Which power supply?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:20:53PM -0400, Digimer wrote:
> One word; jonnyguru.com.
>
> I like to think that I know my way around a PSU, and have  
> bought/sold/serviced easily over a hundred in the last ten years. That  
> said, I'd bow out to Mr. Guru... He knows his PSUs better than just  
> about anyone.
>
> He hot-boxes all of his test units (sticks it in a box at 50c) and  
> drives the load up to 100% of stated max capacity. He watches the  
> stability of the rails and, when they blow, he tears them down and finds  
> out what failed.

Sounds similar to how hardwaresecrets does tests, although if it does
fail I am not sure they really quite care why.  It sure isn't going to
get recommended if it fails.

> Anyone looking to build their own system would be well served to spend a  
> few hours on his page.
>
> Now, as a personal recommendation, Antec, Silverstone and PC Power &  
> Cooling have not steered me wrong. However, like most here, I speak from  
> anecdotal experience.

Antec has made some bad models.  So has Silverstone.  PC Power & Cooling I
can't say has ever done wrong, other than being now just about completely
impossible to buy in Canada.

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Len Sorensen
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