Power Supplies - Supplied vs Expensive Pros / Cons

[Thorsson]

Despite the several headsups about Thermaltake, I'd advise against getting one. They seem to have a weakness on the 12V rail in my experience, only delivering around 11.5. While this is within 5%, it's only just. Get a Tagan. Total quality at a reasonable price.

[skattrd]

The thing about psu's is that a good one will last longer than any other component in your system, whereas a cheap one can kill other components.

I have a 3yr old Enermax 550w whereas everything else has changed more than once in that time. I'm looking at changing half of it again, the last thing I will change will be the psu, and thats not in the foreseeable future