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Originally Posted by Bit_reaper 
Pretty much. A good example would be my old HP prebuilt. It's PSU died 2 times. First time when the comp was little over a year old so I got it replaced under warranty. The second time was when it was just out of the 2 year warranty. Replaced the OEM PSU with a cheap decent quality unit and its still working even now 6 years later. Bottom line good PSU's last bad ones don't.

Pretty much. A good example would be my old HP prebuilt. It's PSU died 2 times. First time when the comp was little over a year old so I got it replaced under warranty. The second time was when it was just out of the 2 year warranty. Replaced the OEM PSU with a cheap decent quality unit and its still working even now 6 years later. Bottom line good PSU's last bad ones don't.
yes but even good ones fail the main difference is a good one will have all the relevant protections to isolate the problem to just the psu and cheap ones well you have a greater possibility of finding this coming home





