Ahh I wish that I had come across this article sooner. I had to learn the importance of choosing a good power supply the hard way. I built this awesome gaming rig, a brand new P4, MSI Neo 3 board, and it was loaded. Well I brought the computer up to school with me here where the power is kind of flakey and old and yep I fried almost every piece of hardware on the computer. I RMA?d the board and waited the long wait to get a new on. Guess what? my processor was toast as well, so it just blew the board up as soon as it came in?. Shortly after that incident I had another PS blow up and almost catch the house on fire?. Needless to say, I check the power supply ratings carefully and choose good power supplies from Thermaltake Antec and Enermax and I have not had a problem with computers since. It was a tough lesson to learn and almost cost an insurance policy. Be sure to not only check the PS ratings, but the safety features that will protect your precious expensive components, and your property. I have never failed to overlook a power supply again : ) I recently ordered an Mbox barebones for a new server (finally after almost a year!) to get my personal web server running. The Mbox comes with an Austin PS but I will be replacing that with a quality Enermax to ensure that I don?t ever have a blown PS wrecking my day ever again! Do yourself and your customers a favor and put a good PS in there! It?s something that should not be overlooked and you will be glad to have a stable reliable computer, if I hadn?t overlooked the PS when I built my computer I would have easily saved thousands of $$$$ I think that the ratio of about $140 to $2000 is an easy choice. :rolleyes_anim:
Yes I also purchased a UPS after that little incident?. It has saved me a few times with a tripped breaker while typing some assignments. 
Plus the local computer shop has some pretty decent UPS's here for around $35 so you can't beat that. Ahh live an learn, fortunately I have had some stable power up until this point here (Spoiled)
