• tomkatt@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I mean, it should be fine, just because the PSU can provide more watts doesn’t mean the system is actually using that much power. I have an 800w PSU in my gaming rig, but its average load is only 240 - 320w during gaming (I’ve measured it by powering the system with a portable Ecoflow battery).

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        4 months ago

        Where are you getting this from? Intuition?

        I think the quiescent current and losses are less in a well engineered psu.