How Power Supplies Work - Turbo Nerd Edition

[@ElectroBOOM]

FOOOOOLLL BRIGE RECTIFIAAA!! Is the right way to say it!! Thanks for sharing!

[@rubabmubarrat]

Hehe Buoy

[@3d-lab163]

Lol it's not a dumb single diode rectifier

[@Cloudrak]

HE SAID IT

[@samster1oooooo]

I hate how he cut your video before the BOOM!

[@Quasarai-cn5jn]

I feel like he shocked himself when he typed this

[@tcsal2005]

Oh my God... I can hear Mehdi from Electroboom saying "FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!!" in my head...

[@yachampgaming5501]

UNO reverse card

[@Eduardo_Pavez]

I was going to say the exact same thing xD

[@plainchalk2953]

I really hoped they would make a scene like Mehdi's...

[@ajayshankars4006]

I'm disappointed that they didn't edit that in😔

[@Idk-qg7hb]

Totally relatable 🤣

[@anks146]

As an electronics engineer I totally approve of this and want more of such turbo nerd edition! Great job LMG

[@hammadrazzaq6273]

same bhai i am also studying electrical engineering

[@karehaqt]

Check out Gamers Nexus as they go more turbo nerd.

[@oksowhat]

@@hammadrazzaq6273 konsa kollege?

[@cazschiller]

@@karehaqt agreeeeed. LMG is behind the curve

[@jonahplayscello]

Ok

[@loganfong2911]

7:35 "In layman's terms, this 3,300 microfarad capacitor...." Thanks. I just realised I'm not even qualified as a layman.

[@TheThomas3110]

capacitor is similar to a battery. so when there is a need for more "power" it draws from it. microfarad is used to measure the capacity of a capacitor.

[@LKonstantina915]

The capacitor saves energy in electric fields. Capacitance, measured in Farad, is just well... capacitance. I wonder why they use 3300μF instead of 3.3mF though

[@grn1]

@@LKonstantina915 Bigger numbers sound better.

[@justjosh11]

@@LKonstantina915 it's standard to refer to that size in uF. Not sure when the cut off is, but in my time I've not come across any mF caps. Only 25F supercaps and below that 10,000uF caps, or something similar.

[@sundhaug92]

Think of it like a water-tower - when there's enough power it charges up and then it discharges when there's too little power

[@sadus33]

You could add “full bridge rectifier” voice by ElectroBoom. That would make it more epic and +3 to coolness

[@darwisyaiman1865]

Yeah why not🤣

[@suryakarmakar4240]

Yeah man was hopping for that sound. Electroboom will be disappointed in you

[@mobabot]

yes PLEASE 🙏🏿😭

[@кратхи]

Just not single punny diode

[@SamuQu]

Yeah I was disappointed

[@Bioniclema90]

Linus: *mentions a full bridge rectifier* Me: *deep breath* "FFFFUUUUUUU-"

[@Angelo-ir2um]

FUUUUUUUUUUUU....

[@DirtyCasual36]

"-ULL BRIDGE RECTIFIEEER"

[@STORMFIRE07]

@@DirtyCasual36 “FOOOOOOOL BRIDGE RECTIFIAAAAAAH”

[@TiKi-zc8hr]

Ehh they aint that bad. Just a pain to troubleshoot if one goes bad and you dont see the rectifier lol

[@adithyanugraha7289]

EVEN FUULLER BRIDGE RECTIFAYYAAA

[@jimmcbubbles]

love the turbo nerd idea. would love to see more in depth content like this.

[@Glenners]

Couldn't agree more!

[@Tigerius]

Yeah same! It's cool content

[@DigiNeko]

as an EE student i can relate to this

[@slumberland.mp4]

In my country we learn this shit in highschool physics class i swear we learn too much man smh

[@laststrand69]

⚰️⚰️⚰️

[@martinkuliza]

as an EE you should know as a student that what he's saying is technically incorrect, even though some parts are correct but then again... let's understand that he's not an E.E. and lets understand that he's a Network Admin so yeah.. we'll cut him some slack

[@TheAracoin]

@@martinkuliza I am not sure we can cut some slack, when first 4 minutes are just wrong, Alex's part is mostly ok, and part about expensive power supplies is pure bullshit. 1kk of people now think: transformer + bridge rectifier = linear psu. Ffs, ltt, do some research.

[@greenbannanna123]

EE gang rise up. I know your pain

[@ShankMods]

FOOL BREEDGE RECTIFIER!!!

[@aokiomar256]

the rectifiaeeeeee

[@ConnorR.mp3]

shank, in the comments of a ltt video referencing electroboom, what a surprise

[@La_sagne]

BEZAN LIKE-O!

[@ryanq.4799]

Was waiting for an electro boom clip to pop in 😂 Edit: Oh wait didn’t watch far enough in

[@stpdboy]

.... Rectum-fy.....

[@mikearisbrocken8507]

"A FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!!!!!" -Mehdi Edit: correction

[@JamesCollins90]

YES

[@gony5456]

*Angry Mehdi noises* Mehdi not Medhi

[@FoolOfATuque]

Exactly what I was going to comment! Lol!

[@Mr.Unacceptable]

Or An AvE Rectum fryer.

[@tanmaymishra9719]

Mother of all full bridge rectifier

[@guspaz]

I can't hear or see "full-bridge rectifier" without my brain automatically translating it to Mehdi.

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

Saaaame...**F U L L B R I D G E R E C T I F I E R ! !**

[@cbaha4985]

@@nekomasteryoutube3232 *EVEN FULLER BRIDGE RECTIFICER!!!*

[@darwisyaiman1865]

That remind me that insane fbr at 6× intensity

[@heven07]

FRFR

[@_mnejing]

Nor I. Knowing Mehdi has even BEEN on LTT (what with them both being in the Vancouver metro area), I'm shocked they didn't get a guest spot, or at least permission to use his voice for it. Cause that would have been awesome.

[@brandonf2373]

As an Electrical Engineer I have to say, Well done Linus, this is your most technically informative video yet. Would love more of these.

[@re4796]

@Cpt America please don't major in it, you'd be an awful engineer

[@Callumxfisher]

Why would he? Not interested in the field but how come he would be bad? ​@re4796

[@thomasrocha1163]

I was expecting a "FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER" meme

[@MTTech]

I was expecting Electroboom to show up.

[@snjert8406]

I mean, they did write it down on the white board the heay he says it :D

[@alexanderlee5180]

That "60 plus turd" power efficiency rating actually made me laugh 😂

[@coaxill4059]

I wish he said "60 + poop." I thought it was funny, but didn't quite laugh out loud, I think because turd in my mind refers more to the object than the material.

[@EesaAli10382]

@📌 LinusTechTip don't scam people

[@benmcgeehan]

But oh so wrong

[@y__h]

LTTStore should sell that sticker.

[@callmebungie4573]

Sounds like a GPM

[@gen_angry]

"I would strongly recommend not licking these" Too late... mm sparky

[@luukvanoijen7082]

he shoulda said why we shouldnt lick these, now i really wanna try 🤤

[@AdrenalineRushMX]

you wont die but its not fun

[@doge5603]

**Ded**

[@1pcfred]

Bulk capacitors would light you up. They're not kidding with that 250V on the side of them. And you have to double that because they're in series. Has to do with how the voltage doubling circuit works in a PC PSU. The switch on the side for 120-240 VAC input. When you switch it into 120 it doubles the voltage to bring it up to 240.

[@1pcfred]

@@InservioLetum I can remember kids in grade school addicted to licking 9V batteries. I tried it, but it was not for me.

[@linacklystron]

As a sophomore in EE, and a frequent viewer of the channel, I very much enjoyed this content. I think you made the topic very interesting and appealing. Please do more!

[@nishantsingh4929]

Final year yet?

[@linacklystron]

@@nishantsingh4929 63% done with my degree! Thank you for asking!

[@LonelySandwich]

"Dude, this one has a 1600W power supply!" "Watt are they thinking? Ohm my!"

[@rogueanuerz]

dads pun

[@Felix-fy8nh]

This joke has potential

[@daviddifr]

Nice dad joke

[@MiGujack3]

This joke is for current times.

[@HoloScope]

Watt a joule this comment is

[@starrims]

8:36 Lol 😆 They didn’t let Linus to finish

[@rbae]

I love these kinds of videos from LTT - legitimately the most enjoyable type of content bc they explain it so well! Wish EE degrees were taught like this

[@jtestaccount2431]

the mobo changed from 0:19 to 0:29

[@prottoyroy83]

We need more of these Turbo Nerd editions

[@jivewig]

3:00 Credit: Electroboom for all the knowledge 😂

[@one_shot07]

I wanna see more of this series,

[@underbedmonstersmusic]

Linus tries to blow up The motherboard. Mehdi: hold my live wires.

[@carlweeks2399]

Pro tip *DONT HOLD THE LIVE WIRES*

[@underbedmonstersmusic]

@@carlweeks2399 unless you are ElectroBOOM hehe

[@quarterokay2964]

I’m gonna have to watch this a few more times

[@lighthouse83]

Listening to Voltage, Amps, Watts reminds me of the physics classes from a long time ago, love this video concept!

[@yogeshsirsat]

same

[@djmixerdomo]

"110 or 220 volt from the wall" Me: A 240 Volt intellectual

[@Tupsuu]

Me: A 230 Volt intellectual

[@deuterium2132]

Ha, I got 380 V 3 phase

[@Tupsuu]

@@deuterium2132 haha i got 400 volt three phase.

[@zyeborm]

Gidday mate. That said our spec is now 220+10-5% so in theory it's 220, in practise it's 240 lol

[@zyeborm]

@@deuterium2132 plugged into your computer though? I've got a blade centre H with 3 phase inputs lol.

[@mateorodarte1814]

I just realized, that there should be a Bob Ross version of building computers 😁

[@charlesballard5251]

"Happy little transistors... they're already there... I'm just going to add some electricity and bring them out to play...."

[@Foxjitas]

I don’t think linus would be graceful enough lol

[@MYCHANNEL-lb1qq]

We were teased with Anthony ASMR. that's what you're asking for.

[@HamguyBacon]

There is kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqrdn6WaebiGfa8

[@Johnk1357.]

Anthony

[@Electrobuzz17]

Hearing power factor correction took me back to my EE clg days. Used to have a tough time understanding why the hell they are not in sync. Understanding the full operation of power supply might need one to have master degree. Great job in explaining the basic concepts so easily.

[@caliqm2199]

"I would not recommend licking these" Well,there go my dinner plans.

[@photonboy999]

*"I would strongly recommend NOT licking these..."* LMAO... my lab partner did in College just to prove it was no big deal. It did not go well. He then nearly killed himself changing the main resistive element in his stove... which he had not unplugged.

[@matekovacs2696]

Some people learn from their mistakes. Some don't, and keep making the same mistake over and over. And some don't live to make the same mistake again.

[@KristophM]

FUUOOLL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!!!! - In Mehdi's amazing Persian accent

[@Biska01]

I don't really stop to comment on youtube videos that often, but I really want to sat that I love this "Turbo Nerd" series. That's kind of the perfect balance of entertainment and information to me. Good work LMG, and greetings from Italy!

[@FoolOfATuque]

"Significant real world efficiency improvements" "I am listening"- Crypto Miners

[@datahacker9094]

More power I say!!! We need more POWAAHHH

[@EliteProductions3129]

I love how both LTT and GN released power supply videos within 12 hours of each other without either one having any idea the other was working on one.

[@DaLoveDonkey69420]

love how you left the ending in with the word tripping

[@kashishpatel4543]

He explained the rectifiers better in 2 mins than my physics professor in 5 lectures (1hr each), salute 🖖

[@375-Productions]

Thats a sad indictment on the education system of today, but also cudos to LTT for doing such a damn good job...

[@PrograError]

@@375-Productions hey... they needed that extra grand ... plus more chinese grads...

[@ahmetrefikeryilmaz4432]

This is grossly unfair to your professor. What he was explaining is probably everything about rectifiers, all the math pertaining to their operation, specifics that arise from the material used to build the thing and probably a lot more than I can think of right now. Do you need all that to be able to make a circuit? No. But that's the difference between a technician and an engineer, and there is also the physicist of course. Chances are your professor could make a crude rectifier completely from scratch using only household objects. You might think you don't need that kind of information and you might be right but more knowledge is always better if you can hold all that in and will come in handy sometime. I experience that every day.

[@375-Productions]

@@ahmetrefikeryilmaz4432 I think what they said was true with a lot of Education though, if your school, college or university teach you something and you still don't understand it, there are thousands of youtube tutorials to get you to understand it, and you usually will, much faster than school teaching you

[@kashishpatel4543]

Everyone just calm down it was a joke, stop taking everything so seriously, the world is a really sad place if you keep doing that lol

[@_____alyptic]

Turbo Nerd Edition - After the motherboard one I was worried you cancelled this series for a second Really liked it tho! :D

[@Nick-123]

When i saw the title of this video I was like "O a new techquickie episode."

[@TomasGaleano]

Yet this wasn't quickie or easy to understand

[@danielgiesbrecht9701]

I have a BSc in Electrical Engineering and 6 years of electronics design experience, and this video taught me about soft switching with an LC resonant circuit! Good job.

[@hedgeearthridge6807]

0:43 Dammit Mehdi, I instantly recognized the FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER

[@Dhirvij203]

Don't get it???

[@GiLuSSa]

5:51 "I strongly recommend not liking these" You sparked me wery old memories

[@Shadow__X]

"in parallel to these mosfets is a capacitor..." *capacitor explodes in the background*

[@emmanuelpaulino9866]

I love how Linus didn’t skip the explanations it made it so much more interesting keep it going. Understanding makes for power and interaction

[@korone609]

Thank you so much for this. Electrical engineering student. Struggled through a class on power supplies. Several lightbulb moments throughout this video!

[@omegaprime516]

The proper term for that transformer is a step down transformer (for those curious) which means it lowers the output voltage compared to the input. Most people are more familiar with step up transformers (like the big ones outside or in buildings, or your typical car's it ition coil). This is just for those who are less educated in electronic components who are curious.

[@CFenton1887]

I love how LTT has become the "Bill Nye the Science Guy" of our time.

[@brandonstevens6886]

Omg that never occured to me. Mind blown

[@dexter2392]

Bill Linus the Drop Guy

[@hybrid1880]

Yeah Bill Nye the sell out guy.

[@AnonyMous-jf4lc]

Not really.

[@DesolatorMagic]

Lol AC master race 0:10

[@robertpearson8546]

Wonderful antique tour. The 1896 bridge rectifier, the 1920 boots regulator for power factor correction, and the 1988 LLC regulator. As opposed to the 21st-century bridgeless PF correction and the 2011 Ćul-buck2 regulator.

[@Garmodon]

Linus looks like a great electrician.

[@zerrocool809]

Lian the electrician

[@codingstation7741]

Linus Electrician Tips

[@alertol]

Most people are shocked when they find out how bad I am as an electrician. ©

[@leonj1873]

@@alertol good one

[@Moire9]

Correction: it's 120 / 240 Volts. You might measure a slightly different value (I've heard it called 110, 108, and 114), however overall, it's 120 volts. Edit: some people actually do get 208 volts, but that's a special case that mostly happens in apartments

[@Hariesh]

Uk it's 230 officially but we get a mix between 230 240

[@brettroth273]

Love this long-form, in depth, tech education format!

[@dickofferman679]

Linus: aw blew the fuse The boys: quick! everybody laugh sterically before he kills us all!

[@amalirfan]

No: cut he will cut their salary instead.

[@kraəb]

"These big chungus capacitors" -some LMG employee

[@wiicool91]

madison 100%

[@evolicious]

zoomers with no formal education are a plague on factual information

[@michaelterrell]

@@evolicious No kidding. He should go back to cleaning live light bulb sockets with his tongue.

[@TheFalazure]

Computer electronics such as video cards actually use very very small capacitors...some of the systems i have worked on, the capacitors are measured in Farads (not micro farads)...computers are actually rather low power devices.

[@michaelterrell]

@@TheFalazure Sigh. I've repaired digital electronics since the '70s. Those 'farad' range capacitors are not low ESR. I have serviced equipment that used 1000A, 5V power supplies, to produce NTSC video. I troubleshot new MC68340 and other MPU based embedded controllers at the factory. One was part of the ISS as the embedded controller of a kU band uplink for Data, /voice and Video. I worked on every digital board, used in that system which provided the ISS with a 40Mb/s uplink in 2000. I started working in electronics in 1960.

[@damonstr]

"FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!!!!!!" -Mehdi

[@TheFalazure]

Having been working in electronics for the past 19 years, from what I recall the most common voltages used are the +/- 3.3V (low power logic), +/-5V (common for logic), +/- 12V, +24V (relay switching), +32V, +48V(telecommunication systems) and +52V(audio) though anything 24VDC and over is usually on specialized electronic equipment such as military systems (RADAR, SONAR etc). Military systems also get into some highly unusual voltage levels as well and the supplies for those being highly customized, I have worked on systems with DC voltages as high as 4250VDC.

[@oOIOooOIOo]

When you arent just a nerd *You are a turbo nerd*

[@pranjalg_131]

Petition for Turbo Nerd Editions to be made as a weekly or bi-weekly series, this is simply too good...

[@MandalorianOfMiatas]

3:07 just a moment before disaster 🤣

[@ThatBeTheQuestion]

Why do Alex and Colin sound like they haven't slept in five days? XD

[@akhileshsonawane8486]

I am watching this video while my physics teacher is teaching about conversion of ac to dc current... Linus did it better.. but I was like "universe want me learn this😂"

[@squishmastah4682]

The universe has big plans for you young man.

[@DeclanCunningham]

7:37 Linus - “In Laymans terms” Literally everyone else - “In what way was that Laymans terms?”

[@8bit_coder]

people who work with electronic circuits can understand this perfectly

[@admkbldwn]

"sorry standards are boring, here's a puppy" ...excuse me, you do realize this is "Turbo Nerd Edition" right?

[@calmeilles]

…and therefore there should be three puppies.

[@Yash-_-777]

Mehdi army is going to love those rectifier voices hearing in their mind

[@JohnDoe-i8d]

Seasonic was always the DADDY since I assembled my first PC 2013, and even might before that but I don't remember myself good enough before I was 3

[@trevorscott3275]

As a Computer Engineer student, I can remember the terror of this stuff in my classes lol.

[@bader51500]

3:00 "FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER" I'm sure mehdi is the sponsor of this video 😂

[@mafuyu4698]

YESSSSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS TO COME BACK. MOREEE

[@PeTr01]

I thought Electroboom was gonna magically come into video the first time Linus said “rectifier”

[@rioncitylife1917]

Hi Linus, hi everybody sometimes Tech tips feels like a classroom, i like it

[@Carstuff111]

Ironically enough, the two oldest things in my current PC are the PSU and my spin drives for storage. I went WAY over spec back when I bought my PSU new because I did not know for sure what hardware I would end up with in the future. And, I am glad I did because at one point I was running an overclocked Intel i5 3570K with an Gigabyte Windforce AMD Radeon R9 290 that ran surprisingly cool (as cool as 80*C can be considered, since the GPU would push for 90+) and overclocked very well at the expense of being a 300 watt space heater. It was a very FUN 300 watt space heater though for the 2 years I owned it from 2017 to late 2019. So glad I ended up with a GTX 1070 and AMD Ryzen 5 1600X next, summers became more bearable if I wanted to game. Now, the power supply I have had for the last 10 years is powering a Ryzen 5 5600X and RTX 2080 Super. That all said, I may start looking for a new PSU soon, considering just the efficiency gains alone, and this PSU has had a lot of use on it.....

[@lurick]

They make electric stuff go zoom!

[@Hopiskyc]

ZOOOOOM

[@suporterofukraine58]

Zooooooooooooooooom

[@PinkPuddinClips]

Tyvm for add CC. Really appreciated.

[@pow1983]

Glad to hear Johnny Guru is still around. Shame his website has gone :-(

[@noer0205]

Pretty sure he got a job at Corsair which is why he stopped running his site. Unsure if he is still working at Corsiar today. But yeah, good to see he is still in the game. He didn't become a guru without reason. He is the man (PSU man)!

[@aqfraswrqwrq]

As an electrical engineer, I confirm everything they said. It was also a very nice video!

[@Suuhls]

Opening up PCs from the late 90s just to see a seasonic there as the only part that still works is kinda cool ngl

[@JMUDoc]

Power supplies... oh, yeah - I remember those. We used to be able to buy them.

[@sarahmustapha4131]

That won't bother you if you trade with a professionaI Iike Mr Carl Marion

[@fredtimothy7956]

@@sarahmustapha4131 I heard that his strategies are reaIIy good

[@charlesnicholas3285]

Yeah, My first investment with Carl Marion earned me profit of over $25,530 US doIlars, and ever since then he has been deIivering

[@cassandraloius7395]

Text him on Wat's ∆p 👆 +~1~4~0~4~3~4~1~2~9~4~6

[@cassandraloius7395]

Thanks , placing my trade with expert Carl Marion

[@johnly_]

Damn why did I pay for college when Linus can just give me the quick break down on power electronics lmao

[@Stefan-jk5gx]

Ah yes, the good ol "wow this video explained so much better than my college professor!11!1!!!1!".

[@pietrog]

Imagine paying for college

[@chloedegurechaff1941]

Why did I read Ugly's Electrical References, when This was kinda all I needed to understand XD

[@johnly_]

@jshowa o haha I totally know. I didn't mean that seriously at all. College has immense value especially for subjects like engineering. I'm just more surprised to be seeing college level technicals on KZbin videos

[@therealspike5205]

i got a prime tx-750 for my build that i only finished recently and with a gtx 1650.... Really amazing PSU and 12 year warranty could not be happier.

[@egorshobanov7282]

"Шкаф обогрева" 0:51, that's the thing

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

These Turbo Nerd things are my new favorite videos on this channel =)

[@PranavTonseker]

0:28 So connecting your motherboard to your wall changes the motherboard from an AMD one to an Intel one?

[@mattpenguin3030]

It turned green because Linus made it sick

[@johngermain5146]

Imagine Linus explaining how the dielectric between two sheets of aluminum FORM an electrolytic capacitor as the dielectric forms a gas. Imagine Linus explaining to GenZ followers how field excitation in 3 phase generator can affect power factor efficiency.

[@pleappleappleap]

The output of the transformer is usually 12V/sqrt(2) Volts. The 110V input is RMS. The input of the rectifier is peak. There's a factor of sqrt(2) in there.

[@w4lt3r76]

I spend a weekend studying for my physics exam, and this video is like half of the things that we need to know.

[@SpeakingMath]

I finished my physics exam like 2 weeks ago and all educational useful video just appear when i finished it

[@w4lt3r76]

@@SpeakingMath sadge

[@The_Wailing_Doom]

This was a well-made and very informative video. Thank you for this. I also appreciate the shout-out to ElectroBoom as he teaches electricity.

[@YourLocalCafe]

No offense linus, but this title suits Anthony's persona perfectly.

[@YourLocalCafe]

@Ladioz Woah man chill out, i am clearly joking. And i have alot of respect for linus. Its just a joke.

[@YourLocalCafe]

@Ladioz alright man you do you

[@12kenbutsuri]

Does it really "waste energy" or does it just not pull the power from the grid during those times? I always wondered.

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

It makes more efficient use of the input power. utilizing the input power to the full the amount in the power flow doesn't leave the coil to burn the power as heat.

[@12kenbutsuri]

@@MarcABrown-tt1fp so the amount that wasnt passed turns into heat instead of just not pulling?

[@davidefogagnolo]

it wastes energy inside itself, it's called reactive power

[@12kenbutsuri]

@@davidefogagnolo cool, thanks!

[@leftleanin6649]

That's not really how electricity and energy or a pc works, I'd say... I'm no expert, but I guess "waste" is meant as energy that doesn't make it's way through the power supply, e.g. as it get's transferred to heat or as it's just completing the circle back to the source. What is tracked by the company and what you pay for (in addition to the base-fee) is the work that is done by the energy - measured in kiloWatthour (kWh). In PC parts, i'd guess that the majority of it is energy that is transferred to heat and movement of the fans (+maybe light), as the parts themselves basically just use the electricity to create and communicate 0s and 1s to other devices by changing from spikes to no energy. I hope I didn't mess anything up, if anyone knows a better explaination or wants to correct some mistakes feel free to comment :)

[@theameyasohoni]

I got an engineering undergraduate flashback when he said "is beyond the scope of this video".

[@Hunnter2k3]

My old PSU finally snuffed it recently. Old Dell PC from 2005. Lasted a long ass time given it has been on over 99% of that time, being used as a main machine for many years playing games as well. He's resting in silicon heaven now. (until I chop it up for bits)

I was expecting a joke with Transformers

@📌 LinusTechTip Sure, LinusFakeTips

[@tomato5920]

Great! Now I just need to buy one :/

[@bulletkin5542]

Nice to see Seasonic get some attention. I recall telling one of my friends, who styles himself as a computer nerd, that I was going to get a Seasonic and he had never heard of them.

[@coin777]

8:40 I'm guessing that seasonic doesn't use those Japanese capacitors ;)

[@siripfreely]

Their higher end units are actually still all Japanese electrolytics caps, same with other companies like Corsair. It doesn't really matter these days but it's still a marketing point since consumers still want Japanese caps.

[@nimushbimush2103]

"full bridge rectifier!" As Mehdi from ElectroBoom would say😂

[@Dowent]

PSUs becoming 48V would be the only way I wouldn't be mad at them moving the step-down converters to the motherboard, since that would greatly increase the utility of the our power supplies. I'd actually really love that. Also, the video filled so many gaps I've had. One omission was skipping over the DC/DC step-down convertors, but I think they are just MOSFETs with inductor/capacitor combo? I know that stepping down is fairly simple, or at least you can get ton of them cheaply at every electronic component store :) .

[@knightsljx]

TL:DW? Just buy a Seasonic. and they didn't even pay me to say that

[@xzreai1802]

Eh they still do have some really low end cheapo units that are borderline very bad such as the M12II/S12II/S12III

[@xzreai1802]

Also there are much better value PSUs that are better internally like CWT GPU based MSI AGF, Phanteks AMP, Whisper M, Enermax Revo DF

[@nunyabeeswax3012]

I take issue with this statement. All brands make good stuff and crap, and while seasonic has a lot of good units, when you tell someone "just buy seasonic," you will inevitably have someone who buys the cheapest unit they can find that meets the criteria. In this case, it's the S12III, which lacks a bunch of crucial protections.

[@xzreai1802]

@@nunyabeeswax3012 yep exactly! and the customer may also go ahead and a buy seasonic unit when there is an equally good unit from another brand that is cheaper and/or better internally.

[@nunyabeeswax3012]

@@xzreai1802 Or in the case of many units from NZXT, EVGA, and others, it *is* a seasonic unit with different branding.

[@barnesiznoble]

Would prefer that more videos include callouts from Alex on which subcomponents are safe for licking. Valuable PSA!

[@l_or_enzociotola8298]

I F*cking love how Linus starts spamming you his store while im taking my Master Degree at EE.

[@SouravBagchigoogleplus]

For more detailed look at the full bridge rectifier, you can check out this classic from ElectroBOOM. But we can you through the basic- *Stared talking about SMPS, Soft Switching, resonance, LLC converter.

[@arenomusic]

This is my favorite series.