As Scott Mueller says in his book, bad power supplies are the most common source of PC problems.
Speaking for myself I use either PC Power & Cooling or Antec power supplies. It's amazing how these power supplies just quietly work wonders. I put a PC Power and Cooling 510 watt unit in my latest computer because at full operating temperature it will still deliver 480 watts if needed, and that is about what the latest video cards like the Nvidia need. I can't afford the $500 video card right now, but next year I'll be able to.
I also use 3 Uninterruptible Power Supply units. 2 of these are Belkin supplies and 1 is APC. My first APC unit was defective and the long drive back to the store to exchange it really annoyed me. I bought a Belkin unit, then later on a second Belkin unit, then much later an APC Back UPS XS 800. Together these UPS units have saved me any my wife many an unexpected shutdown and loss of data.
Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
RoboticGolem wrote:
Does everyone here agree that a 500watt power supply is sufficient enough for a dual MP 1800 board with 4 hard disks, DVDrom, cdrw, dvdrw, and plenty of self powered usb hubs? I'm trying to figure out whats up with my computer and my next stop is to call an electrician.
-Matt
