PSU help, for amd board

[lynx6200]

I have a asus a8n sli deluxe board with amd 3400+ 7600gt, 2 HD's, and cd. I recently changed cases and somehow managed to wire the power buttons incorrectly, but the system still worked for some reason.

Anyway, the thing is, there was a minor storm, and apparently my xclio psu decided to call it quits after ive had it for maybe 3 years. So im hesitant to go with that brand again (though it was a recommended pick from psu 101).

I used an emachines psu to test my board, so that worked (somehow emachines beats the supposedly good stuff).
What I dont understand is, i used two emachines psu, both with 20 pin connectors (my board has a slot for 24, but one of the psu's worked, the other just caused the green light on my board to flash?
Anyway, I'd like a cheap but quality psu that wont blow out on me any time too soon. Ive check the recommendations list, but its a bit out of date. Thanks

[PC eye]

With the same model board here I simply ran an Antec 480w TP II until adding in the second sata to go with the two ide hard drives and two optical. From there I moved upto the TP II 550w which is above what you need there. Here's a comparison between good and bad makes and models to look over and find one for a good price on the "good" list.

Good:
Antec(except Smart Power models) - Astec - AOpen - Channel Well - Coolermaster - Enermax(except Liberty models)
- Enlight - Fortron Source (Sparkle) - HEC - OCZ Technology - PC Power & Cooling - PowerMan
- Seasonic - SilverStone - Sunbeam - Tagan(older models) - TTGI/SuperFlower - Vantec - Zippy / Emacs - Verax - XCLIO - Zalman
- Corsair - Ultra

Bad:
Allied - Antec Smart Power models seem to lack(recommend True Power or NeoHE) - Aspire - CoolMax - DEER - Enermax Liberty models - ePower - EYE-T
- KingStar - L&C - Linkworld - Logisys - PowerMagic - PowerUp - Powmax - Q-Tec - Raidmax - Skyhawk - Star
- Turbolink - ThermalTake(complaints heard some good some ???) - Rosewill - SilenX ??? ToPower(newer models)

[chupacabra]

Originally Posted by lynx6200

Anyway, the thing is, there was a minor storm, and apparently my xclio psu decided to call it quits after ive had it for maybe 3 years. So im hesitant to go with that brand again (though it was a recommended pick from psu 101).

3 Years is a lot of time and more for an old model psu, you should be happy unless you paid 150$+ at that time, you might want to get an ultra model on tigerdirect or smt like that

[konstruct]

I'd like a cheap but quality psu >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. how do you spell contradiction ?????????????


you can get an antec trio 650 watt for around $112.00 for full 5 year warranty

or antec trio 650 watt for $75.00 for a refurbished unit with 15 day warranty


ball is in your court; you want to kick or receive ????

[konstruct]

mwave.com

[PC eye]

Originally Posted by konstruct

mwave.com

They back their customers there good. I look there when newegg gets low on inventory like lately. But for a basic or budget deal you can easily grab a few 430-480w model supplies and have no problems. Several can be found for less then $70 if you shop around by good makes.

[ceewi1]

Define cheap. How much do you want to spend?

[lynx6200]

Okay, well maybe not super cheap, but I thought I might be able to get by around 30 or 40 dollars. Its just that I'm already thinking of getting a new computer down the line, like a laptop, so I don't went to spend a whole lot towards this one, although 50$ or so is fair, but than again that would $50 towards my new comp. :/ Its just, I don't see why these commercial PC's seem to maybe have less quality, but last longer. My dell desktop is about 11 years old with no problems.

Thanks for the replies.

[ceewi1]

The Ultra XVS 600W ($49.99 with discount code in link) would be a fantastic choice.

[lynx6200]

Thanks for the suggestion ceewi1, I'm actually going to go by the store in Raleigh, so hopefully they will have that or a similar one in stock.