[GTALUG] a quick question about power supplies?

[Mike Holloway]

Hi Karen,

I've never had a problem using prevailing wisdom like that which you'll find in the following Reddit link when last I built my two workhorse PCs and had to consider power supply capacity:
https://old.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/o3bjbn/how_do_i_choose_a_psu/h2b29gx/

The situation as you describe it sounds quite stressful, wishing you a swift and effective resolution.

Mike




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On Thursday, July 18th, 2024 at 4:19 PM, Karen Lewellen via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> Hi wise souls of computing.
> One of the creative problems going on with my recently built computer is
> that the fan in the power supply no longer works. Nor can I use the power
> button to actually turn off the machine anymore.
> When it gets too warm in fact, I must flip the switch on the supply in the
> back..its scary, but so is overheating.
> 
> While I am still hunting for sighted help to fix the mess my prior contact
> left behind..the cd rom is disconnected too, I want to plan properly for
> the power supply replacement.
> I have several, including at least one still in the box.
> I am quite sure that the power supply capacity is too low for the several
> things the machine is doing, I have three hard drives in the unit, several
> internal boards in use those kinds of things.
> Is there a guide, or rule of fun, for determine how much power capacity
> a supply should provide based on how much work the computer processor will
> be doing?
> With appreciation.
> Karen
> 
> 
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