HeyHo.

I have decided to be a sporting member of the community and a warning if your buying a PSU , or indeed any PC part...

Few Things to check before hand.

1. Price - well common sense never the less people forget about it...
Think of The Wattage of the PSU, say 600 watts and how many times you've seen the price at PC world , Maplins, etc, 80pounds? 82pounds? Then you see a market Stall with a 'dazzling' offer 22pounds for a generic 600Watt.STOP. Invest a bit in your purchase , don't just buy because it's cheap. It's not just a case of 'oh well the psu's gone lets get anthor one, IT affects the whole PC, IT could damage your MOBO , or GPU'. Courtesy of Jelly Bean. If your lucky it won't damage the rest of ure PC...



But at the same time don't go berserk and pay 900pounds on a 1000watt psu which normally costs 200 pounds.... If your still not sure consult the internet , thier are millions of reviews on products or ask for help here at PCHF.

2. Presentation. , I've seen many people at PC stores , looking at thier purchase of a PSU , over a desk, ( ok well 4), happily handing thier cash over to order without a second glance. Seeing them walk back into the store a few days later with the same product they ordered.
When I go get a PC part such as RAM , I always ask to see the product up close , like when I got a 550 EVO labs psu, Ordered it to my house then I realized when i opened to install the psu. Thier was'nt enough molex and had to wait a week because I was going to my Uncles house....
Thier could be small print like thier was on the BOX and not mentioned when the assistant was trying to sell it to you. It could easily say on a box up to 4 PCI-E connectors , then say on the back in small print , depending on model number....

3. Brands , Just because you got a brand new Jeantech PSU (rubbish) commonly found in PC world does'nt mean it's brill.
IT could easily fail in a number of months, so I suggest you look up and review your preposed purchase.

Well that's my advice after all my experience .

MERRY X-MAS!

Thank you.

Good post with good advice!

I agree with the good Gandalf there.

Thank you!

I have composed a list of many good PSU's and bad ones, I will NOT give details on high end / low end , just those that will not fry your system!
I will also try to find where they found.
Again I cannot give all the locations.

GOOD PSU'S--------------------------------
AMS
Antec (Internet)(amazon)
Astec
AOpen
Channel Well
Cooler Master (PC-WORLD)
E-Power
Enermax
Enlight
Fortron Source
HEC
Hi-Power
HiperPower
L&C
Mad Dog
NSpire
OCZ PC-world
PCMCIS
PC Power & Cooling
PowerMan
Seasonic
SilenX
Sparklepower
Tagan
Thermaltake
TTGI/SuperFlower
Ultra
Verax
Zalman
Xclio

____________________________________
BAD PSU's

Achieve
Allied
Aspire
Codegen
CoolMax
Cyberzone
DEER
Dragon
Eagle Tech
EYE-T
EZ-cool
Greenline
HIPRO
Icute (Maplins)
Jeantech
JSP-tech
KingStar
Kingwin
L&C
Linkworld
Okia
Orion
PowerMagic
PowerUp
Powmax
Q-Tec
Raidmax
Rosewill
Silverstone
Skyhawk
Startech
SWEEX
Thermaltake ( ONLY THE TRUE POWER ones, 480Watts , any ATX12V is fine).
Turbolink
Vantec
Win

I will update this list as much as I can , If that is ok with everyone else.