Blueboony

Ok, digging this one too, not because of the lights, (for once) but because it's modular. (Mostly anyways)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817152028

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At first I thought you were asking if anyone would pay you to eat that PSU. A request to which I would have happily obliged.

But regarding the purchase of that PSU, I'd have to say no. Rosewill isn't well known for their quality, although it does seem to have gotten okay reviews, and the price is quite good. Or at least, it isn't horrible anymore.

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dlee7283

For 20 dollars that isnt bad

Retail would charge like 70 bucks for it

Also people always complain about power supplies, but doesnt that really only matter if your an overclocker who is running an SLI setup?

I have had a power supply go out 1 time in the 10 years of my computer building.

I think some of you overly scare people with your elitism sometimes, I know your trying to help, but for 20 bucks I dont see the big deal. For the Average Joe, and really a little more, its fine.

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TestECull

NO RAIDMAX!


I've had one fail personally. Didn't really do much damage, but it did try to jihad the entire computer. All it killed was itself tho. It was only three months old and running half of it's rated output...


dlee: Youtube the Chinese Brilliance crash test. Most people, before seeing that test, would reccomend that car for average joe...then they watch the crash test and change their minds, saying it's not worth the metal it's made of. Same goes for PSU's. When you have a crap PSU go out on you, and Jihad the entire computer it's powering, you'll know why we don't reccomend cheap PSU's. They're cheap for a reason, and that reason is that they're going to destroy whatever powers them when they blow up.

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PaRaDoX

Granted it's not under more then 40% load I give it 4 months.

My 580w Powmax Demon (black&red) lasted quite awhile but the 12v rail liked to spork around 14v

Then it blew up.

dlee7283

Well does a higher rated wattage power supply actually make a computer run better or more efficient?

I am using a 400W for the setup I have, but would a 700W make any significant difference really?


I just have been ripped off so much on Power Supplies when building systems buying retail and the fact that seeing a 20 dollar PSU that will work for the average joe has me mixed feelings.I once bought a 60 dollar PSU from CompUSA that turned out to be something you could get online for 35. Also Office Depot is horrible with their prices on Power Supplies. a 300W a year ago for 50 dollars?

I guess when your ripped off in a certain area of computing for so long (PSU), your happy that 20 dollar ones do exist.

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Unless you have a Fry's or MicroCenter in your area (and even if you do), it's best to do PSU purchases online, otherwise you'll certainly pay more then you might have otherwise.

As for the wattage, it's not exactly the most reliable means of rating a PSU's actual output, but the benefits of a cleaner, more efficient and more reliable power source consist of less crashes/reboots, freezes, and much better reliability with overclocking.

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JackNco

I was just reading through this and through I would add another blown PSU story. about.... 8 years ago when you could get away with cheaper PSUs I had started working for a company that was building hundreds of computers in bulk for schools.

Anyway one of the ones i built blew as soon as it was pluged in. killed all the power on that floor of the building (basically a warehouse with offices upstairs) giant blue flash for a couple of seconds. cheap PSUs killed production there for about 45mins and scared the crap out of all of us.

what a great first day on the job :P

and yes, i know my Sig rig states that i have a POS PSU in my system but its not that bad just not as nice as i would like.

dlee7283

Since you weren't a dick like some elitist people would around here, you get rep and a second look on my logic when it comes to PSU's in the future.

I remember when they started that 12V thing on the AMD 754 and the P4's. It basically made the stock of PSU's that I had worthless for the future in all means.

Luckily I am using an OK PSU, but I have two backups just in case, and that makes me feel alot better. Compared to when I lost my job scrambling around to find a PSU for my Sempron 3400 and all the prices were way more than I could have spent(30 dollars) and didnt have a credit card.

In a way I miss those days of scrabling to get a system going with no money, but I won't miss the aggrivation attached to it.

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Well hey, always appreciated. :]

Hell, I can understand that. It's a strange thing with components and their aging. For me, I'd say that the Case is probably the last thing in a system to change, which I why I always pick a fairly good one, but not good enough so that I don't regret spending a fortune when I end up wanting a smaller/larger case instead. I used to feel somewhat like that with PSU's, but the power supply market has exploded recently. A lot of changes, and tons of power hungry parts have been thrown into the wild.

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