Hi guys,
Sorry for walking a well trodden path but I just can't answer this from what I've read.
I'm building a system for my cousin, it's going to be socket 939, 3000+ winchester probably, and the budget is going to be stretched very tight so we need to scrimp where we can.
In the past I've used stock PSU's that came in very cheap cases with no problem. My current 2400+ socket A rig is running on the 400w PSU that came with a £15 case from ebuyer, but would that be courting disaster on a 939 box? It'll only have one hard disk and one optical drive, and hopefully a GeForce 6800.
If so, and I want to get a new PSU do I have to pay £40-£60 for it? Is there a range of PSUs at about £20 that are 'a little bit better, but better'?
Also, I don't know which brands are good or bad, it seems to change with the phase of the moon. Are there any brands to avoid like the plague, or brands you can allways rely on?
Finally, when a PSU dies, will it go quietly or will it try its best to take the mobo and CPU with it? (Big voltage surges or anything)
Thanks for your time - Andrew.
PS Next week, which HD brand is the current favourate!


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. My new project (if I can get a HD sorted) is to run a dual Athlon system off an Ebuyer 300W, on a Tyan Tiger MP (which is notorious for welding power connectors). Can you smell burning?
. luckily for me none of the components were damaged but with your kind of system its better to be safe than sorry 
), since it should future proof it more (assuming BTX actually arrives).
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