Oh im sorry, all the "F's" are panasonic. The lower the impedance, the more current can go though the cap and lest impact the cap has on the circuit. The impedence is called the ESR, Equivelent Series Resistance. So when mobo companies say they use Low ESR caps in the CPU power circuitry, they are increasing the effeciency and lowering heat dissipation of the caps and inducters. Say if a normal cap is .8ohms and u have the CPU using 80Amp split between 8 phases, thats 10A per cap. so P=IV each cap has to deal with 8 watts. If that ESR was .08 ohms, the cap dissipates 0.8 watts.
Electrolytic to film is about the bigest change possible in caps. The films mostly have a lower ESR. When it comes to sound the ESR changes with frequency. Im not shure if you would know the difference, try both?



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