Just before I buy a generic 520W PSU

are there any Fortron Source supplies avail.
cant beat them for power / price / Quality
you may want to consider their 350-400w units
probably just as good/better than tose listed

Antec sells the True Power 430W for $71 US.

You'll be fine with a generic power supply.

Even if it won't really be 520W it will still be enough for your purposes. I've never spend over 30 dollars on a power supply, even for extreme gaming systems.

On the computer I'm using now, I've got a Athlon 2800, two 7200RPM hard drives, two case fans, tons of lighting, a Radeon 9700 Pro, and CD-RW/DVD-ROM drives. I'm running it off a generic 400W power supply I got for 15 bucks.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by afterdark on 01/16/04 04:50 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

Well, one generic power supply in an old thunderbird system has lasted two years.

The one in this computer has been working for over a year.

And another one in a new box is a baby at only one month old.

I keep my computers on 24/7.

Trust me, paying for labels is stupid. Just get a generic power supply.

No, it's not stupid at all. Why would you think that? As for getting a generic, the problem there is that you don't know what you're getting. Could be made by anybody and have piss poor output. For a few extra $$$ he may as well get a Fortron, at least this way he's guaranteed that the PSU will deliver exactly what it's supposed to, unlike the vast majority of generics.

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ytoledano you helped me out in the CPU section , i thought my cpu might be dead and you said to check the hard drive . After two hard drives ( weird both dead ) i tried the drive in my other machine . Yep you was right , it was the hard drive . Now it's my turn to help you . I listened to Crashman and bought a 530 fortron . I am in love with it , voltage don't vary , stays dead on . Overclocks like a champ . Try for a Fortron . Not that much more . Don't know where you live , and they make for other brands . Sparkle is one and Crash knows others . All the generics i had did not compare.

The man of steel said that

I know my old motherboard (Abit SR7-8x) deliberatly lowered the voltage suplied to the CPU to 1.45v, I cant for the life of me tell you why though. That kinda overclock might be possible without a voltage increase, if it is you've got a great CPU there. My P4 2.4 wont do over 2.7!

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THis is an old post, but a problem that has occured in a family members computer shows how you have to be weary of a generic Powersupply.

2.6c running with vcore at 1.7 becuase at stock it can't put out 1.575.
So this thing is scoring 10k on benchmarks with a 9800pro, not to mention the readings are nonstop moving.
That is as well a 420W PS.
So, although you may get lucky it sucks being in his position specially becuase he's broke.
He now has a state of the art pentium system that is scoring lower than a 1800duron or even a 2.4b.

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Figured i'd do it too..reality my ass.