Monday, April 11th 2011

Comprehensive New Guide to Understanding PSUs

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btarunr
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Power supply units (PSUs) are perhaps the least understood components when buying or building a PC. Very often, buyers don't look beyond the output power rating, and connectors provided. Slightly more discerning buyers look for efficiency rating, but that's about it. TechPowerUp's new PSU reviewer crmaris wrote an expansive article about the workings of a PSU, its various components, to give you a much more informed idea about what to look for when buying a PSU.

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11 Comments on Comprehensive New Guide to Understanding PSUs

#1
makwy2
Very interesting article. I wish there was an article that was as in-depth as this one that focused on what all the specs on PSU's mean and what is good/bad. THis article was excellent at outlining all the components within a PSU.
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#2
inferKNOX
I was reading on Hardware Secrets about how to judge a PSU well when I was researching on whether to buy a HX750, which I now intend to buy.
Will be sure to check this article out nicely too to ground myself better.
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#3
CDdude55
Crazy 4 TPU!!!
I'm definitely going to give the article a read, i enjoy learning more on the subject.:)
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Cold Storm
Battosai
Good read. I'm with makwy2.. Gotta get a part 2!
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#6
JrRacinFan
Served 5k and counting ...
Can we get a little sticky with this? :eek:
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#8
EarthDog
makwy2Very interesting article. I wish there was an article that was as in-depth as this one that focused on what all the specs on PSU's mean and what is good/bad. THis article was excellent at outlining all the components within a PSU.
+1... Good start to the article!
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#9
jasper1605
JrRacinFanCan we get a little sticky with this? :eek:
+1 to that suggestion.
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#10
Bjorn_Of_Iceland
wow, crmaris looks to be very knowledgeable on PSUs.. I wont forget to read his reviews everytime now.

Was just wondering.. why havent anyone made an all solid capacitor based PSU?
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#11
crmaris
Ceramic caps can show very high input oscillations which are greatly decreased by putting an electrolytic capacitor in parallel. Also electrolytic caps are cheap and if they are made by a good manufacturer (Nippon, Rubycon etc.) their reliability is very high.
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