[wplug] Since we're off topic

Ghataora, Hardeep hghataora at ccac.edu
Wed Feb 4 13:40:11 EST 2004


I've completely lost the plot here.

Any chance of a summary of what's been tried already and where we're at?

H

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Moran [mailto:wmoran at potentialtech.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 11:33 AM
To: wplug at wplug.org
Subject: Re: [wplug] Since we're off topic


Drew from Zhrodague wrote:
>>Well, it's an Athlon 2000.  What would you recommend?
> 
> 
> 	400-500-watt power supply.

That's crazy.  You shouldn't need a ps that big unless you're running a
multi-processor board, or several HDDs.

<snip>

> 	My workstation has a 500-watt CompUSA-branded power-supply in
it.
> It's pretty generic, but seems to work okay. EnerMAX makes a bitch'n
2-u 
> PS which works better than any others I've seen, but they're not
cheap.

I'll bet any amount of small pocket change that the PS you've got is
only capable of providing ~300 watts of power with any level of
stability.

Unfortunately, like the article says, it's difficult or impossible to
prove that you've been ripped off, unless you have the time and
electronics know-how to build a rig like the Tom's Hardware people did.

This is the whole reason that AMD started their power supply
certification program, BTW.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com

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