A stand-alone masterpieces: 2077 and the online game: CS GO II to test the power consumption of the console during the game. The difference between the power consumption of the two games when playing is not big,Basically maintained between335 360W,Then compared with the above environment that requires full load,CPU and GPU do not need full load when the game is in progress,Of course, the power consumption is not so high,The mainstream 650W power supply is more than enough to deal with,Even if the budget is not high,600W power supply is also competent。
7. Summary:
Time is always short, and at the end of the article, I will make a small summary of the above: matching on demand is the real demand. I hope that after reading this host construction sharing, when DIY host, we should not only pay attention to the performance and appearance of the hardware, but also pay attention to the selection and adaptation of the power supply, and match the appropriate power supply according to the power consumption positioning needs of the host. Selecting the best hardware and appropriate power supply can ensure the stable operation and long-term use of the host. I hope the sharing of this article can provide you with some useful references when you are DIY hosting.