PSU quality is hit-and-miss on the no-name cases.  I received a decent-spec
300W PSU in a $20 (shipped) JNC case from Ebuyer.com last year, and it's
still doing fine.   OTOH I bought a Kingcase from Ebuyer this year that had
a 300W supply with far less impressive specs.

I will say that I've had experience with Powmax once and won't repeat it.
The unit was working fine when left on 24x7 for about 2 months.  I made the
mistake of powering down and it wouldn't come back on.  At least it didn't
fry any components in the failure mode.

Carl

-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adam Favre
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:19 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Decent Computer Case That Includes Power Supply

My concern was that I have been reading (in many different forums) that some
of the included power supplies are somewhat questionable or tend to fail
soon after purchase.  I was warned at one point to stay away from brand x
(PowMax, etc.) because of this very reason. I don't see the point of
purchasing both items seperately UNLESS there is a good reason.

I am not  going to be an extreme overclocker (at least not yet), so  I was
just curious if I was being fed a line or if there really was a problem with
the mamjority of the included supplies.

There are a few neater looking cases that I may opt for unless there is good
reason to avoid inncluded supplies.

The other thought I had was that I would simply buy another supply once the
"included" failed.

At present, at least from  Dorothy's response, I don't have a lot to worry
too much about the included versions.

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