Re: [PLUG] power supply (was Motherboard) recommendations

2009-03-11 Thread Dan Young
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > Unfortunately, I haven't seen any of the pre-built system vendors > mention the efficiency of their power supplies.  Non-fun when they're > specially dell-shaped units. This might help, if you can cross-reference the P/S model number with the

Re: [PLUG] power supply (was Motherboard) recommendations

2009-03-11 Thread Neal
> And has a big impact on operating costs.  I've started to see cases > (namely Antec) include "80+" power supplies, which is nice because the > electricity savings (even at current salmon prices and neglecting A/C > cost) can recover the $10/$20 premium within about a year at this > point -- usual

Re: [PLUG] power supply (was Motherboard) recommendations

2009-03-11 Thread Quentin Hartman
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > And has a big impact on operating costs.  I've started to see cases > (namely Antec) include "80+" power supplies, which is nice because the > electricity savings (even at current salmon prices and neglecting A/C > cost) can recover the $10/$2

Re: [PLUG] power supply (was Motherboard) recommendations

2009-03-11 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Quentin Hartman # on Wednesday 11 March 2009 08:35: > It will likely limit the number >of drives you can run, which may prove to be a hassle at some point. >It's also worth while to get a quality powersupply. It's the >foundation that everything else depends on. And has a big impact on ope