Good and cheap power supply
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captaincharisma
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A word of caution about "cheap" PSUs, they "work" but you may experience weird system behavior on occasions.
Cheap PSUs can also lead to component failure due to lack of protections.
Reliable power delivery is essential. When I build a system the PSU gets the most attention followed by the CPU.
Cheap PSUs can also lead to component failure due to lack of protections.
Reliable power delivery is essential. When I build a system the PSU gets the most attention followed by the CPU.
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Unless you catch the Corsair CX450M on sale or rebate, you're never getting a PSU thats isn't nearly garbage for that price.
For reference thats (the Corsair) generally the cheapest PSU you should consider buying, its $54.99 on Amazon and Newegg right now
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Remember, one of the jobs of your PSU is to make sure your other parts do not get fried.
This is not something you want to cheap out on.
If you search the forums you will find many many threads of people trying to figure out why their PC wont boot anymore and it is because the PSU fried their mobo or GPU when it died.
There is no regulation saying that the PSU has to actually output the wattage listed on the sticker making it just that, ink printed on a sticker.
Sites like johnnyguru not only do a full load testing of the PSU, but also fully dissasemble it to see what components they use to determine what the build quality was and thus how reliable and capabile it is.
This is not something you want to cheap out on.
If you search the forums you will find many many threads of people trying to figure out why their PC wont boot anymore and it is because the PSU fried their mobo or GPU when it died.
There is no regulation saying that the PSU has to actually output the wattage listed on the sticker making it just that, ink printed on a sticker.
Sites like johnnyguru not only do a full load testing of the PSU, but also fully dissasemble it to see what components they use to determine what the build quality was and thus how reliable and capabile it is.
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If you really only need 300-350W, SeaSonic has has low output PSUs in that price range. If you need greater output, in the 500-600W range as we usually recommend for midrange gaming PCs for balance, $50 is about the minimum, and that typically requires a sale or two.
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