Blown PSU :(

[MasterFlash]

Need a cheap PSU for me Mums computer - Any ideas??

[Flash]

whats the budget mate and stay away from Qtec

[MasterFlash]

£10 - £15 really .... Its for a Low end system.

Just looked on ebay, theres a few cheapys there.

[Flash]

£10 - £15 really .... Its for a Low end system.

Just looked on ebay, theres a few cheapys there.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=30288

will do the job but note that cheapness always has its down side

[MasterFlash]

cheers m8 - As long as it lasts

[Flash]

it should do but you never know

[tiggerai]

Qtecs are fine!

Every one disses them, but for a low end system that doesn't require stable volt lines etc they're ok.

I've had 2 QTecs and 2 Hipers, and teh Qtecs have been better than the expensive ones.

[SilentDeath]

no there not ok. There acctuall performance, can, be adequate, sometimes - however they lack safety features which is why so many reports of them taking mobos and stuff with them, aswell as fire...

scan have some good low end cwt's that iirc are also cheap.

[ERU]

whats the budget mate and stay away from Qtec

As long as you dont mod them or overload them they are fine tbh. Had my 550 for ages now and its great for £20 !

[Agent]

As long as you dont mod them or overload them they are fine tbh. Had my 550 for ages now and its great for £20 !

fine as in set fire ?
or fine as in taking everything out in your system when they decide to go ?

[steve threlfall]

Avoid qtec like the plague unless you want to replace the rest of your system

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=22191

[Skii]

Get the 500w from Ebuyer - they rock

make sure its blue too - they're better <ahem>

[ERU]

Get the 500w from Ebuyer - they rock

make sure its blue too - they're better <ahem>

I've had over 10 generic ebuyer PSUs go bang on me within a year - goodluck if you get one

[Widget]

It's not just cheapo PSUs which go pop though . I had an Antec 430W PSU which failed on me after about 6 months. It was working fine and one day I turned my PC on and nothing even though it had been working fine the day before. Swapped it for another PSU and the PC sprung into life so it had definitely gone. I guess I was just unlucky with that PSU as my other Antec PSUs have been very good.

[Flash]

It's not just cheapo PSUs which go pop though . I had an Antec 430W PSU which failed on me after about 6 months. It was working fine and one day I turned my PC on and nothing even though it had been working fine the day before. Swapped it for another PSU and the PC sprung into life so it had definitely gone. I guess I was just unlucky with that PSU as my other Antec PSUs have been very good.

yup but the quality of that PSU stopped it from killing your system and thats why you pay more for it

the Qtec has no feature to stop this so if it goes pop get prepared to pay out for a new system also

[Howard]

I bought an Ebuyer 400W PSU. It died 2 days later.