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If you are not a gamer there really is no need for a QUALITY power supply over 350 watts.
Of course that will cost alot more to purchase, each second it is used it will need to power up to its electronics and make the electrical bigger.
If every one could afford to stick the best of the best into a system we wouldnt need a forum.
Obviosly not all of us can afford a Antec 480watt psu then pay the added 10 bucks a month to the electric company for its ohms.
webster wrote:I disagree with this, for example I would consider it foolhardy to only run a 350W PSU in a dual Xeon Workstation.
This is mostly senseless drivel. You seem to be indicating that a PSU with a higher power rating is less efficient than an el cheapo, can you offer some proof for this? Figures I have seen indicate that quality units are more efficient than cheaper alternatives. It seems logical to me to assume that a PSU with a higher power rating will.
A) Run cooler, hence less resistively on conducting parts and less power loss over them.
b) Have larger/higher quality transformer coils hence less power loss through leakage of magnetic flux.
I appreciate the time you have taken in producing your site but to produce a comprehensive and accurate resource on PSU's you will at least need a basic grasp of electronic theory and written English. I dislike people confidently handing out advice on a subject that they clearly no nothing about, great harm can be caused when newbies take you advice as gospel
webster wrote:I appreciate the time you have taken in producing your site but to produce a comprehensive and accurate resource on PSU's you will at least need a basic grasp of electronic theory and written English. I dislike people confidently handing out advice on a subject that they clearly no nothing about, great harm can be caused when newbies take you advice as gospel.
I also stated that there is never anything wrong with having too much power but it will draw more power from the socket.
An Antec 250 vs a Antec 480? which will use more power in the same system?
The power supply has to "charge up" to meet power fluctuations, this will draw more power from the power company and you dont need to be a rocket scientist to figure this out.
The comment on my 'English' also is incredibly childish.
I came here to inform and not give rhetoric.
This sucks, I wanted to help and you have dismissed me.
each second it is used it will need to power up to its electronics and make the electrical bigger.
But, I do use a power calculater (built by my father) at the socket to test the draw on a system and record the draw.
My findings showed that the higher watt psu's continued to draw more power before and after the system had stopped running power using hardware.
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