PC tower went bang - any hope?

Burlesque_Babe

It cost £37 so not mega cheap but not really expensive and if it gives the PC a new lease of life, that's fine.

Gordon861

Just to jump into the cheap PSU debate, a lot of modern gfx cards need at least a 500W supply and a couple of dedicated power rails for them so the PSUs can get expensive.

davester

If you do need a new PC don't get it from PC World, If it goes wrong they will deny all responisbility and make bull excuses why its your problem and contact the manufacturer. Worth keeping a set of Consumer laws with your Reciept. so you can rub their nose in it when the Customer service guy tried to fob you off.

davester

davester wrote: »

If you do need a new PC don't get it from PC World, If it goes wrong they will deny all responisbility and make bull excuses why its your problem and contact the manufacturer. Worth keeping a set of Consumer laws with your Reciept. so you can rub their nose in it when the Customer service guy tried to fob you off.

And even if they give in still grass them up to head office and trading standards

cmatt360

Gordon861 wrote: »

Just to jump into the cheap PSU debate, a lot of modern gfx cards need at least a 500W supply and a couple of dedicated power rails for them so the PSUs can get expensive.

to quote alan partridge: ARRRRHARRRRRR

now - I REALLY DID NOT WANT to jump in but:

• Cheap PSUs power ratings are often less than what is labelled.
  
• you can get a sub £30 psu and connect it to a machine with 3 hard disks, 2 optical drives etc... and it will not power all the devices. However the > £30 equivalent will.
  
• They often are noisy - and do run hot. You NEVER get a dell pc with a psu that sounds like it is taking off so why on earth would you build one that does?

I dunno - its like buying a 1K sound system and using £3 interconnects off of ebay