Blew my PSU

[ken_cinder]

Can anyone recommend me a good, stable power supply in the 400-500w range that won't cost me an arm and a leg?

Don't say Enermax, cause every PSU they sell is retardedly overpriced from what I've seen. I don't give a rats ass if all the rails are adjustable and theres neon lights in my damn PSU, I just want stability.

[Mooney]

Since you didn't mention your case type, I'll just assume it's an ATX.

 

If you want SUPER cheap:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817159043

 

Mid range:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817148008

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817171007

 

Too bad I haven't had too much experience buying PSU's as my case came with a nice 450 watt PSU that works just fine for me.

[Shibathedog]

I own that Apevia (Aspire) one, and i can tell you first hand its a very good PSU

[ken_cinder]

Top one is apparantly not truly 400w, and the other 2 have been given several terrible reviews. Don't do Newegg, but thanks for at least suggesting something.

 

Right now I'm running less a hard drive and an optical drive. 2 PCI cards out and no AUX power (And as such my CPU fan is running off an IDE molex - fan adapter lol ) on a 250w PSU. Serves the purpose for now, and keeps me from being relegated to using my PIII 600.

[Gryph]

Antec and Thermaltake are two brands I trust.

 

Here's a 420W silent one from Thermaltake for $40: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817153006

 

I learned my lesson by going with a cheap PSU once. Most unstable piece of crap ever.

[Shibathedog]

yeah but the apeva was given bad reviews by some people for stupid reasons

 

noise doesnt bother me and with that one theres even a knob on the back to turn down fan speed, its stable and reliable for me anyway (and a friend of mine has had that same one for a year or 2 and his still works, and he has some crazy super overclocked system, so for the people that say it doesnt last long i dont know what they are talking about or how they blew it)

[ken_cinder]

Picked myself up a 430w Cooler Master. All of the companies you guys recommended, have been severely slammed on every hardware site I go to, namely HardOCP's forums have a thread dedicated to just this and they're all on the "S**T" list.

 

I've always liked Tt's stuff, but they apparantly don't even make their own PSU's, some cheap Chinese mfg does and they have bad reviews everywhere. Guess they should stick to cooling.