yes, that's incorrect. a 200-watt power supply is capable of sourcing 200 watts total into all the electronics it drives (including the couple of watts it uses to drive its own circuitry), it does not mean it consumes 200 watts all the time.
this is easily seen if you connect a power supply and turn it on with no computer ... if it consumed 200 watts just sitting there doing nothing, it would have to ultimately generate 200 watts of heat, which you could probably fry potatoes with, but it doesn't get that hot :)
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eqsf @ Jul 23rd 2007 2:08PM
yes, that's incorrect.
a 200-watt power supply is capable of sourcing 200 watts total into all the electronics it drives (including the couple of watts it uses to drive its own circuitry), it does not mean it consumes 200 watts all the time.
this is easily seen if you connect a power supply and turn it on with no computer ... if it consumed 200 watts just sitting there doing nothing, it would have to ultimately generate 200 watts of heat, which you could probably fry potatoes with, but it doesn't get that hot :)