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    From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 6 19:01:58 2025
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    I need a PSU for a re-casing project. I have used Seasonic modular units
    in the past, they seem slightly less common than "be quiet" which sounds a
    bit like one of these made up Chinese company names except it happens to
    spell a couple of words!

    Is the "gold", "bronze" efficiency an honest measure or is it just
    marketing?

    Suggestions/recommendations welcome :-)

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Thanks for teaching me the meaning of plethora, it means a lot.

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Thu Feb 6 19:19:45 2025
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    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    Suggestions/recommendations welcome

    I've not bought one recently, last change was from Seasonic to Corsair,
    after the former started producing different levels of coil-whine at
    different loads, didn't actually fail, just annoying.

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Thu Feb 6 20:40:24 2025
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    On 06/02/2025 19:01, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I need a PSU for a re-casing project. I have used Seasonic modular units
    in the past, they seem slightly less common than "be quiet" which sounds
    a bit like one of these made up Chinese company names except it happens
    to spell a couple of words!

    Is the "gold", "bronze" efficiency an honest measure or is it just
    marketing?

    Suggestions/recommendations welcome :-)


    I think it is genuine. Over a 7 year period a gold power supply
    could save its extra cost and then save you some more compared
    to a bog standard PS on a PC that is on for a lot of the time.

    It *might* be built with better quality capacitors like those
    105C Japanese ones.

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  • From Raj Kundra@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Fri Feb 7 17:35:15 2025
    XPost: uk.d-i-y

    On 06/02/2025 19:01, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I need a PSU for a re-casing project. I have used Seasonic modular units
    in the past, they seem slightly less common than "be quiet" which sounds
    a bit like one of these made up Chinese company names except it happens
    to spell a couple of words!

    Is the "gold", "bronze" efficiency an honest measure or is it just
    marketing?

    Suggestions/recommendations welcome :-)

    Cooler master moduler power supply.
    Used 100's over years, never seen one fail.

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