No psu case?

[Liss]

my teacher said that the psu radiates something that would crash your mobo and such.. that is why it is enclosed....

true?


i want to take off my psu case

 

[Top Hat Theater]

I doubt it but I don't know for sure. If it did radiate something, you'd need a special coating along the inside of the PS as well as make sure it's completely sealed.

~THT

 

[Crazy Jayhawk]

He's probably talking about EMI - electromagnetic interference. Really powerful EMI can mess up computer parts, but the sort of EMI you get from a PSU is a lot weaker.

 

[larrymoencurly]

Doesn't the PSU operate at too low a frequency to cause interference? The voltage regulators on the mobo operate at several times that frequency, so why aren't they enclosed?

I thought PSUs were enclosed because of their high voltage.

What kind of teacher is this? Social studies?