Nothing below on this page was written by me.  See my post about TIG 
welders.

Ray

Felix Miata wrote:
> Harry 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.


 
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