A couple of years ago when I bought a “bare” (no-OS) HP to use ,as a base for modding with peripherals–added memory and video/sound, more storage, etc.–I fully intended one of those mods to be a much more capable (and reliable) power supply. Well, I’ve finally done so, but only because the “commodity” power supply that came with the thing finally failed. Now, to be clear, I hadn’t really expected the thing to last this long, anyway, as it was very obviously the weakest link in the box as it was built, so I ought to have replaced it much, much sooner. But still…
OK, so the truth is that I’m too much of a tightwad to have replaced it before it actually failed. But now that it has, I’ve picked up a MOR Corsair 650TX to replace the 350W piece of commodity-grade junk. No, it’s not a PC Power and Cooling tank, but it’s certainly Good Enough:
For my purposes, I particularly like the single 52A 12+V rail.
Of course, since that machine’s back in my un-AC-ed office, it’ll see use only on cooler days (or when I really need that machine’s capabilities) through the end of August. Unless I actually get that office moved downstairs before then. 🙂