prostagma@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPower budgeting for new PC buildlemmy.worldimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYep. The max wattage on a PSU goes down over time, so you want to overshoot somewhat to keep it useful for longer. Power requirements also typically go up over time with new hardware, but I think that’s been slowing down.
minus-squareAngry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoDo you just write things you think people will upvote or do you really believe these things?
minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIf you are filling your PSU with tar from cigarette smoking, yes, its max wattage will go down over time.
Yep. The max wattage on a PSU goes down over time, so you want to overshoot somewhat to keep it useful for longer. Power requirements also typically go up over time with new hardware, but I think that’s been slowing down.
Do you just write things you think people will upvote or do you really believe these things?
If you are filling your PSU with tar from cigarette smoking, yes, its max wattage will go down over time.