Sorry. The brands you cite are brands that advertised heavily, and then
are priced to pay for that advertising. 

Of course, a brand that is 60-70% the price of others for the same
nominal spec must have cut corners in this very competitive market.

But, pay 2-3 times normal? I'd suggest that before doing so, there are
used PS's to be recycled. 

said Harry, stirred by:
     Kenn Yuill 's message of:
     Friday 13 Jan 06 at 07:13 PM,
     On: Re: [OS2HW] PSU prices
     [echoed below, at least in part]

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Felix Miata wrote as follows on 13/01/06 16:50:

>arry Travis wrote:
> 
>  
>
>>> Ray Davison wrote:
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
>>> Actually there's more. Shop by weight. You need some copper in there
>>> for it to be good. The light ones are the cheap ones, regardless of
>>> brand and price, but the low price ones tend to be the lightest ones,
>>> those most likely to fall short of their advertised specs, or to fail
>>> prematurely and destroy your motherboard, CPU & RAM in
the process. 
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
>>> Better engineering can lead to weight reduction. Switching
supplies are,
>>> after all, about size and weight reduction. Money into weight reduction
>>> means a saving in shipping, maybe several times.
>>    
>>
> 
>Can and do aren't the same thing. I have many puters, and have had and
>repaired many more. The heavy power supplies are the ones that last
>longer than the rest of the system, and then some. The lightweights are
>the ones that when they die, as often they do, kill motherboards, CPUs
>and RAM, all of which cost a LOT more than the little bit of money you
>"save" buying a $20 lightweight power supply instead of a heavier $40
>power supply, not to mention troubleshooting problems caused by the
>cheapies' out of tolerance operating characteristics.
>

    Not being up-to-date on PSUs, heavyweight versus lightweight 
descriptors doesn't mean as much to me as names of brands &/or models, 
especially if a vendor stocks only one  make or type.  I know about "PC
 Power & Cooling" as a desirable brand plus "Quiet PC"
& "SilentMaxx" 
have been mentioned here or elsewhere as quality brands.  I have a
heavy  "Enhance" AT-class in my old Gateway from 1989, which worked
fine in  2001, but is likely obsolete now.
    Although this request has probably been made in the past, would 
anyone suggest some reliable brands/models for this
knowledge-challenged  user?
TIA.


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