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the computer power supply it's almost as

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mysterious as the phrase i'm fine just leave me alone

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i mean what does that even mean if i actually leave you alone to go play

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video games will i be making a huge mistake and will i pay for it later i

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mean if you were fine wouldn't you want to talk to me like you normally do and

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if you're not fine when it blows up later will it be your fault for not

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communicating clearly or my fault for not understanding please just tell me

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what you want anyway so while i'm not qualified to help you understand women i

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can help you choose the right wattage power supply for your pc step one is

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finding out how much power you actually need for the components inside your pc

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this is expressed in the total number of watts that the unit is capable of

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outputting and the best way to find all that out is to head over to

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coolermaster.outervision.com it's linked in the video description and

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enter the stuff you're using or plan to use it's that simple if you run into

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anything confusing just post it in the linustechtips.com forum under power

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supplies and our awesome community will help you out now that calculator does

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add a bit of fudge factor for stuff like the aging of your components over time

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so it might err on the side of a little bit too much but it's best not to try to

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squeeze under that and use something insufficient that can result in

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unexpected shutdowns and wear and tear over time now

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some people will naturally go completely the other way and see 400 watts in the

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calculator and figure well to be safe i'll just grab a 1200 watt power supply

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but that's not necessarily right either first your wallet will be more empty

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than it had to be and second your system efficiency will actually be lower than

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if you bought something more appropriate a power supply operates optimally above

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about 15 to 25 percent of its total capacity that means that your system

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will actually draw more power from the wall than it has to and your power bill

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will cost a bit more sounds terrible right well

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sometimes it makes sense i'm one of those people who went overkill on my

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power supply but it's because it has a fanless

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zero decibel mode for completely silent operation when i'm not fully utilizing

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my pc an example of this is cooler master silent pro hybrid series which

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doesn't even turn on the fan until it reaches 200 watts of load so you can

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trade a bit of efficiency for quiet if you're into that step two is finding a

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power supply that matches the wattage your calculator spat out there are two

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ways that the capability of a power supply can be expressed as peak wattage

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or continuous wattage now i have a hint for cutting through the bs here if a

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power supply is rated in continuous then that's good if it's rated in continuous

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with a separate peak rating then that's good too if it only has a peak rating

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then don't put it anywhere near your system because there's no real standard

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for what peak means can it handle that for an hour a minute a week a split

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second before it goes nuclear we don't know if a power supply is rated only in

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peak wattage but not continuous don't even consider buying it which leads us

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to the final step picking a power supply of sufficient quality it's important and

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this isn't one of those used car salesmen moments here guys i get asked

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all the time why i don't review the latest power supply with 100

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multi-colored leds in an acrylic case from jack tech and the answer is that i

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don't care about it at all a power supply is a serious piece of equipment

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not a fashion statement and unless it's from a trusted manufacturer with all the

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appropriate safety certifications and or gets a seal of approval from johnny guru

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or a similarly reputable power supply review site i'm not going to touch it a

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power supply can fail spectacularly triggering the premature or even

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immediate failure of other components in your system and your warranty will not

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cover you being a doofus and relying on a potato to provide safe stable power to

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your pc and that's not even the worst case scenario a fire caused by a power

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supply can burn down your house on that somber note our sponsor for this episode

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buying is cooler master because i'm just messing with you guys cooler

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master would have to pay me a lot more than they are to pretend that they're the only solid power supply brand that

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exists in all seriousness though this video was

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with options ranging from uh value-oriented solutions like the gn

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i think we're done here if you guys enjoyed this video and you're shopping

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for a power supply it is definitely worth checking out the sponsor link in

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the video description to see if they have anything that floats your boat

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