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OhioGuy

Hey, I forgot to include a link to where I found the best deal on the Spire
300,000 MTBF 400 Watt PS.

I spent about half an hour comparison shopping, and the best deal I found
was here:

www.shop4tech.com

$39.99 including shipping, no tax here
 
OhioGuy said:
Hey, I forgot to include a link to where I found the best deal on the Spire
300,000 MTBF 400 Watt PS.

I spent about half an hour comparison shopping, and the best deal I found
was here:

www.shop4tech.com

$39.99 including shipping, no tax here
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Do you believe *everything* you read ?

Their 600W unit is rated at 400,000 MTBF.

http://www.spirepower.com/SP-600W.htm

By extrapolation, if they made a 10,000W power supply,
it would last forever...

Maybe Spire is owned by the same company that makes Monster cables :-)

Paul
 
Do you believe *everything* you read ?

Nope. But with a 3 year warranty, it's GOT to be better than those ~$20
or so no name power supplies I was going to go with. They had MTBF ratings
of around 30,000 hours.

The big aspect that made the decision for me was the fact that I found
shipping weights listed on several websites.

Shipping weight for no name PS = 2.5 pounds

Shipping weight for Spire = 5 pounds

I've read that heavier power supplies generally use heavier duty parts,
and tend to last longer.
 
OhioGuy said:
Nope. But with a 3 year warranty, it's GOT to be better than those ~$20
or so no name power supplies I was going to go with. They had MTBF
ratings of around 30,000 hours.
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Actually the specs claim MTBF as 300.000 hours (12.5 days). Probably closer
to the truth than 300,000 hours (34 years).

Charlie
 
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