Happy Hopping wrote:
it is recommended that a power supply that can withstand high power consumption be used (500W or higher). If a power supply is used that does not provide the required power, the result can lead to an unstable or unbootable system.
Yes, they always say things like this but not all PSUs are the same. If you were to take a Cheap-o Industries 360W PSU and ask it to supply anything close to that power it would fail to do so in a good way. The voltage lines would be very unstable or worse, the thing could blow up. 3rd party manufacturers are worried out this stuff so overrate their requirements so that even if someone has a dreadful cheap PSU thats optimistically rated at much higher wattage than it actually can, it will still work. If you have any 500W PSU they're saying it's OK. If however you have a very high quality lower rated unit from a good brand, it will perform just the same as a higher rated low quality unit. So the Seasonic G360 really will perform better than some cheap 500W and you are safe to use it.
Happy Hopping wrote:
I wonder how many yr. of R&D is Enermax been around?
According to their website they were founded in 1990.
Happy Hopping wrote:
1 primitive question for all of you: the fan in these PSU, are they blow hot air OUT or sucking cold air in?
Hot air always goes out of the back. Therefore if it is a rear mount 80mm fan it is under negative pressure sucking air through the PSU and expelling out of the back. If it is a 120-140mm fan mounted on the udnerside then it works under positive pressure blowing air through the PSU and out of the back.