Quality in a small PSU

Peter G. 3 Oct, 2007 at 11:55am ET Article published in Tech

Comments

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   3 Oct 2007 ~ 1:23pm BuddyJ Its price and features are comparable to the PCP&C Silencer 470, but that's about it. Looking at other reviews, it seems the Corsair outperforms the Silencer 470. And for OCZ branded stuff, I don't think they have any current models that are sub-600W.
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   3 Oct 2007 ~ 2:34pm GHoosdum Seems decent.
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   3 Oct 2007 ~ 11:07pm Leonardo I run highly overclocked dual core CPU computers at full load with PSUs as 'small' as 430W. And those dual core CPUs are power hungry Presler core Intels! I recognize that SLI machines equipped with two VERY power hungry current generation video cards need a lot of power, but outside of dual video use, quality PSUs below 500 watts will almost always have power to spare.
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   3 Oct 2007 ~ 11:27pm Medlock

   Leonardo wrote:

   I run highly overclocked dual core CPU computers at full load with PSUs as 'small' as 430W. And those dual core CPUs are power hungry Presler core Intels! I recognize that SLI machines equipped with two VERY power hungry current generation video cards need a lot of power, but outside of dual video use, quality PSUs below 500 watts will almost always have power to spare.

   
   Yeah, I just don't see the need for a beastly PSU unless you're running (a) beastly video card(s).
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   4 Oct 2007 ~ 12:36am edcentric Most people don't realize that you want to run a PSU at 75-85% of its rating. This is where it was designed to operate and you will have the best efficiency and stability.