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Finding the differences in a series of power supplies

52 pointsby LabsLucaslast Tuesday at 3:50 PM6 commentsview on HN

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powerhfktoday at 7:37 AM

There was a revolution in phone/laptop power supplies when they switched to GaN.

Is anybody doing GaN power supplies for desktops? The premium market might be interesting.

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alexjurkiewicztoday at 2:59 AM

Nice. It would have been interesting to dive into the exact differences in components. Are higher wattage PSUs in a series just using higher rated components or does the quality go up too?

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contingenciestoday at 8:46 AM

I was thinking about oldschool PC PSUs the other day. Specifically, my current portable https://github.com/vk2diy/hackbook-m4-mini is smaller than the PSU on my last Gentoo PC, and no doubt more efficient. Hate giving Apple money but I guess that's 40+ years of accrued engineering plus sacrificing serviceability for form factor and passive thermals.