[plug] [OT] Power supplies

[Ari Finander]

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Caston <caston at arach.net.au>

Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 08:37:18 +0800
To: Ari Finander <outrider at operamail.com>

Subject: Re: [plug] [OT] Power supplies

> On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 01:39, Ari Finander wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Chris Caston <caston at arach.net.au>

> > Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 23:59:47 +0800
> > To: plug at plug.linux.org.au

> > Subject: [plug] [OT] Power supplies
> > 
> > > To all who doubt that power supplies can be a major
cause of BSOD's yes
> > > they can.
> > > 
> > > Wednesday nights trouble shooting... case closed!!!
> > 
> > I won't use generic cheapies anymore. Antec or better for
me. I'm also of the opinion that the cheap ones will take your
hardware with them when they go.
> > 
> > Ari
> 
> 
> Does anyone have any further discussion or links on what makes a
good vs
> a poor PSU?
> 
> Sometimes I buy cases without knowing how good the PSU is. Seems
to be
> one of those things that no one ever tells you, you just have to
learn.
> I'd like to find this stuff out.

Unless the case is a brand name one, then I'd automatically assume
the PSU is suspect. Sell it off to someone that doesn't care about
quality and is happy to get a nice brand new unused PSU cheaply. Put
the money from that towards a good one. Here's just one site that
will be useful:

http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/articles/guides/Power_Supply_Guide_1.html


I remember looking at several sites after I first became aware of how
important a good PSU is, so I did a google search for PSU guide and
that was the first hit. I'm pretty sure that's one of the ones I read
last year, but it could have simply been a similar article. The news
group alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt also has several (and long and
argumentative) threads about what makes for a good PSU, and which
brands to go for. Like I said in my previous reply, I like Antec, and
am very pleased with my Antec Truepower 380W PSU. My next one will be
a more powerful model, but the 380 has plenty of grunt for my
purposes (more than enough for any likely hardware upgrades, too).

HTH,

Ari
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