26.7 Our Picks
Although
we certainly haven't used every power supply
available, we have used a lot of them over the past 20 years. During
that time, we have come to prefer power supplies from PC Power &
Cooling (http://www.pcpowerandcooling.com). In every
respect, PC Power & Cooling units are simply the best power
supplies made. They are built like tanks, extremely reliable, and
well regulated. In all the years we have used PC Power & Cooling
power supplies, we have had exactly one unit fail. And that power
supply failed gracefully, not taking the motherboard, processor,
drives, and other components with it, as so often happens with lesser
power supplies. PC Power & Cooling makes a variety of power
supplies, including the Standard economy series, the TurboCool
performance series, and the Silencer series of quiet power supplies.
One of them is almost certainly right for your system.
In the past, we recommended PC Power & Cooling power supplies
exclusively. Some readers balked at the higher cost of PC Power &
Cooling units, however, so by popular request we began evaluating
less expensive units. After looking at power supplies from Sparkle,
Antec, Enermax, and others, we chose those made by Antec (http://www.antec-inc.com). The Antec TruePower
units are the best power supplies we know of that are not made by PC
Power & Cooling. They are well built, durable, tightly regulated,
very quiet, and less expensive than similar PC Power & Cooling
units. We regard Antec TruePower units as, if not quite equal to PC
Power & Cooling units, at least the next best thing.
For what it's worth, Robert and Barbara use PC Power
& Cooling or Antec TruePower power supplies in all of their
personal systems and servers.
For our detailed current recommendations by brand name and model
number, visit http://www.hardwareguys.com/picks/power.html.
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