Motherboard/CPU comparison

[quasi-modo]

But it seems kind of foolish to go out and buy the power supply at best buy that has the 3 led fans in it and a strobe light. A power supply is a power supply is a power supply, something that is not fancy does not neccessarily spell poor quality. Many cases come with power supplys by decent companies, just check that out first before you buy the psu separate. Make sure the power supply is by aspire, thermal take, enermax, vantec, antec, zalman, and possibly coolmax. Those companies can make a pretty decent quality psu.

I'm pretty sure neither myself nor Hostile has been stressing PSU strobe lights.  We clearly indicated the power supply should be selected on voltage regulation stability and cooling capability.  Quietness is another factor, especially if you are a gamer.  But blue lights on a power supply is not one of our criterion.

Yes, but I recall seeing links to power supplies and I am just saying. The power supply that comes with the case probably is good quality, if you check you might find that you do not need to buy an after market one. I am not disagreeing with you that you should go for a trusted brand, I just can't see myself spending tons of money on it. Just get a 400 watt thermal take, it will work nice and last forever.

[Grok]

The power supply that comes with the case probably is good quality, if you check you might find that you do not need to buy an after market one. I am not disagreeing with you that you should go for a trusted brand, I just can't see myself spending tons of money on it. Just get a 400 watt thermal take, it will work nice and last forever.

The first quoted line above is the source of our divergent opinions.  I find that generally to be untrue.  I find no reason to claim a probability of good quality PSU arriving with a randomly selected chasis.  What Hostile and myself are recommending is that he spend equal time selecting a PSU (or a chasis with a researched PSU).  I do not think you will luck-into a good PSU, and do believe you should spend $60-$80 on a good unit.  Why would people be willing to spend $800-1500 on a new computer, but not $80 on the heart?

[quasi-modo]

What brand is the case. If it is a thermal take, antec, or aspire you know you have a good psu strapped in there. Why not look in the case to see if what comes with it is good before spending more money?

[Eli_1]

What brand is the case. If it is a thermal take, antec, or aspire you know you have a good psu strapped in there. Why not look in the case to see if what comes with it is good before spending more money?

Neither, it's Powmax. One of the reviews on the case said that the PSU sucked, and had to be replaced after a few weeks.

The case and PSU is only 32$, so I'm just gonna assume I'll get what I pay for and buy a better PSU.

[quasi-modo]

What brand is the case. If it is a thermal take, antec, or aspire you know you have a good psu strapped in there. Why not look in the case to see if what comes with it is good before spending more money?

Neither, it's Powmax. One of the reviews on the case said that the PSU sucked, and had to be replaced after a few weeks.

The case and PSU is only 32$, so I'm just gonna assume I'll get what I pay for and buy a better PSU.

those are their brand of powersupply, I have never heard of powmax so buying your own psu is the best option. But just as a side note, some of their psu's do have led fans, lol. I looked on the site, google powmax look at the power supplies.