On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:58:17 -0500, David Maynard wrote:

> Wes Newell wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 05:49:42 -0700, neworder7 wrote:
>>
>>> So does this mean i should be getting a 500w PSU or is a 400watt PSU
>>>fine.
>>
>> You should be getting the largest you can afford. And you can get 600W for
>> under $20, 550W for under $15, and 500W for about $12.
>>
> And at those prices not a one of them will actually put out the stated watts.

And neither will some name brand models that cost 5 times more, so what's
your point? Hmmm.... I need 400W, so I buy a 400Antec that will put out
400W for say $50, or I buy a 600W for $18 that will only put out 550W. Now
which is the best deal? But wait, you say the Antec has larger caps. Wow,
so instead of the system crashing in 5ms during a brownout, the Antac will
go for 10ms.:-) Spend the money you save on a UPS. That's muxh more
important than a name brand PSU.

My cheap 600W that some name brand zealots predicted would be dead within
a year is now into the 18th month of 24/7 operation Both my cheap PSU's
for my K7 systems are still going after 5 years, and the really cheap 400W
in my current backup K7 system is still going after about 3 years. if you
want bragging rights, buy a name brand.

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