Power supplies with active PFC

[cal]

Fellow A7N8X users.
What benefits come from using a power supply with active PFC? I'm
thinking of purchasing a Thermaltake W0011+PFC Silent Purepower 480W.

 

[daytripper]

Fellow A7N8X users.
What benefits come from using a power supply with active PFC? I'm
thinking of purchasing a Thermaltake W0011+PFC Silent Purepower 480W.

The benefit is to the electric grid. Power Factor Correction is intended to
reduce the noise your system injects into the mains...

/daytripper

 

[peter]

http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/pfc.html
peter

 

[Robert Hancock]

To the user, nothing really. Regulatory authorities in some countries
require power factor correction because of the problems that large numbers
of low-power-factor devices can cause for the electrical grid - the power
company doesn't need to do as much power factor correction.

 

[daytripper]

To the user, nothing really. Regulatory authorities in some countries
require power factor correction because of the problems that large numbers
of low-power-factor devices can cause for the electrical grid - the power
company doesn't need to do as much power factor correction.

Indeed, I find it hilarious to see a power supply vendor touting the presence
of PFC as somehow benefitting the power supply, or the system, or the user...

/daytripper