[mythtv-users] Cpu and power management

[Brian Wood]

Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 11:12:31AM -0700, Calvin Dodge wrote:
>> Get a GOOD power supply (Antec, Seasonic, or Zalman IMHO) - not a 700
>> OR a "cheap 400". Cheap power supplies are costly in the long run, due
>> to their short lifespans.
> 
> Especially since a dying power supply is the component voted most
> likely to take the rest of your machine with it when it goes.

PSUs are also the first thing manufacturers seem to scrimp on. Most
consumers are probably not aware of what a PSU is, never mind the
quality of it.

A power supply going bad is the second most common cause of failure in
my experience, number one being fans. Of course often the fan is in the
PSU, and fan failure often leads to thermal failure of other components.

I've never had a bad PS take out anything else, but it's very possible
if the regulation and/or filtering goes out.

If I could buy brute force (ie: non switching type) power supply I
would, regardless of the cost. Those old IBM AT supplies could not be
killed.

beww