power supply

by Rafael Hernandez on February 16, 2009 · 0 comments

The trend from power supply manufacturers has been to pump out insanely high power rated models with equally nutty price tags for the consumers to drool over and buy. Aside from the high-end quad GPU equipped machines most systems can…

Read more Entry Level PSU Roundup AKA Your Rig Doesn't Need A 1kW Power Supply

by Rafael Hernandez on November 6, 2007 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at a four power supplies in the 400 to 450watt range. While the latest and greatest 750Watt+ power supplies are tempting the vast majority of computers don’t consume that much energy in order to operate. A…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 8, 2007 · 0 comments

SilentPCReview has a look at the Hiper Media Center Barebones PC. A purchase nets you a nifty case with a VFD display, AMD AM2 based motherboard with plenty of video output options, and a power supply. A nice enough base…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 4, 2007 · 0 comments

HardOCP has gathered a group of five power supplies that don’t break the $50 USD price point. Things aren’t always so pretty when you go for a “rated” high wattage PSU on the cheap but the [H] did manage to…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 2, 2007 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at 11 power supplies in their PSU roundup. They range in claimed wattage from 500 to 750 watts and some are modular while others are regrettably not. A nice snapshot directed at the mid-range…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 30, 2006 · 0 comments

XYZ Computing has tested the Tagan Turbo Jet 1100W power supply. It’s designed for systems with a genuine power need such as an Nvidia 8800GTX SLI based PC or even an AMD Quad FX system. Quite an impressive power supply…

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