Had unplugged my tower from the mains over the weekend. Came back to it, plugged it in and turned the power switch on at the wall when the rig made a loud "POP/BANG" noise and failed to work. PSU has the smell of death (faintly) about it. Now just praying it didn't take anything with it...
Long story short, I need a new PSU (and probably a new board )
Was using an FSP460-60PFN (9 molexes!! ) but was thinking of getting either an FSP blue storm or a OCZ SilentXstream. Have a few hard disks, one passively-cooled AGP card, a 90w P4 chip and a pile of fans so need about 400-500w, mostly on 12v.
I'm a little tempted by This Fortron 550w psu (£16 is about $22) though i'm getting sick of the sound of psu's with 80mm fans, apart from the fact I'm now somewhat wary of second-hand supplies, even Fortron ones.
Questions:
1/ Can you think of a better supply than already thought?
2/ Which would be best for a standard 3-year-old setup?
3/ Does FSP have anything on any of it's sites about warranties? (had no luck when i tried).
Thanks.
Thoughts?
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