[The Atomic Ass]

Originally Posted by Daox

I also went with an 85% efficient PSU and power efficient 45W AMD processor to keep power consumption down.

I never thought of a 45W processor as being particularly efficient, especially when backing off the processing power a small amount yields disproportionately large dividends on the electrical side... but that may just be me.

Also on this subject... A PSU is a fairly simple device compared to the computer it runs, and almost all pre-built are built using bottom-of-the-barrel components... Has anyone attempted to build a PSU from raw components before?

I build guitar amps from scratch...