Re: power supply calculator

WRONG! The supply itself consumes a certain amount of power (even if the load is drawing NOTHING). Where it is hard to get high efficiency, where you waste a lot of power, is when the actual demand is LOW compared to the total rated output. You want some "reserve", but you do NOT want a supply rated at twice what you actually need.


~misfit~ wrote:
Somewhere on teh intarweb "- Bob -" typed:
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:24:31 -0800, scrooge wrote:

Would you want to buy less than a 750 watt power supply these days ?
Because you might not need that many watts and you can save $'s as
well as a little power on the draw side?

Most PSUs run most efficiently when they're not running above 50% if their rated capacity. Therefore, to save electricity, get a good quality PSU rated at twice what you think you need.
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