Duncan, PC Power and Cooling power supplies are awesome, even now they are still of good quality. 11 years of all day running is a good run, no other power supply probably will not last t hat long.
Story: A friend of mine and I built basically the same computer over 3 years ago. I got a PC Power and Cooling 750 watt Silencer Power Supply and he got a OCZ equivalent at the time (He thought the cost was too much for the PC Power and Cooling power supply). Well, he had to replace his power supply 1 year afterward and ended up paying more for a power supply over time. The only thing is I have updated the motherboard 2 times, updated the sound card 2 times, and video card once. Oh! Forgot I replaced the DVDR as well. It's nice to have a power supply to last longer than the components in the PC. Also, BTW all drives in system are Seagate, and no failures. Well I did have a WD Raptor 150GB it failed 6 months ago due to Bad Sectors. All Seagate's are still running like champs for 3 years, even the 750GB models. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 11:45 AM > To: Hardware Group > Subject: [H] old trooper dies > > Last night I suffered an odd psu failure. I do so hate when old stuff > dies; even though I expect it. > > The pc would turn on, spin up the HD, complete POST, and continue (I > assume). But I had no mouse, kbd, or video. Suspected severe psu sag > or > some huge m/b failure (asus cubx)! Swapped the psu out and the pc is > fine again. > > The old psu was the very first PCP&C psu I ever bought back in 1998. > This old psu has been run 24/7 since install. It was days shy of its' > 11th complete year! I consider this good service for its' $200 cost > back > in 1998. It is a Turbo-Cool 300 ATX. I am doing an autopsy ATM....... > :) > The fan still works! > Best, > Duncan
