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Thread ID: 124136	2012-04-08 16:38:00	$1000 gaming computer build needed	sneaky devil (16740)	Press F1

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1268931	2012-04-11 05:32:00	Not a specific one, just a good one. Most bundled PSU's tend to be cheaper models and that's not a great Idea. The one in my original list is a very good option for the price. The PSU is the heart of your PC and you shouldn't cheap out on it, everything depends on it. Corsair is a brand that pretty much everyone agrees on, other good ones are; Antec Silverstone Seasonic Enermax There are other brands I would rate as just "OK" but wouldn't use for anything important. For example both coolermaster and thermaltake have high end models that are pretty good and low end models that are mediocre and have overly optimistic ratings. After saying all that, yes you can buy a case that comes with a 500W or higher PSU and it will run your hardware and probably be ok. The reason no one on here including me will reccommend doing it is that it's like playing russian roulette with your hardware. A cheap PSU can do anything from cause a slightly unstable system that occasionally does random weird things to send a nasty spike into your machine and fry the CPU or something equally fun. Some techs like the cheap PSU's so much they will throw away brand new ones.	dugimodo (138)
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