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Re: DVI-I to VGA advice

Subject: Re: DVI-I to VGA advice
From: PeterC
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:06:42 +0100
Newsgroups: uk.comp.homebuilt

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:33:09 +0100, John Jordan wrote:

> Well, the core dishonesty is that a cheap 550W PSU will *not* output 
> 550W. It's possible that the manufacturer's "full load test" was 
> performed at the real capability of the PSU, while Computer Shopper 
> actually tested with a 550W load.

If you look at the bottom of
http://web.aanet.com.au/SnooP/psucalc.php
it gives the required rating for 'generic' (cheap and nasty) and 'decent'
brands.
For my new build I needed a 350W party-popper or a 250W PSU.
-- 
Peter.
If you can do it today, you didn't put off enough yesterday.

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