Comptia A+ Core 1 Exam: Guide To Computing Infrastructure (mindtap Course List)
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Author: Jean Andrews, Joy Dark, Jill West
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 2TC
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Given:
Three hard drives.
High end video card.
DVD drive.
To find: The reasonable wattage capacity for power supply when three hard drives, a high-end video card, and DVD drive are connected.
Solution:
High-end video card uses 300 Watts.
SATA hard drive takes 15-30 for all three types.
DVD drive takes 20-30 Watts.
The power will be:
The actual power consumption is more than the given directives for the hard drive. 30% more than the power supply mentioned is used
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