Farad 3 PSU with NUC10i7.

[octaviars]

Asking for a friend who is not a member here that is thinking of geting a Farad 3 PSU 19VDC to drive his NUC10i7 with ROON ROCK. Farad wrote to him that due to the power demand during boot up it might not be sufficient with the 3A that the Farad can supply, it might work but they could not guarantee it.

 

Anyone here using a Farad 3 19VDC with a NUC10i7.

 

The NUC has the following spec.

 

NUC10i7FNH

RAM: Kingston HyperX Impact Black SO-DIMM DDR4 2666MHz 2x8GB

Disk OS: Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD 250GB

Disk Music: Samsung 870 EVO SATA SSD 4TB

[mitch751]

Check the SMPS came with the NUC, it should tell you the amp. 

 

I personal think 3A is not enough during the boot up .... if I were you I will go for at least 5 amp

 

[davide256]

It will probably boot but you would likely have to throttle CPU speed for an i7 to be reliable. I’d suggest googling a review to verify what the actual boot amp amperage was

[jcn3]

On 6/28/2023 at 8:02 AM, octaviars said:

Asking for a friend who is not a member here that is thinking of geting a Farad 3 PSU 19VDC to drive his NUC10i7 with ROON ROCK. Farad wrote to him that due to the power demand during boot up it might not be sufficient with the 3A that the Farad can supply, it might work but they could not guarantee it.

 

Anyone here using a Farad 3 19VDC with a NUC10i7.

 

The NUC has the following spec.

 

NUC10i7FNH

RAM: Kingston HyperX Impact Black SO-DIMM DDR4 2666MHz 2x8GB

Disk OS: Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD 250GB

Disk Music: Samsung 870 EVO SATA SSD 4TB

 

If Farad doesn't recommend it, I wouldn't even bother to try -- would get something that was more appropriately sized for the NUC.

[Mustu]

Turn hyper threadIng off it will work 

[Elberoth]

NUC 10i7 current draw:

 

Standby: 0.02A

Idle running Roon: 0.56A

Highest peak registered by my multimeter on startup: 3A @ 12V 

 

3A @ 12V = 36VA

 

3A @ 19V = 57VA, so yes, Farad 3 PSU 19VDC @ 3A will be more than enough.