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the voltage..in this case..isnt going to matter because I think 6.3 is the lowest thing available anyway....so you can get 6.3 or 10 or 15 or whatever...although ther eis no advantage do doing so.
as far as the capacitance...just dont go any lesser than the original.
You could always go more and be fine....as a matter of fact a larger capacitance would only give more stable voltage...more "headroom" etc
so if you find a 1500uf or 2200uf for cheaper than the 1200 then go for it.
But of course a higher capacitance is usually higher cost.
JP
The main time you want to be EXACT on a capacitor rating is when it is in some sort of timing type circuit...like a radio tuning thing etc....but for power supplies (and "smoothing" of motherboard voltages...they are more or less "brute force" deals that just smooth the 'ripples' off of the voltages....they store voltage so they 'cushion' the voltage....like a big water tower....the bigger the better....that way if 100 people turn on their yard sprinklers at one time the water pressure wont "sag"...same thing as electricity.
High dollar stereo power amps use HUGE capacitors....they hold so much power that they test them by unplugging the stereo and seeing how long it keeps playing, lol.
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Last edited by John Prophet; 02-24-2004 at 01:29 PM.
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