04-09-2006, 07:15 PM
DeeBye,Apr 8 2006, 09:21 PM Wrote:If the PSU doesn't hold up, then it's a good thing I'm buying a pre-built computer locally. The warantee will put my mind at ease, and it looks like decent 500W PSUs are cheap enough that if it blows in a year I won't be too upset.
Only one problem: if it does blow, it could take the rest of your computer with it. Electrical baclash from the blow PSU can affect any of the components in your computer, most notably being the motherboard. I haven't had it happen to be (and I've only had 1 blown PSU, so I've been doubly lucky), but I have heard of it happening, and not rarely.
You might want to be a bit more picky, Deebye. It WILL pay off. Believe us when we say this: of ALL the components in a computer, a cheap PSU is the one thing you DO NOT want. Everything else just gets outdated or outperformed. A cheap PSU can cost you your whole system, be it all at once, or slowly over time (due to inadeqaute and/or "dirty" power). Don't skimp on this one. $100 for a solid PSU is a much better price than $1,000 for a whole new computer.
As for that warranty, make sure it covers damage to all other components in the computer. Something tells me, it won't.
Roland *The Gunslinger*