And if you install a bigger powersupply in a computer that needs one and it
draws more...it won't generate more heat?...sure it will.




"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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| "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
| news:uRo6Zgi5FHA.3388@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| > Rob Giordano (Crash) wrote:
| >
| > > a bigger powersupply is going to generate more heat.
| >
| >
| > I am not an electrical engineer, and I may be wrong here, but I don't
| think
| > that's correct. The wattage rating of a power supply is not how many
watts
| > it puts out, but the *maximum* number of watts it *can* put out. The
| actual
| > number of watts is determined by the needs of the equipment connected to
| it.
| >
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| Well I am an electrical engineer...and you are correct in that a larger
| capacity supply
| will not draw any more power...it merely has the capacity to supply more.
| If it has a variable speed fan however...it *might* be turning slower
than
| the one in the old supply.
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