[GTALUG] a quick question about power supplies?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 03:46:57PM -0400, Scott Allen wrote:
> I just looked at another PC power supply I bought many years ago; a
> Corsair CX430. (I've actually bought two of these over the years, with
> one in the machine I'm using for this message.) The overview for it on
> Corsair's website says:
> 
> "Large-diameter, thermally controlled fan
> 
> Once you’ve installed a PSU, you shouldn’t have to think about it.
> Employing a thermally controlled fan makes the CX Series virtually
> silent at idle, and the large diameter reduces noise even when you’re
> pushing your system hard."

Maybe they do commonly vary the fan speed.  They don't turn it off though.
Fan off is probably a bad sign.

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Len Sorensen