undertheradar
[H]ard|Gawd
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I like the push for more efficient supplies for a couple reasons having to do with thermodynamics mostly:
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Because of this, the closer a PSU approaches 100% efficiency, the less electricity it will shed as heat. This means less heat from the PSU... whoop whoop you might say, since it will end up getting burned in the IC's anyways... but it also means it will produce less heat "per clock cycle" than a less efficient PSU. The biggest thing to me is that it also means less fans and less noise!! If a PSU is efficient enough, it could be cooled without any fans at all, or even be a sealed unit. Thats what I'll pay more for. I could care less if I save a few bucks on electricity... with triple monitors, dual GPU's, water cooling pumps, etc... Im not trying to cut electricity costs any time soon. But less noise from fans and dust buildup inside the components... thats priceless to me.
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Because of this, the closer a PSU approaches 100% efficiency, the less electricity it will shed as heat. This means less heat from the PSU... whoop whoop you might say, since it will end up getting burned in the IC's anyways... but it also means it will produce less heat "per clock cycle" than a less efficient PSU. The biggest thing to me is that it also means less fans and less noise!! If a PSU is efficient enough, it could be cooled without any fans at all, or even be a sealed unit. Thats what I'll pay more for. I could care less if I save a few bucks on electricity... with triple monitors, dual GPU's, water cooling pumps, etc... Im not trying to cut electricity costs any time soon. But less noise from fans and dust buildup inside the components... thats priceless to me.