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The Real Deal on some PSUs?

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bbfifas   01-15-2008 at 04:48:09 PM

Hello. Newbie to power. If I am just trying to power a basic set up (HD3850, CD/DVD, 4400+. a few drives) do i really need a so called TIER 1/2 PSU?

There are a bunch of 500+W PSU's from coolermaster, raidmax, rosewill all with good user ratings on newegg for a good price. When putting a budget build together, that $30-40 I can save could bump my CPU up a notch or add 2 more GB of RAM.

How much risk am I really putting myself into making a purchase from them?
I mean honestly, how could a company consistently sell a bad product and stay in business? And how can one of these tier 5 companys ever expect to make it up a "tier"?
Ive never had a PSU fail on the crappy compaq, etc. computers I have owned in the past so. Please share any budget build experiences. Greatly appreciated.

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chuckm   01-16-2008 at 12:10:25 AM
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Get this one and you won't have any problems;
http://www.buy.com/prod/Corsair-VX [...] 66485.html
Todays systems put more demands on amperage of the rails and this where the "cheaper units" fail to make the grade. They also are not as stable as the better units as far as even voltage and effiency.


Message edited by chuckm on 01-16-2008 at 12:11:41 AM
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