Good cheap power supplies?

[John Prophet]

Ok, I KNOW this gets posted every two weeks, lol...but I had to post it anyway, lol.

I need a decent power supply for some basic builds...nothing too fancy....would like to keep it under $25 at MOST....yes, building on a budget.

I know you can get cheap 400watters for like $14 sometimes etc but I have been burned a few times by those that are THAT cheap, lol...so I want the step up from that for those times when the el cheepos dont have enough 5v sb or whatever (like for k7s5a's)

I know Omardeth has one he recommends..I searched but not very diligently, lol..to find some posts but couldnt.

Any good ideas?

Thanks, JP

[someone16]

Hah, Anandtech did the review on it recently

http://www.techimo.com/articles/index.pl?photo=145

People also have said that Allied PSU's are pretty good.

[John Prophet]

lol..that hilarious..thats the EXACT supply that I was just having terrible problems with..except it was a 400 watt version.

I ordered 2 of them..one died and one would give boot problems on a k7s5a and I noticed it only has 1a of 5v sb current.

Maybe the 500w is better but still....once bitten twice shy.

JP

[PresterJohn]

omardeth recommends the Achieve line...

i have an allied 400w on the machine that i'm typing this post on right now...dual p3 cpus, 3 case fans, 3 hds, 1cdrw, 5 of 6 pci slots filled. i'm pretty satisfied w/the allied. i bought it about 10 months ago from newegg.

[MDS]

JP I have built several buget systems using the following psu and am using on currently on one of my boxes with a K7S5A pro, xp2100, DVD-/+R, DVD rom, CDRW, GF4 ti4600, and 4 case fans for the last year without a hitch and for $20 with free shipping at Directron

PSU

[Epyon9283]

My Antec 400w PS just died tonight. Im using my old 230w ATM with about half my devices disconnected. I was thinking of buying the 400w allied PS from newegg.

[John Prophet]

Well here is the Achieve 500watt for $17 http://www.acortech.com/.sc/ms/cat/1...Power%20Supply

maybe it is stronger than the 400watter...I had 2 400watters from that same dealer above..one died after an xp build, the other just kept giving bad boots on a k7s5a.

Arrrgh.

JP

[stroyal]

http://www.dealsonic.com/40atxpowsupp.html

I have two Allied 400 that have been good so far

Barton 2500+RAID 0 and 3 optical drives and a 9700 pro
and a P4 2400 with 4 drives.

[stroyal]

Not all alleid 400w power supplies are the same.

The one at Deal sonic has higher ratings than the 2 at New Egg

[RAR]

Here's the one Omardeth recommended. I bought one and it works fine. It's $18 + $5 shipping.

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/akidacom...owsup50du.html