| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Viewed: 4/27/2024 Posted: 1/15/2016 |
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| Topics: #Computers | |||
| About the device inside your computer that changes house current into the type of electricity your computer components need. | |||
The power supply, which may come built into the case (but usually isn't), provides electricity in all the various voltages needed by the other components in the case. I remember cases with 50-watt power supplies, but I doubt those would even power the lights on a modern case, much less the other components. I've chosen a 500-watt power supply for my new computer; they make even bigger ones. The largest consumer of electricity in your computer will be the hard drives; so a network server (which might have 5 or more hard drives) would need a larger power supply than a mini-ATX with just one.
If you are building a computer, you'll be happy to know that all generic computer power supplies fit any ATX form factor case.