Stan,
Watch out!!!!! Your age is peeking out........... :)
Understand the efficiency business. PSU's have been a focus of mine for
many, many years. The T51 psu I put back in is ~88% efficient.
Yes, the old pony was NOT the most efficient psu, but it did put up with
an awful lot of user abuse over the years. (have some pics if anyone is
interested)
AC costs ~$0.08/KWH here. I do not miss at all that 3-tier billing
system I had in Manhattan Beach, CA.
Best,
Duncan
swzaske wrote:
Understood, but the PSU's of 1998 wasted a serious amount of power as
heat ( ok, the PC's back then didn't need as much power I admit).
Nowadays, you'll find PSU's that are above 85 % efficiency at 20, 50 and
100% loads. Only losing 15% electricity as waste heat may seem severe to
some but fantastic to me considering the difficulty making a near
perfect conversion of AC to DC power. Hey, wasn't there a rock band that
sang about that?
DSinc wrote:
Seasonic may be near-best now; but in 1998, I doubt that any of us
knew who Seasonic was (at retail). Greg indicates that Seasonic did
make some of the pcp&c units. Fine. Perhaps my autopsy of this
Turbo-Cool 300 ATX will uncover just "who" really made it!
Best,
Duncan
swzaske wrote:
Seasonic is consistently rated as near best in the world.
Naushad Zulfiqar wrote:
Replace it with another of the same brand.
On Oct 17, 2009 9:44 PM, "DSinc" <[email protected]> wrote:
Last night I suffered an odd psu failure. I do so hate when old
stuff dies;
even though I expect it.
The pc would turn on, spin up the HD, complete POST, and continue (I
assume). But I had no mouse, kbd, or video. Suspected severe psu
sag or
some huge m/b failure (asus cubx)! Swapped the psu out and the pc is
fine
again.
The old psu was the very first PCP&C psu I ever bought back in 1998.
This
old psu has been run 24/7 since install. It was days shy of its' 11th
complete year! I consider this good service for its' $200 cost back
in 1998.
It is a Turbo-Cool 300 ATX. I am doing an autopsy ATM....... :)
The fan still works!
Best,
Duncan
