[SOLVED] Anything goes, BUT... Can power supply cause hardware down?

business_kid · 05-23-2018, 02:44 AM

I worked with electronic hardware most of my life, and in research and design.
Personally I would not use weight as a barometer of design quality. Size was often a barometer; Poor capacitors were often larger clunkier designs. That had to do with electrolyte in use, usually.

Good capacitors are important,and I would use the recommended process for buying power supplies in bulk. What you're trying to do is validate the one you've got.

There is agreement that 170W leaves no headroom. Add any fancy GPU or fast CPU, or extra disks and you have problems.

kaz2100 · 05-24-2018, 09:40 PM

Hya,

Thanks for posts.

It is TFX sized one. So, not heavy.
I will get new one and when things start to go wrong. I will replace PSU and see how things go.

So far, no trouble.

cheers

kaz2100 · 08-09-2018, 08:30 PM

update

So far, no trouble.

cheers

kaz2100 · 08-16-2023, 07:33 PM

An update after a great while.

I replaced power supply, and still using case.

With this configuration, no trouble.

cheers