Can anyone recommend a good budget PSU?

[TheBlueRaja]

Title says its all really, can anyone recommend a good budget PSU?

Im looking to replace my dads one, its a standard PSU that came with a cheap ass case.

He's having random reboots (black screening and no blue screen) that even a format and rebuild has had no effect on and the PSU is my last stab.

Thanks

[DocDutch]

something like this perhaps TBR?

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135198

[zinglebarb]

there is no such thing

Doc has recommended a cheap psu there will be loads on there

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Specifying your required output power would help

[TheBlueRaja]

Im looking to find a reasonably good budget PSU at around 400W.

Ideally in the 25 - 35 quid price bracket.

[zinglebarb]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/120376

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114929

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135159

dunno if they are any good but they are decent brands

[sandanser]

A standard 400w PSU will do matter which make it is. There's no such thing as "good" & "budget" combined in one sentence. You get what you pay for these days. My PSU cost me £35 but is silent & 600w with LED's & 2 fans.
Any decent computer shop will stock standard 400w PSU's.

Personally I'd test the PSU prior to replacing it & check the HDD for errors as there may be a bad sector? You can buy a PSU tester quite cheaply, I swear by them PSU's operate on 3 levels of power so a tester will prove it one way or another.

As for the errors, there'll seem like there's no blue screen as it flashes up in a split second as XP restarts by default. Try starting in safe mode (press f8 after the post beep) and go into system properties - advanced then start up & recovery - settings - & untick the automatically restart. Then when you reboot it'll show a blue screen if there is an issue with XP, HDD or drivers etc. The error code will then be visible & you can take it from there. It'll look something like this; STOP: error code 0x00000024 ...... or similar?

Sorry if thats off the mark but my experience tells me it's HDD or software related & possibly a corrupt NTFS file system (stop error 24 as above).
Good luck & if you get stuck I've got spare PSU's which I can post to you if you pay the postage

[zinglebarb]

Disagree totally about the psus the evidence is all over this place

let me just point you to this example of a cheap well known exploding psu http://www.bestec.co.uk/

[v0id]

I've always used stock power supplys that came with a case, and the only time I've replaced one is when I've done a new build :/

[zinglebarb]

try and run a Q6600, a 8800 GT anything, 5 hard drives and 3 optical drives off one dude

[greencreeper]

I'd always spend a fair bit on a PSU - less likely to come home to find the firemen dampening down the ruins.

I have an Enermax Infiniti 720W - modular. Very big though - but beautiful construction.

[Delta Whiskey]

I bought this one for my new box - 570W Pro PSU Dual Fan PSU - £39.99
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...=48410&doy=9m5

[TheBlueRaja]

I've went and bought a Seasonic 300W PSU for 25 quid. From what i can agther round the web these are excellent PSU's.

I used a PSU power calucator and for my dads PC it came out as only needing 184W so 300W should be plenty.

[Halcyon]

I've always been a fan of Tagan and Seasonic.

[The Hitman]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/750-WATT-RETAI...QQcmdZViewItem

This is a Zing Approved psu

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-850-...QQcmdZViewItem

Even better