<div dir="ltr"><div><div>This isn't quite what your looking for, but hopefully it still helps. I personally stay away from Best Buy. I find they tend to mark up their pieces or have "best buy exclusives" which are actually crappier than the original and priced slightly higher. You can see that in the exclusive NVidia line of video cards they sold. I think it was the Ti or TiX.<br>
<br></div>Canada Computers is good if you need to put your hands on it, else NewEgg's service is phenominal in the States, and I can olny assume that their Canadian counterpart is just as good. If you look at the reviews on the US site anything with a good number of ratings and 4 stars is usually your gold standard. 5 starts tend to either be leaps ahead of the competition to the point where it's no contest or only reviewed a few times mostly by non-technical users.<br>
<br></div>If you're willing to go that route I'd be happy to put together a few reccomendations when I have some time.<br><br>Will<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Kevin Cozens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kevin@ve3syb.ca" target="_blank">kevin-4dS5u2o1hCn3fQ9qLvQP4Q@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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The power supply in my 4 to 5 year old HP m7680n seems to be on its way out. Usually I need to replace the supply due to the fan bearings wearing out. This time it is more than a fan problem. It won't turn on via the front power button and I've had occasional system lockups (and kernel crashes).<br>
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The details of my computer can be found at <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00739902&cc=ca&dlc=en&lang=en&lc=en&product=3230688" target="_blank">http://h10025.www1.hp.com/<u></u>ewfrf/wc/document?docname=<u></u>c00739902&cc=ca&dlc=en&lang=<u></u>en&lc=en&product=3230688</a><br>
The mother board has a 24 pin (main power) and a 4-pin connector on it. I need 4 SATA power connectors (2 SATA HD drives, 2 DVD drives). There is also a built-in memory card reader and removable drive bay. I will have to open the machine to see what type of power connection they use.<br>
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The original supply was only a 300W supply. I would like to get a new supply with a rating in the range of 500W to 650W continuous. An 80 plus supply would be good, and price in the range of $50 to $100. I'm looking for something that will last quite a few years as I don't buy new computers that often. My previous machine had a Pentium II and I used it for 9 years before replacing it with the current machine. It had a few upgrades along the way and two power supply replacements (due to fan issues).<br>
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I'm looking at the various power supplies available online via Best Buy (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/BestBuyPowerSupplies" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/<u></u>BestBuyPowerSupplies</a>) as it will be easy to do a return if what I get isn't right for my machine. The supplies available at my local store are made by Dynex, and Rocket Fish. I wasn't impressed by what I read about the Dynex one and the Rocket Fish one can vary depending on who actually made it.<br>
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A message in the BB forum mentioned that Corsair and Cooler Master are good supplies. I know about Thermaltake but I'm not that familiar with some of the other brands listed.<br>
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I'm interested in suggestions, things to watch out for (ie. get or stay away from supplies with APF), which brands may be better or are best avoided.<br>
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