Ok I read PSU 101 and Case 101 and I did learn a few things. I must say both of those are written VERY well and are pretty helpful. So I want to start by thanking the creators of them, THANK YOU
Now like I listed before I dont really need a case seeing as I have 3 spares already, but if I can get a decent case with a decent power supply for the same price I would rather pick up a combo deal. So I found this on newegg and I would like to know if the PSU that is included is worth a damn.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811164066
Ok I was reading through everything I wrote and I noticed that I didnt give you guys much detail into the use of this PC and components. So here is the deal for what this PC is going to be used for. It is going to go into either the spare guest room in my house or in my parents room. Either way it wont be used as a gaming PC and it is going to be staying put and not carted around from house to house. There is going to be 3-5 Hard drive in it, but 2 of them are going to be Exterenal and the other 3 are going to be internal 300gig drives each (I know I will need to get molex splitters for the PSU). It is either going to have a ECS K7S5A Mobo with anywhere from a 1.8 Ghz to a 2.0GHZ AMD processor, 4-5 fans, A DVD RW and Basic CD Rom drive. Now the last thing is going to be a eVGA GeForce MX4000.
So as you can see components wise there is not much there, but the PC is going to be used to watch movies, downloads, school work, MUSIC, Surfing, playing Emulators and possibly the SIMS. So its not going to be used for gaming, but it will be on for long periods of time and hooked up to a Surge Protector. So is this PSU above good for doing such or should I look somewhere else? Now please keep in mind I want to get off cheap, because this is not a main PC or even a secondary PC, in here it is more like a 4 or 5th PC. See the deal is one of my brothers good friends might be living with us for about a year because his mother pretty much abandoned him for drugs and his father is a low life scumbag who left years ago, and the rest of his family is from Ohio, so he has no one else out here to help him and he doesnt want to leave his school, so my parents are going to take him in until his mother straightens out. I'm not sure if my parents are going to buy him a cheap one or if they are going to put this one in his room (our spare room) or if they are going to take it. This is why I'm trying to get off as cheap as I can, because its not really going to be used for much, BUT it will be used a fair amount. Originally I was just going to build this and keep as a back up, but since I found out about Matt coming to live with us my plans changed.
I don't need anythign fancy, just something that will work and last atleast 1-2 years without to many issues. I know that some people live by the saying "you get what you pay for" and I mostly agree with that, but I just need something and I dont want to spend alot, because after he leaves this thing is going to end up as a huge bookend. I hope that is enough info for you to get a better idea
List of what is going to be used:
ECS K7S5A Mobo with anywhere from a 1.8 Ghz to a 2.0GHZ AMD processor
4-5 fans
A DVD RW and Basic CD Rom drive
eVGA GeForce MX4000
512mb-1g Ram
... chances are the cheapest one you can find will get you buy, but with the higher prices come greater features, warranties, and reliabilities...