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Brand Names Take On Generics In PSU Showdown

Posted by timothy on from the in-lieu-of-flowers dept.

The Raindog writes "The power supply is perhaps the most overlooked element of a modern PC, and yet it's the one component that can irreparably damage the rest of a system. The market is littered with generic PSUs that are often much cheaper than name-brand alternatives, but can you trust them? The Tech Report aims to find out in its latest power supply round-up, which compares the performance, efficiency, and noise levels of a collection of reputable PSUs with some budget, no-name competition. As it turns out, any money you save on a generic PSU purchase will likely cost you more in the long run."

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  1. I've gotta agree. by palegray.net · · Score: 5, Funny

    Generic power supplies are an awful plague upon our fair world. Why, just last week I was using my homebrew PSU rack to power my uncle's hospice life support system. Now I'm going to his funeral this weekend. Tragic, just tragic...

    --
    512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 200 GB transfer, five datacenters. $19.95/month.
  2. Re:Overlooked by feepness · · Score: 2, Funny

    Judging by the number of online reviews and by the 560 (!) power supplies available at Newegg,

    They just overlooked those.

  3. Re:Also check your UPS by weirdo557 · · Score: 1, Funny

    i guess even backup power has its UPS and downs.

  4. Re:Also check your UPS by Gnavpot · · Score: 4, Funny

    t looks like most UPSes make systems *less* reliable on balance. How frequent is a power failure compared to a UPS failure?

    One of the more ironic examples:

    The truck delivering a new UPS unit to a Danish ISP accidentally hit the electric installation on the street outside the server center and cut off the power supply to the server center.

    Of course, the old UPS was disconnected at that time to make room for the new unit.