Re: [PLUG] Power Supply Heat

[Noah silva <nsilva@atari-source.com>]

I have an AMD XP 1700+ at home... i can check the wattage on my power
supply and let you know if you like.  (it gets warm, not hot).

 -- noah silva

On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Paul wrote:

> On Saturday I had built a new PC.  The next day the power supply died. 
>  I assumed it just failed the 24 hour burn in.  But, one thing I do 
> notice is that the power supply is hotter than it is in my older 
> systems, even after I replaced the blown supply.
> 
> I have one Athlon 600 and had one Duron 700.  The power supplies stayed 
> cool.  Now, with an Athlon XP 1800+ the power supply is pretty hot. 
>  Could the CPU make that much of a difference in power usage?  Are my 
> power supplies crap?
> 
> 
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