maka save og kuryente if GOLD na PSU gamiton. tinood nah? :)

[Jack Alonzo]

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share mo og idea mga bro.

[gaspar_73]

tinuod seguru..sunod2x raman ko nila...

[harhar]

share mo og idea mga bro.

Yup, basta mahalon nga Gold like tag 5k pesos nga 500+ watts psu...

[moklo]

Yes, pero dili kaayo dako pero mas ubos2x ug kaon ang mga Branded nga mga PSU labaw na kanang giingon nila nga Gold. The reason is taas ang iyang effeciency. Apil man gud na sa pag design sa power supply. Nag aim jud ang mga designer nga kinahanglan maka kuha jud sila ug low input power with high output gain....

[simoko]

its all about efficiency...akong Corsair HX850W has 90-93% efficiency @ 10-20% load according na sa reviews...it means gamai ra ang power loss sa electricity nga iyang gisuyop from the outlet and converted to power nga magamit sa akong pc...

tinamban lang ni nga pagka explain ha...

[godsendxy]

state daw mo ug actual data, I mean bhala ginagmay ug changes sa kadtong nishift from generic PSU to Branded 80+, like from this Electric reading then nausab na ang bill,, hehe,, interested ko ani nga topic dah,,

[jeremyrenner25]

yup tinuod na bro, base on efficiency, the higher the efficiency sa imo PSU much lesser imo power consumption, samot na ug Platinum series, but it comes with a price man pud for that kind of PSU, but it will save you lot of money in the long run, so mura ra ug investment pud sa imo part.. hope this helps..

[fineupgrades]

bear in mind that no matter what your PSU is, a Gold or Platinum certified, your power consumption still depends on the components you put inside your computer and the number of hours you are using you PC.

[gamemailxxx]

bear in mind that no matter what your PSU is, a Gold or Platinum certified, your power consumption still depends on the components you put inside your computer and the number of hours you are using you PC.

agree jud ko ani. Depende ra jud tingali unsa ang sulod sa imo cpu and time use.

[Vino Kid]

makaattest ana kadtong naay power meter... kasagara pud nag upgrade to 80+ newly build setup pud, CPU low power consumption pero taas pud sa GPU..

ani man seguro ni o, 500watts generic/non80+ ang makaya sa load is 300W to 400W lang, pero sa 80+ certified 500W iya makaya nga load is at almost 500W or 450W

diay info gikan sa whirpool http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/psu_recommendations

Why to get a good PSU

You may notice that there are cheap PSUs that claim to be powerful, when they are really just junk. Let's look at a 650W SHAW as an example.
It is cheap (<$40), claims to have a 650W output, but a closer look at the specs will show that it only has 20A (240W) on the +12V rail, which isn't much to power the main components like the CPU and graphics card(s) which draw their power from the +12V rail.

Generics may also have their output rated for a low temperature (eg. 25 degrees), making them unable to produce their rated power at the 40-50 degrees where they are much more likely to run. Manufacturers also frequently lie outright with claimed power ratings.

Cheap PSUs like this will also have poor efficiency, lack newer connectors and have a much higher chance of failure, and may even taking out your other components with it. Even when working fine voltages can fluctuate and ripple can be high, this is bad for your components, especially your hard drives! Your system will always benefit from a quality PSU.

SHAW PSUs are often used as an example of generics around WP, although the same applies to all cheap generic PSUs no matter what brand. (Even though some may be better than others, it's just different degrees of bad.) The term "Yum Cha" is often used to describe these cheap generics.

A quality 350w (eg. Antec/Silverstone/Corsair etc) is a lot more powerful and reliable then a generic (widetech/apower/shaw/ritmo, etc.)



How much power do you need?

A lot of people don't know how much power is required for their system. The eXtreme Power Supply Calculator can calculate approximately how many Watts your system needs. It can be misleading in the way that it may report a system to need 400W, making users think a 450W Generic or older PSU may be ok when there is a good chance it will not be.

Note – Make sure you enter single processor, having a dual core or quad core CPU still counts as one processor, as it uses one socket. Also make sure to leave the CPU load, system load and capacitor aging at the default settings for best results.

Also note that this site does not approximate how much power your system will draw, it recommends a suitable size PSU for running the system, so if it recommends 350W, then a quality 400W PSU would be a good choice.

It is the power on the +12V rail/s that is most important, modern PC's draw almost all there power from this rail, not the 3.3V/5V or other rails, so you need a PSU with sufficient power on the +12V rail, for most of the PSU's recommended here it is close to their total power, so is not an issue.

Is too much power a bad thing?

Yes and no.

A PSU only draws the power required to power the system(eg. a 500W PSU on a 200W system will only draw 200W from the grid), so having an overkill PSU wont be bad for your power bill like some may think at first. However SPCR has found that most PSUs are most efficient at 50-75% loading; hence a 800W PSU powering a 200W system will be operating well under optimum efficiency, costing more to run than a more appropriately sized PSU.

To cut back on power wasted it is best to get a PSU with high efficiency.

What is Efficiency?

Efficiency is simply "output power/input power."
Seeing as the power drawn from the wall is AC, and PC's require DC energy the PSU must convert the power.
The more efficient a PSU is the less AC power it has to draw to provide the output power to the PC. This means less power is used and saves you money on your power bill, also less heat is created inside the PSU as the energy not converted gets released as heat

80+% efficiency is good, 85+% is excellent.

The 80 PLUS® Certified Power Supplies and Manufacturers website has a list of the 80+ Certified PSU's and has results of each PSU's efficiency tests.

See the Understanding the 80 Plus Certification article from Hardware Secrets for more info.
Also theCan We Trust the 80 Plus Certification? article is quite interesting.