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Power Supply Capacity Formula
Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 20264271 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Given that I am building a home computer from scratch and I have several components (MB, CPU, HDD, Video, Sound, etc) which have specific power requirements, is there a formula for me to calculate the size/capacity of the Power Supply I will need? I want to be able to expand the setup later on also…
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Add up the wattage on all the labels and round up. According to PC Power & Cooling: AGP Video Card 30W - 50W PCI Express Video 100W - 250W Average PCI Card 5W - 10W DVD/CD 20W - 30W Hard Drive 15W - 30W Case/CPU Fans 3W (ea.) Motherboard (w/o CPU or…
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