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Low budget power supply?

cardiac

cardiac

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Looking for a PS around $40-50 for a new system. Used for Internet browsing, picture editing, and Word and Excel usage. I'm getting an Asus M3A78 780G MB, AMD 7750, WD Black 640gb HD, 4 gb Patriot mem, and a Lite-on DVD burner. Going to use the on-board video for now.

It doesn't get taxed too heavily. What would be a good supply? Anything fairly reliable around $40? Would like to get it from Newegg, as I am getting some of the other parts above from there.

Thanks a bunch,

Bob
 
Thanks Larry. Just went and read the reviews, and it seems pretty decent. I believe I'll go with it....

Thanks,

Bob
 
Those look pretty good too. I haven't heard of Seasonic before. Have they been around a while?

Thanks, Bob
 
I'm personally partial to the Silverstone above and it's 350w little brother, which would also work fine for you

Antec makes good PSU's too, but their basiq line from what I hear is pretty crappy compared to their good models
 
Looking for low budget TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT PSU while my Corsair 520HX is replaced under warranty. My system is similar to cardiacs, but I have a 8800GTS inside...(otherwise, 1 WB Caviar Black, 1 DVD burner, everything else is removed for now). Will that PC/PC work for me too? Here are a couple of others I'm considering...

Thermaltake

Raidmax

OCZ

Apevia

I'm leaning toward the OCZ or the PCPC mentioned above, but not sure the 370W is enough. The OCZ is 500W,but is it at least decent quality? Keep in mind, this is a temporary replacement only, when I'm done with it, it will probably go on my test bench. I just don't have another spare right now...
 
Bones, the Thermaltake has 18a on the 12v. Nowhere near enough. Apevia and Raidmax are crap. The OCZ is a bit suspect. I'd probably just get the Silencer 500w listed above.
 
DOH! Right you are...the first one I looked at had dual rails, I just assumed it did too. In that case, how about...

Corsair 400

30A on 12V...should be enuf to do one HDD, an Intel 2160 dual core and a 8800? NO OC on this box...
 
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