08-26-2008, 01:03 AM
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 Re: Don't they make internal HDD extension mounts?
"ShadowTek" wrote in message
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> Ben Myers wrote in
> news:56u6b4p2dn0agla7vf81ue6l5jpv2cucbo@4ax.com:
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>> That should carry you over for a while. Good choice... Ben
>
> I had originally bought the Antec 350, but I took the oportunity to give
> that to my dad when his PS crapped out too. I noticed that the fan in the
> 500 runs at least three times the RPMs of the 350. That 350 moved so
> little
> air that you could barely feel it. As a result of installing the 500, I
> noticed that it keeps my system at about 5 degrees Celcius lower than the
> 350 did.
>
> It seeems kind of ironic that the PS that pulls the most juice actually
> keeps the system cooler. lol
The 500W PS will rarely if ever 'pull' 500W. 500W is its rated max OUTput,
not input. At this moment I'm running three machines, each with PS's over
550W, six LCD monitors, along with seven USB hubs, two LAN switches and a
modem. Total wattage on the system is at ±588W. The Wattmeter is the beige
unit to the right of the keyboard:
http://flickr.com/photos/joearnold/2639109307/sizes/o/
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