Phil Parker schreef:

>On 07/11/2005 at 07:57 AM, Kris Steenhaut  wrote:
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>>Phil Parker schreef:
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>>>On 07/10/2005 at 03:48 AM, "Daniel Lee Kruse"
 wrote:
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>>>>Obviously, I'm going to have to replace the power supply.  Any
>>>>suggestions?
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>>>Antec has been quite reliable for my son on his gaming
machines, and the ones
>>>he's built for friends.
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>>>BTW he tells me no power supply today should be expected to
last more than a
>>>few years. He recommends upgrading/replacing every 3-5 years,
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>>He is in the business, isn't he?
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>"He" meaning my son? Sort of: he does general
repair/service/cleanup work on
>Win boxes very part-time, mostly by word-of-mouth recommendation via friends
>and some of his former teachers (whose machines he's saved more than once),
>but not in any big way (so far). He starts college in August, so his business
>doesn't need to grow too much.
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>The recommendation is based on his own experience and that of his former Cisco
>and network instructor. They had several hundred boxes at his HS, and he
>worked on many of them as part of the team of student techs. (How else does an
>urban US high school afford to maintain that large a wired/wireless network?)
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>He recommends the same for most other major components. Partly because he
>doesn't trust any maker's quality anymore, and partly because after 5 years it
>becomes difficult to get replacement parts for anything remotely approaching a
>reasonable amount of money, especially considering the "bang for
the buck"
>factor.
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>I liked my old box, but my resources aren't unlimited.
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Nevertheless, I still don't see why on Earth I should replace a working 
power supply just like that.

Dunno about bucks, but my euro resources are limited. :-)

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris



 
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