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Re: Need HW advice for new PC - Which CPU
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:10:09 -0500, Arthur Hagen <art@broomstick.com> wrote:
>Daniel James <wastebasket@nospam.aaisp.org> wrote:
>> In article
>> news:<slrnfkluma.q2l.aznomad.2@ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net>, AZ
>> Nomad wrote:
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>>> power supply: don't use the crap that is included with most cases.
>>> A blowout on that $8 power supply can take out your whole system.
>>> Spend $50-90 here.
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>> I'll add a rider to that -- spend those dollars on a good quality PSU
>> rather than a lower-quality unit that claims a higher power output.
>> Work out roughly how much poser your system will actually use, add
>> 10-20% as a margin for error, and buy the best PSU you can that
>> exceeds that power by as little as possible.
>I strongly advise people to choose a PSU that delivers more than 10-20%
>above what you will actually use. The main reason is that PSUs deteriorate
Watch out. I'd prefer a solid 400W power supply over an 8oz 1000W supply
considering your typical system draws less than 200W while running and less
than 300W during startup. A POS 1000W supply may do 1000W according to the
capacity of it's output devices (read: a couple of $3 triacs), but will have a
cheapo fan that'll soon fail and thermal problems with anything more than 150W.
Being built by near slave labor on a too quickly moving assembly line won't help
either.
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