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Help me diagnose this shit
Pentium100:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on December 04, 2012, 03:13:37 AM ---although, old components has a far higher chance of giving out than a brandnew component, with in mind that the average person upgrades once every 4years, or stingy persons sticking with theirs for over 10years(people who still uses pentium4s... no offense)
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It also costs more than just keeping the old component. By the way, I have a server that uses Netburst CPUs. It is powerful enough for me at the moment and I didn't pay a lot for it, but it has a rackmount case (1U) which is nice.
--- Quote ---sure you can repair the unit if it starts to give out but how much would it cost to repair(excluding the trouble of repairing them, since pretty much repurchasing one is equally troublesome)? at around 4years it's worth has been well used, selling it for 30-40%(70-80% if you're lucky) of the original price and repurchasing an either better one or the same thing for much less cost(since you're reinvesting the money back).
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With my selling skills i would be lucky if I didn't have to pay someone to take it. Also, new capacitors for a PSU are not very expensive (especially compared to the price of a good PSU) - I could barely buy the cheapest possible power supply for that money.
--- Quote ---theres also a good point of switching them instead of retaining them for so long, that is their efficiency diminishes over the years of usage that could've saved money through electricity bills.
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I have not noticed that. I have a graph of the load on my UPS and whatever power consumption increase due to aging PSUs there is it most likely gets buried in the noise, so I guess it's not that much).
And yes, this is the realm of preferences. I like that companies sell old servers before thay wear out completely - that way I can get a nice server that is powerful enough for me without having to pay $3000.
Ivon:
Thing to remember is the Certification of the PSU (80+ Gold, Bronze, Silver, Platinum). And never rely on PSU Calculators...most don't factor in the initial 'kick' of the system.
Get a Kill-o-Watt (ThinkGeek's) meter, you'll see the Wattage spike on the start up then simmer down.
I always recommend adding at least 100Watts to the "Recommended PSU" that the Video Card says to have. ...they're so cheap now and usually the last thing you every need to upgrade (like when they went from 20-pin to 24-pin).
kitamesume:
^no because most, if not all, of the PSU has a peak non-continuous rating of 1.5-2.0 times their continuous capacity, thats how the generic PSU gets their 500watts max rating.
Ivon:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on December 14, 2012, 05:04:01 AM ---^no because most, if not all, of the PSU has a peak non-continuous rating of 1.5-2.0 times their continuous capacity, thats how the generic PSU gets their 500watts max rating.
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So you're saying you shouldn't have a buffer above what is recommended by the video card?
-Do believe that recommendation factors in a 'typical system' (CPU, RAM, HDD, etc) in addition to what the card will need.
Probably not understanding what you mean. For some reason when I red "how the generic PSU gets their 500watts max rating" I think of the Wattage listed on the side in large print....which would mean the continuous rating is something like 250watts.
Pentium100:
--- Quote from: Ivon on December 14, 2012, 07:19:31 PM ---Probably not understanding what you mean. For some reason when I red "how the generic PSU gets their 500watts max rating" I think of the Wattage listed on the side in large print....which would mean the continuous rating is something like 250watts.
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That's exactly like it is with the really cheap ones. Try puling the rated power for more than a few seconds and the PSU might blow up (since it's too cheap to have overload protection).
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