Posted by
Hemos
on from the lets'-get-'em-together dept.
CainX writes "A comparison of five power supply units was posted recently. Anandtech has done a more complete review and examined 18 of the newest models in the plus 300 watt range." Power supplies tend to be one of those forgotten, but ever so important parts of machine construction.
Forgotten Power Supplies...
by
MosesJones
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· Score: 5, Funny
DOH! NOW I know why my home build PC isn't working. I also made the "often made" mistake of forgetting the Power Supply.
I'm glad to know this is a common mistake and not just me being stupid.
-- An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
Re:Power Supplys
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Anonymous Coward
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I'm thinking that's a UPS.
not necessarily - the guy went on to say: "If you do run a computer that is somewhat important run a power supply you wont be disapointed!".
I consider my desktop computer at home 'somewhat important', so I put a power supply in that (of the 300W ATX variety) and I must say, I'm not disappointed that I did. If I hadn't put a power supply in it probably wouldn't run nearly as well as it does now.
Am I the only one who when reading the blurb thought of the line from the Terminator where Arnie is asking to buy a:
"Plasma pulse laser, 40 watt range"
Except it's the Power Supply Terminator looking for a power supply in the 300+ watt range.
Just get a Mac
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 2, Funny
So you have decent memory which has been thoroughly tested, a hard disk drive which matches it's controller, no hot spots [espcially around the cpu,3D graphics card and northbridge], well sorted BIOS, no interupt conflicts, a decent OS and compatible drivers for each device, then yeah, it's probably the power supply.
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DOH! NOW I know why my home build PC isn't working. I also made the "often made" mistake of forgetting the Power Supply.
I'm glad to know this is a common mistake and not just me being stupid.
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
I'm thinking that's a UPS.
not necessarily - the guy went on to say:
"If you do run a computer that is somewhat important run a power supply you wont be
disapointed!".
I consider my desktop computer at home 'somewhat important', so I put a power supply in that (of the 300W ATX variety) and I must say, I'm not disappointed that I did. If I hadn't put a power supply in it probably wouldn't run nearly as well as it does now.
Am I the only one who when reading the blurb thought of the line from the Terminator where Arnie is asking to buy a: "Plasma pulse laser, 40 watt range" Except it's the Power Supply Terminator looking for a power supply in the 300+ watt range.
So you have decent memory which has been thoroughly tested, a hard disk drive which matches it's controller, no hot spots [espcially around the cpu,3D graphics card and northbridge], well sorted BIOS, no interupt conflicts, a decent OS and compatible drivers for each device, then yeah, it's probably the power supply.
Personally, the Zalman flower fans look very attractive to me... not in a visual sense, but an auditory one.
They look very attractive in an auditory sense? I think I see what you're saying....
Graham "Teach" Mitchell, computer science teacher, Leander HS