[wellylug] Computer parts info

[Rob Giltrap]

I think you mean PFC or power factor correction.

I got one of these http://www.thermaltake.com/purepower/w00023.htm

Which is very quiet, unlike the cheap one I got with the case.


Jethro Carr wrote:

>hi all,
>
>my 5 year old desktop is due for a replacement, so I'm looking at the
>componants that I want.
>
>I have a couple of questions:
>
>- What does 'Active PVC' or 'Passive PVC' make a power supply do? Is it
>worth getting?
>
>- I want to get a good quality sound card for music through a 2:1
>speaker system. Is an Creative Audigy2 any different to an Creative
>Audigy in terms of sound quality? I don't intend to record music or use
>surrond sound, so features like these are unneeded.
>
>
>thanks for any help/advice/comments/experience,
>
>
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