Small budget for a new PSU

margarenao

margarenao

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My used PSU killed 2x 3.5" drives with a loss of ~300GB of data during a backup about 3 weeks ago. I'm now at the point where I'm able/forced to order some new parts. I'm thinking of a good quality 450-550W PSU, 128GB SSD System drive (current system drive usage is sub 40GB) and a Samsung 500GB+ 2.5" S2 USB drive, while they're still available. I'll use my current System drive for the data drive and use the 120BG current data drive for secondary backup. I'll probably go for Intel, Crucial or possibly Samsung for the SSD, so I'm really only looking for recommendations on the PSU but other comments are, of course, welcome.
 
Corday said:
Since popular brands are made by more than one company, I find this list more useful than the brand names. https://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/psu_manufacturers
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Long time since I've seen that site linked, looks like it hasn't been updated since way back then either.

The RealHardTech site linked from there has recently gone AWOL too, pity as it was another very useful source of gen.
 
satrow said:
Long time since I've seen that site linked, looks like it hasn't been updated since way back then either.

The RealHardTech site linked from there has recently gone AWOL too, pity as it was another very useful source of gen.
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Can you please provide the link of the new source you're suggesting?
 
satrow said:
Long time since I've seen that site linked, looks like it hasn't been updated since way back then either.

The RealHardTech site linked from there has recently gone AWOL too, pity as it was another very useful source of gen.
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Wish we could get an update. That info makes a great difference. As an example, many of us recommended Corsair. When they changed suppliers for certain price points, that changed everything.
 
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