secret300@lemmy.sdf.org to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 29 days agoyeah I built my own PC. How could you tell?files.catbox.moeimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1171arrow-down1imageyeah I built my own PC. How could you tell?files.catbox.moesecret300@lemmy.sdf.org to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·28 days agoThe PSU doesn’t use more power just because it has a higher maximum capacity. Plus, a PSU is most efficient at partial loads (usually around 60-70%)
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-228 days agoA PSU with an efficiency rating, like 80 Plus, will be more efficient than that PSU, even near 100% load (which it wouldn’t be usually).
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoSure, but that difference is less than the variability based on load. The difference in efficiency between a Gold and Platinum PSU is like 4%, but load can vary that efficiency by 10 or 15%
The PSU doesn’t use more power just because it has a higher maximum capacity. Plus, a PSU is most efficient at partial loads (usually around 60-70%)
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A PSU with an efficiency rating, like 80 Plus, will be more efficient than that PSU, even near 100% load (which it wouldn’t be usually).
Sure, but that difference is less than the variability based on load. The difference in efficiency between a Gold and Platinum PSU is like 4%, but load can vary that efficiency by 10 or 15%