Yeah, power supplies are surprisingly cheap nowadays. Replacing the power supply gives new life to the computer and extends the life of the computer in the long run for future upgrades and additions later. My thoughts are, 250watts is rather low by today's standards with the number of drives a person can add in their system, or upgrading a video card, or adding other cards in the PCI slots or upgrading memory. Everything attached to the motherboard draws current.
Yep agree..... Only brand name puter I'll buy is a laptop, my desktops I build from components I select. Thank Maximum PC Magazine and freeper future snake eater for that in-expensive little hobby of mine....:o)
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