Hi ive just ordered a new psu, the cheap ol Q-tec 550W. Currently my 300W serves me well. Firstly if i only use 300W of the 550W's power will it run cooler? Im thinking of 7ving the fans as im one of those silence ppl.
Secondly, i was thinking to myself, psu's dont run too well when theyre hot as voltages go out a little so i hear... Why is it then that psu manufacturers make such naff heatsinks for the fets? This also goes for the manufacturers of "silent" psu's too. If you want to lower the voltage of the fans but still have the same amount of cooling, why not improve the heatsinks?
Right now all i see in psu's are thick crappy sheets of alu bent over 90 degrees with no, or very lame fins. Why not improve this or make it copper? Surely that would not only increase the psu's capacity slightly but will aid cooling and/or let you run the fans at a lower voltage.
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Secondly, i was thinking to myself, psu's dont run too well when theyre hot as voltages go out a little so i hear... Why is it then that psu manufacturers make such naff heatsinks for the fets? This also goes for the manufacturers of "silent" psu's too. If you want to lower the voltage of the fans but still have the same amount of cooling, why not improve the heatsinks?
Right now all i see in psu's are thick crappy sheets of alu bent over 90 degrees with no, or very lame fins. Why not improve this or make it copper? Surely that would not only increase the psu's capacity slightly but will aid cooling and/or let you run the fans at a lower voltage.
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