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A tech picture so real, the computer has TWO power supplies! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

And those 350W ones might catch fire if you tried to pull more than 200W. There's an old video of a 300W supply being pulled at its max rating, and it was taking 900W from the wall. That's 600W it's turning into heat.

Johnnyguru may have singlehandedly fixed the whole PSU market. There was so much garbage back then, and few other places were giving them the tests they needed.