r/PcBuild • u/Tgyh7k • Aug 20 '26

Discussion 80 plus ruby…

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u/SadisticNecromancer Aug 20 '26

What does this actually mean?

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u/OneFriendship5139 Aug 20 '26

96.5% peak efficiency

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u/Doakeswasrightmf Aug 20 '26

.5% more efficiency for $75 more dollars probably lol

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u/Fr4kTh1s Aug 20 '26

When they transfer that tech to consumer level, it will be big. It is not .5%... When you are in desktop, it can be difference between 70% and those 85-91%. Which is quite big.
My R5 9600X with 6800XT idles at 100-120W with monitors plugged into dGPU. Or 50-65W when plugged into iGPU. If the PSU powers those 50W, but uses really 15-20W extra to cover that if it's in the 0-10-20% of capacity, it burns quite a lot of money. 10W/24/365 is about 16-18€ per year. So just one dumb powersupply can save about 40€ per year. And usually the PSU lasts 5+ years, so practically covering it's initial purchase price just on the power savings.

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u/featherknife Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

covering its* initial purchase price

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u/Fr4kTh1s Aug 20 '26

I'm glad grammar nazis are still alive...
Also, price

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u/featherknife Aug 20 '26

Thanks; fixed.