[geeks] Good quality ATX case with side access HDD bays?

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Fri May 28 15:02:32 CDT 2010


On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:10:32AM -0400, nate at portents.com wrote:
> On Fri, 28 May 2010 00:54:48 -0500, Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
> wrote:
> > I know, "you get what you pay for" - but for $22, these have worked just
> > fine so far.
> With all due respect, Bill, that's not good advice... the one component I
> recommend no one ever skimp on in any way is the power supply, for the
> simple reason that cheap/bad power supplies not only cost you more in the
> long run due to their low efficiency (converting power from your wall into
> more waste heat), but can damage or destroy the equipment you have hooked
> up to it!

As I said, the $20 power supplies are going into systems that don't matter,
that I built up out of junk-box parts.  

For systems that matter, I use Corsair or PC Power & Cooling.  I don't
(normally) skimp, either.

Bill

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Bill Bradford 
Houston, Texas



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