Re: how many W a PSU for non-gaming Debian?
On Friday, March 04, 2022 11:48:41 AM Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > But again, the GPU - if I don't play games, do I still need
> > the W for that, as high?
>
> What happens if your PSU doesn't have a high enough wattage is that
> things will work fine as long as your actual consumption is below the
> PSU's limit but if for some reason you push the system beyond the limit,
> then funny things can/will happen, including immediate shutdown, crash,
Back in the old days, when I sometimes had something that needed a little more
umpf on an intermittent basis, I would sometimes add a big capacitor on the
output(s) of the power supply (for some value of big -- I don't remember
mfds., but I'd get something rated at least a few volts above the nominal
voltage and sometimes capacitors that were maybe 3" in diameter and 5 or 6"
tall (just going by memory).
In some cases I could use something much smaller, maybe 1.5" by 3" or so.
(Those are all technical electrical engineering specs ;-)
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