no matter the supply, its a crap shoot. however I would not put in a $18 PSU
in any machine that I use or build. Its skimping on the most important part
of the system and I do not appreciate the 'heightened adrenaline rush some
get when they press the power button and the machine actually powers up.

"Wes Newell" <w.newell@TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.09.06.06.37.33.914945@TAKEOUTverizon .net...
> 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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