Should I buy a cheap PSU? - Page 2

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I have never had a PSU explode or fill with smoke, and ive had several that died and never came back to life. So, there is really nothing to support ur claim.

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I have with a 2-way radio (12 volt)...and it was both loud and smokey when the cap poped!

All the PSU's for computers that have gone out on me over the years simply had the system restart a few times and/or killed everything in the system outright.

First off it's interesting that you went through 50 PSUs in 3 PCs and never once cared about quality therefore costing you more money than you would have paid if you got a high quality PSU.

Second, you think you have 'proof' that PSUs can't take other components. It's your word against ours, unfortunately. You have no tangible evidence to support your claims and so far nobody else here has produced any evidence either, except for what you have seen and what we have seen. So, your evidence is just as good as ours, which are merely claims.

Third, I too have seen PSUs take out other components and so have thousands of other technicians. The FACT is that yes, buying a cheap PSU is a bad idea because it CAN take out other parts. There is substantial evidence to support that and there is not a single computer technician that will ever dispute that. It just hasn't happened to you yet, so you're lucky. Better built PSUs guard against such things in various ways including using better parts, better cooling, better overall design, and other safeguards. Simply stated, you get what you pay for.

Furthermore, there is nobody on earth who likes to pay too much. Agreed? With that in mind, don't you think that the people who know best (custom builders and other IT professionals) would rather save themselves $100 if buying a cheap PSU didn't pose a risk? The obvious conclusion is that people who take pride in building custom PCs will always pay more for a quality, well-built PSU because of the previously stated risks.

And lastly, why even come here asking for advice when you're just going to oppose it anyway? What's the point? You're going to buy a cheap PSU anyway.

If you care about your computer, buying a cheap PSU is a very very well documented risk. If you're willing to take that risk, then I'm afraid you might be in for an expensive mistake. Then again it's POSSIBLE that nothing will happen. You may end up buying 50 more cheap PSUs costing you a thousand dollars, money that you could have used to stick 2 cheap turbos in your '91 Civic. But you'd probably remove the radiator because it takes up too much room, right?