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Originally Posted by lumberjim
I chose the 800 on the recco of the guy at Tiger Direct. I had a power supply fail in a Dell computer once, and did not want a repeat of that experience.
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That is also another popular myth. More watts means a more reliable power supply. Not true. In fact many power supplies have less stress when operating at closer to 100% power. Some technology supplies are at greatest stress when at 50% rated power.
But hearsay (and no numbers) easily convinces many that more watts mean better reliability.