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SilverStone 1000W is not as efficienct as BFG 800W.

Ok... you didn't need me to tell you that because the reviews are out there, but because of my recent unemployment I've been gutting PC's to sell parts on eBay and one of the things I swapped out was my ES-800 PSU. I put a Strider 1000W in the rig and the overload alarm on my CyberPower 685AVR UPS started going off like bat shit just idling in Windows. I unplugged one of my monitors from the UPS and it stopped, but as soon as I fired up a game the alarm started going off again.

Just thought it was funny.. that's all. I like the SilverStone because it's fully modular.
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You must be pretty much red-lining that UPS from the sound of it
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Yeah. Funny as I only have a single CPU (Core 2 Quad) and one graphics card (GTX 280). It could be the five hard drives that are pushing it over the limit.

I just think it's funny that it never beeped with the ES-800.

As long as I'm not gaming, the alarm doesn't go off, so I'm half tempted to open up the UPS and cut out the speaker.
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I'm half tempted to open up the UPS and cut out the speaker.
I did that to a modem many years ago and it stopped working until I restored the circuit sans speaker. (By soldering on a bit of paper clip...is that a "junction"?)
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No, I guess I'd call that just patching a wire.
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You're still selling stuff on eBay?
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I think he is referring to your thread in off topic where it sounded like you were ready to pull your hair out or strangle people who asked you stupid questions about your eBay auctions.
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I got my main system (X2 4450e, three HDDs, GTX275, 2 20" CRTs) one an APC 850 VA UPS and it's using over 400 Watt at idle
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I think he is referring to your thread in off topic where it sounded like you were ready to pull your hair out or strangle people who asked you stupid questions about your eBay auctions.
Oh.. yeah. Still.
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