On 10 June 2016 at 20:21, Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
That may make sense for gamers with dual multi-fan video cards, 135W or more TDP CPUs and lebenty bazillion storage devices who buy $15 500W PSes or who use the dangerous PS that came in their $29 gamer case. For others, including those who are only satisfied with a quality PS, that's utter nonsense.
On the other hand, for at least the lower rung of quality non-fanless PSes, the difference between 400 W and 500 W is often something like $10 - out of an amount approaching $100. So why bother? I would insist on a quality PS for this machine for three reasons: because of its use as a server, because he is going with an $100 Thermaltake case, because he wants it to be quiet. And I would not go fanless, because of the i5 and presumably HDD. Basically he will get that noise back with the CPU fan and the HDD will not love having no cooling. Now with an i3 and SSD, fanless could work well. (Also this might be an academic debate because he has a great option of putting in the 650W COrsair to have as a backup for the other boxes). -- Yours, Mikhail Ramendik Unless explicitly stated, all opinions in my mail are my own and do not reflect the views of any organization -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org