My 8600 GT video card went out a few days ago. 3 FZ caps blew on it, two 1500 6.3V and a 1000 6.3V (I plan on replacing all 10 FZ caps). I have some soldering experience but I never replaced any electronics on anything computer related before.
In the recap tut overview it says you can use caps rated for voltage over the ones you are going to replace (16V for a 6.3V and such).
My question is; Is having higher voltage rating better?
I'm thinking that it would do better in the case of a power surge and perhaps give better electric flow. I really don't know, perhaps it doesn't effect anything.
I'm sorry if this has been over before in a different post, I did a search and I didn't see anything like it.
In the recap tut overview it says you can use caps rated for voltage over the ones you are going to replace (16V for a 6.3V and such).
My question is; Is having higher voltage rating better?
I'm thinking that it would do better in the case of a power surge and perhaps give better electric flow. I really don't know, perhaps it doesn't effect anything.
I'm sorry if this has been over before in a different post, I did a search and I didn't see anything like it.
But today, I’m making an exception here. Why? No idea. Perhaps only because the repair details are still “fresh” in my head… which is ironic, given this is a 16 year old monitor that hardly anyone will care about today. It is new to me, though. 
I picked it up last November from someone on my local Craigslist. It wasn’t very close to where I live, but was close to a family friend that I had to go visit anyways. So after watching the posting on Craigslist for a few weeks and seeing it getting...
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