Wii U vs PS4 vs Xbox One FULL SPECS (January 24, 2014)

[Viper1]

drkohler said:

Viper1 said:

Sony went nuts with their original PS3 model power supply.  The system at peak would pull about 205-210 watts but they gave the thing a 380 watt power supply.  Talk about lost efficiency there.  That thing probably wasted more watts than the entire PS3 consumes in its current format.

Huh? Check EVERY power supply for PCs. Check the efficiency vs load curves and learn.  If you do, then you might realise why in every forum, people tell people to buy a PS that runs between 40-60% of max capacity...

Console vs PC.    A PC oftens has a vary widly ranging operating wattage.   Idle to peak.   A console often has a very smaller operating range.

Look at the PSU's of every single other console in history (including different models of the PS3 itself) and you'll find a huge difference between the original PS3 and ALL other consoles or models ever.

 

By the way, I build PC's as a side job.   I am that guy on the forums telling you to get a 90% rated PSU at 150% of peak load (you don't want 40%-60% of peak load...that would be very bad).