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30 minutes ago, Isgolo said:

Ahhhhh, thats why. I'll take a look at some sff. Thank you!

My budget is around 100-150€, in case you know one at this price. Continuous power shoud be around 100/200W, just to be sure (ryzen is 65W, plus ram and a sata SSD)

you could even get a pico if you want to go really compact. the psu tier list is your friend here... just look what fits in your case

Im making a PC as compact as possible. Right now i have a MATX Mobo, with a ryzen 2200G (no dedicated GPU). 

I am building the case myself, so as long as the connectors are compatible I can design the case to fit the PSU.

I tried searching for Small ATX PSUsCompact ATX PSUs and Small MATX PSUs,but there was no luck. Am I searching for the wrong thing? 

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Id recomment the pico psu. It uses an external powersuppl like a laptop. If you want a bit more headroom in power you could go with one from hdplex. Then if youve a smaller budget id suggest an Sfx psu. Also some server powersupplies are really small too 

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11 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

because they don't exist...

 

it's either atx (the standard size) or sff, but those will be more expensive of course

Ahhhhh, thats why. I'll take a look at some sff. Thank you!

My budget is around 100-150€, in case you know one at this price. Continuous power shoud be around 100/200W, just to be sure (ryzen is 65W, plus ram and a sata SSD)

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30 minutes ago, Isgolo said:

Ahhhhh, thats why. I'll take a look at some sff. Thank you!

My budget is around 100-150€, in case you know one at this price. Continuous power shoud be around 100/200W, just to be sure (ryzen is 65W, plus ram and a sata SSD)

you could even get a pico if you want to go really compact. the psu tier list is your friend here... just look what fits in your case

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Whatever's SFX, modular, and cheap

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6 minutes ago, jtomasrl said:

go for sfx, maybe a corsair sf450 

^^^ EVGA has some that are pretty darn short and stubby too if you don't wanna go pico like @LukeSavenije said. 

 

 

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1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

^^^ EVGA has some that are pretty darn short and stubby too if you don't wanna go pico like @LukeSavenije said. 

 

 

didn't even know evga sold sfx PSUs... corsair, silverstone and seasonic have some good ones too

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9 hours ago, Isgolo said:

Im making a PC as compact as possible. Right now i have a MATX Mobo, with a ryzen 2200G (no dedicated GPU). 

I am building the case myself, so as long as the connectors are compatible I can design the case to fit the PSU.

I tried searching for Small ATX PSUsCompact ATX PSUs and Small MATX PSUs,but there was no luck. Am I searching for the wrong thing? 

Well, with µATX I don't know anything but with ITX an Antec ISK110 is an option, though a bit on the risky side.

ATX and SFX are the only options and the minimum wattage is like 400 or 450W.

9 hours ago, cashan said:

Id recomment the pico psu

I don't because most are just garbage and they are too small to be good!
Sometimes you just need the space for a PSU to be actually decent.

 

Just look at that:

 

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And it gets fairly warm as well, though slightly loaded.

And, as you see, that's just an 80W PSU..

 

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