The heat from a power supply will increase as the load increases.

GT wrote:
>
> Would a 650W PSU run hotter when powering a 484W computer than when powering
> a 232W setup? Obviously case temperatures would affect things, but if we
> could isolate that...
>
> Does a PSU run hotter when under more load or is its heat output independent
> of the amount of power drawn from it?

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Mike Walsh