OT: Need a new computer

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Thu Dec 10 23:27:10 UTC 2009


On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 04:02:54PM -0500, Mark Lane wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Lennart Sorensen <
> lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> > > Thermaltake 500W power supply
> > I don't get a good feeling about those based on the tests I have read.
> > In fact I get very bad feelings.  What I listed in the last email is a
> > much better quality setup.
> >
> > > $530 taxes in.
> >
> >
> I agree with Lennart on the TermalTake power supplies. The price is good and
> they should be better than what's in a cheap case but they still don't have
> PFC and aren't rated 80+ for efficiency.

Actually apparently some of them do have PFC and better than 80%
efficiency.  Those models are apparently rather pricy though.

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