"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> 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.
>


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.