war story (spoiler: dying power supply takes disk drive with it)

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>

| | From: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>

| | Antec Basiq BP500U

| The size would be fine.  The review looks OK.  But is it reasonably
| quiet?
| 
| <http://www.silentpcreview.com/article699-page1.html>
| lists a small number of models, mostly expensive.

When in doubt, cheap out.  I jumped at an apparently OK but
cheap-this-week power supply:
<http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=54842&vpn=CMPSU-430CX&manufacture=Corsair&promoid=1310>
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