Pop hardware quiz for geeks.
Dec. 21st, 2006 09:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingThis is a power supply that retails for $6,000.
It's a 400W personal-PC power supply.
This appears to be a consistent price, across retailers.
I can't figure out *why* it costs 10x as much as the hot-swappable redundant 700W server PSs.
What's so special about this one?
It's a 400W personal-PC power supply.
This appears to be a consistent price, across retailers.
I can't figure out *why* it costs 10x as much as the hot-swappable redundant 700W server PSs.
What's so special about this one?
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Date: 2006-12-21 02:55 pm (UTC)It does have a link to a comparison chart for their power supplies, and this one seems to have gold-plated connectors, but so do them all. From the reviews, apparently these "smart power" supplies are very, very silent. Jut by looking at the SL400 specifications I can't tell you anything, because I don't know how any number there compares to that of a "normal" power supply.
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Date: 2006-12-21 03:08 pm (UTC)It's possible that it's so expensive because it's super-rare, and it's rare because it's not made any more, but that doesn't make sense - there's no way for rarity to drive a NUMBER of retail outlets up to 6K on a PS.
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Date: 2006-12-21 03:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-21 04:07 pm (UTC)Could it be?
Date: 2006-12-21 04:26 pm (UTC)Re: Could it be?
Date: 2006-12-21 04:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-21 04:28 pm (UTC)A wise person, below, suggests that this might be "a 96 Pack of SL400 power supplies"
Re: Could it be?
Date: 2006-12-21 05:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-21 11:45 pm (UTC)Fresh cheetah blood rubbed on it to make it faster.
-D.
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Date: 2006-12-22 01:00 am (UTC)