JimBowy
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 Posted: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:40:53 Post Subject: |
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It's not much more money for a name-brand unit Frank and the slightly increased costs outweigh any benefits of the "cheapies."
Most importantly, you'll get a warranty. Major manufacturers guarantee their units for a minimum of one year, usually more. Antec for example gives no hassles if you have any issues with the PSU.... they'll take a damaged unit back no questions asked.
Your system will have guaranteed stability, you won't have to worry about poor power regulation and you'll have more piece of mind. Random reboots etc. should be minimized with the name brand units.
Finally, consider the efficiency of the "cheapies" vs. the name-brand units. You can be assured the Antec and Enermax units will be much more efficient than the non-brand units.
The costs associated with running a non-efficient PSU could far exeed the $40 your saving vs. going to the name-brand units in less than a year.
(You'll be wasting energy and on top of that the wasted energy [heat] will make it more difficult to cool your computer room in the summer, further increasing operating costs...).
Newegg has the Antec Truepower 430W for $70.00
http://www.newegg.com/app/manufact.asp?catalog=58&DEPA=1
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