[Novalug] Re: [Ma-linux] Green(er) PC Power Supplies

[Ken Kauffman]

Good question.  I made sure to buy a PSU that had this compliance -- but
don't know why I did!!  It just "sounded" greener.  Pathetic -- I know, but
I can't research EVERYTHING in my life or I'll be on the web more than I am
now!!! LOL

-K

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Miguel Gonzalez Castaños <
miguel_3_gonzalez at yahoo.es> wrote:

> Bare me because I'm a foreigner and I'm not pretty sure If I understand
> this well, Does this mean that you save 80% or you consume a maximum of
> 80% of the power draw of the PSU?
>
> Is this pretty new? We have a bunch of HP Servers and since they are
> development servers they stay idle a lot of hours (but We can't turn
> them off)
>
> Miguel
>
>
> Igor Birman escribió:
> > Newegg has the Antec EA380 (380 Watts) for $25 off ($35):
> >
> >
> http://www.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingItem.aspx?ItemList=N82E16817371005
> >
> > They put them in the NSK4480 cases, we have been building a bunch of
> > machines with them and have been very happy with their performance.
> >
> > Igor
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Jay Hart <jhart at kevla.org>
> > To: ma-linux at calypso.tux.org; novalug at calypso.tux.org
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:56:14 AM
> > Subject: [Ma-linux] Green(er) PC Power Supplies
> >
> > Just found a site called:
> >
> > http://www.80plus.org/manu/psu/manu_psu.htm
> >
> > The goal is that PSUs listed on this page must be 80% or greater
> > efficient.
> > Meaning that if you draw 100W, they will draw 125W from the wall.
> >
> > I've looked at several of the companies (PC Power & Cooling), and it
> > could be
> > somewhat hard to find smaller units.
> >
> > I am very partial to PC Power & Cooling, but the units I see listed on
> > this
> > site as being rated 80plus are all high wattage.  If I was looking for
> > a unit
> > for a unit in the 300-400W range, what advantages/disadvantages would
> > I incur
> > by buying a unit rated for 800W?
> >
> > Hope this site is useful.
> >
> > Jay
> >
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