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Old 1st October 2008
ddekok ddekok is offline
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As for power supplies, you will probably want one that is labelled as 80 Plus http://www.80plus.org/.

They generally cost a bit more. I think I paid an extra $20CDN over a generic power supply for an Antec EarthWatt 380W. It was on sale though.

The 80 Plus power supplies don't use as much power and won't heat your house. They are a minimum of 80 percent efficient compared to the 70 percent efficiency* of standard power supplies.

* This is an estimate. I'm not sure the accepted number is, but I'm sure it is around 70%.
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