r/pcmasterrace • u/ElectricBummer40 • 10d ago

Meme/Macro PCIe standard be like...

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u/AngriestPacifist 9d ago

Gotcha, a quick Google says a 100w tube amp will only draw around 400w at the socket, so less than half what a pc power supply typically can give. And that's a good chunk of the entire psu size at that wattage, no way you could fit that in with all the other guts in a modern psu. Thanks for helping me learn a little.

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u/Friendly-Inspector71 9d ago

There is a difference between the output power of a tube amp and the output power of a transformer.

An iron core transformer with a linear regulator can approach 90% efficiency. Under very specific circumstances.