OT: Hardware troubleshooting

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 10:11:02AM -0400, William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
> I am really hoping to keep my costs on this down.  I've found some very
> reasonably priced power supplies - can anyone comment on the following
> brands:
> 
> L&C/NOVIA
> SILVERSTONE
> THERMALTAKE
> COOLMAX
> ENERMAX
> 
> I need a 400W+ power supply, and I'd like to spend way less the $100,
> but I don't want to buy this or any other component twice, either.
> Thanks.

Both Antec and Enermax power supplies of 420 to 480W can be had for
under $100cdn (+taxes of course).

ie:
http://www.logiccomputerhouse.com/site/main.php?module=catalog&catID=151&page=1&pagelimit=50

About $80 to $90 will get you one of those.  You can also get a cheapo
"425W" power supply for $25.  I wouldn't though.

I have bought 300W power supplies for $250 in the past, but that was
like 7 or 8 years ago, when a TurboCool 300 from PC Power & Cooling cost
that much.  They fortunately don't anymore, and Antec and Enermax and
such have come around making pretty good power supplies for a lot less
than a turbocool costs.  My 486's cpu fan is a PC power & cooling and is
still running silently, at full speed after over a decade.  They build
things to last.  So far that cpu fan is down to under $5/year of
flawless operation.  A cheapo $10 fan that only lasts 6months would have
had to be replaced many times over those years, possibly allowing the
cpu to be fried along the way.

Lennart Sorensen
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