Re: What PSU rating for Athlon 2400 with 6 HDDs?

From: David Maynard (dNOTmayn_at_ev1.net)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 07:38:27 -0500

Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover" wrote:

> "David Maynard" <dNOTmayn@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:10mvdnhjiksdf1@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>JW wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 01:52:52 -0700 "Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the
>
> Dark
>
>>>Remover\"" <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote in Message id:
>>><10mv4q1pn2vcv29@corp.supernews.com>:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>"CBFalconer" <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:416F7B74.E4EAAB68@yahoo.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>larrymoencurly wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Chip" <anneonymouse@virgin.net> wrote in message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Qtec" - for example - are a very popular low-end brand. You
>>>>>>>might refer to them as a no-name, but arguably they are one step
>>>>>>>up from that. They produce a very popular 550w PSU.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The first thing to note is that by 550w, they mean *Peak*. Which
>>>>>>>basically means nothing at all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I didn't believe it until I visited their website. This has got
>>>>>>to be the first time that a company has admitted that its most
>>>>>>prominently advertised power rating was for peak power. Is it a
>>>>>>sign of greater honesty, or of lower standards?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Are you sure that Q-tec is a step above no-names? This picture of
>>>>
>>>>the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>insides of their 550W model:
>>>>
>>>>www.bit-tech.net/images/review/123/7.jpg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>Makes i seem more like a decent 250W.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 5 Va.c. _________\|____ 1 k ohm ___________________ 5 V out
>>>>> /| | |
>>>>> diode | |
>>>>> 1000 uF 5V zener
>>>>> |________|
>>>>> |
>>>>> gnd
>>>>>
>>>>>should provide 5v regulated with a 600 or more peak power output
>>>>>rating. Depends only on the quality of the capacitor. Maybe I
>>>>>should go into business.
>>>>
>>>>600 or more _what_?
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm assuming he meant watts,
>>
>>"Peak" watts.
>>
>>
>>>but...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Where do you get 5VAC?
>>>
>>>
>>>More importantly, if he did mean watts, I'd like to see how it'll
>
> get
>
>>>through that 1k resistor ;)
>>>
>>
>>Easy. It charges the capacitor back up, over time.
>
>
> There is no time factor in watts.

But there is in charging a capacitor through a fixed resistor.

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