Information PLease Read , If your buying a PSU... or any

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  1. bindo245 Gold Member

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    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!
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    Good post with good advice!

    I agree with the good Gandalf there.

    Thank you!
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  5. bindo245 Gold Member

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    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.

PLease Read , If your buying a PSU... or any

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