[PLUG] Power Supply Heat

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

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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