Is it ok to buy computer parts from a different region?

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Im from the Philippines and some of the parts i wish to buy are nowhere to be found here. Im planning to buy motherboard and ram of specific specifications from either amazon or newegg. My real question is, would it matter if i got 240v from my wall outlet as opposed to a different voltage from where i bought my computer parts?

Or doesn't it matter for as long as i have a power supply that has the right voltage rating from my region? Because its the psu's job to power the foreign parts i bought no matter from what region they came from.

I hope it makes sense
 
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jsmithepa

I'd go one up and say ALL SWITCHING PSU's (which computers use), changing input voltage is a snap, if you see a switching PSU wo 110/220 switching, the vendor is just lazy, versus linear PSU (which audio equipment use) with no easy way to accommodate both voltages.

There is the historical anecdote when Steve Jobs was building Apple II he wanted a small PSU that can power it and NO FAN, because he hated noise and no PSU available at that time fulfilled his requirement so he hired a power supply engineer to build, the first mass produced, efficient switching PSU.
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Reminds me of that timeless joke of somebody traveling to Japan and asked if he bought a TV there, will he be restricted to Japanese programs when he gets home. :)

What you have above is correct. No matter what a PSU plugs into 110/220 50/60hz, its job (all PSU) is to translate the household voltage into 3.5, 5 and 12volts. They all do that, and those 3 voltages from the PSU output is what the internal components care about.
 
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Oh thanks! No problem about psu here in my region as there are lots of them available here. So good to know that it wont be a problem for my build. Its hard to live in a place where parts you prefer is not all available to you.

But i wanna know, there are those psu from other countries that can accomodate other voltages in case you bring it to a place with differenct volt ratings right?
 
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Haha. that was funny though. Maybe when he bought the television, he thought he is bringing also the whole network tower from japan to his home. Thanks! Good to know that. Im just gonna buy power supply from here.

But i wanna know, there are those psu from other countries that can accomodate other voltages in case you bring it to a place with differenct volt ratings right?
 
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Most of power supplies do support both 110 and 220 voltages. What you'd need is different power plug/cable/universal adapter.
 
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I'd go one up and say ALL SWITCHING PSU's (which computers use), changing input voltage is a snap, if you see a switching PSU wo 110/220 switching, the vendor is just lazy, versus linear PSU (which audio equipment use) with no easy way to accommodate both voltages.

There is the historical anecdote when Steve Jobs was building Apple II he wanted a small PSU that can power it and NO FAN, because he hated noise and no PSU available at that time fulfilled his requirement so he hired a power supply engineer to build, the first mass produced, efficient switching PSU.
 
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