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Originally Posted by Plaid13
Well like i said in the orignal post i am damn near broke but i have a budget of about $100 I think getting a cheap one that wont last as long would just end up costing more in the long run. and i personally cant stand that to waste money like that. Spending $50 now just to need to spend another $80-100 in a year or so is not a good deal when i could just spend a little more now and get one that will last. I would love to be able to afford to just spend $250 on a power supply and not have to think about it but thats just out of the question.
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Yeah, except the $41 430w Thermaltake is exceptionally high quality and has 1800 reviews on NewEgg at 5 egg rating. I have one and I'm running a huge LCD, 3 internal HDDs which get video recorded to them frequently and games running constantly, a raptor HDD, dual core CPU, geforce 8, two DVD burners and a soundblaster audigy sound card and the PSU is absolutely perfect.
It may not fit your needs but it's definitely not a low quality PSU. Price does not reflect the quality of a power supply...only the brand and amps reflect the quality for the most part.
BTW a good indicator of a high quality PSU is how many rails it has. Lower rails actually means better efficiency. 2x12v rails is what you want, with as many components plugged into a single rail as possible. Many people believe the opposite of this.