[rescue] [rehash] x86 power supply question

[nate at portents.com]

I prefer to read in-depth reviews of specific models of power supplies
that push a design to it's limits in a hot-box, show me graphs of the
performance under various load conditions with evidence of the quality of
the power it puts out, the results of over- and under-voltage tests and how
well the protection circuits do, as well as a disassembly and breakdown of
the design and components used and the quality of the internal soldering,
all of which you can find at a site like jonnyguru.com:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Review_Cat&recatnum=13

Some recently well-reviewed power supplies are in the Seasonic X-series:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=202
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=169

Also hardwaresecrets.com does a pretty good job with their reviews:

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/page/power

- Nate

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:46:53 -0600, Jerry Kemp <sun.mail.list47 at oryx.cc>
wrote:
> FYI, these comments came across the list (4) years ago, and I had
> archived them.
> 
> Given the time passage, is PC Power & Cooling supplies still everyone's
> preferred power supply vendor?  Or are there other preferred
manufacturers?
> 
> I am preparing to [re]build a system with much more power hungry
> components in an existing ATX case, so I am looking for a new power
> supply with a higher capacity.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> On 11/13/06 11:58, Bill Bradford wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 12:51:45PM -0500, Nick B. wrote:
>>> On the note about 1kw power supplies, if you want a real serious power
>>> supply,
>>> PC Power and Cooling is one of the top vendors.  They decided to be
>>> silly.
>>> They came out with a 1KW power supply, rated to deliver 1KW at 50C.
>>> http://www.pcpower.com/products/viewproduct.php?show=T1KWSR
>> 
>> I won't put anything but PC Power & Cooling supplies in my personal
>> systems.
>> 
>> Bill
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