Power supply recommendations

[Kurt Wall]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 03:38:48PM -0800, Bill Campbell took 31 lines to write:
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2004, Alan Jackson wrote:
> >Well, I'm not much of a hardware guy, but I know some of you are.
> >
> >The fan on my power supply has failed, so I need to get another. It is
> >a SKY HAWK SH250ATX, 250 watt. Should I just replace it with an identical
> >one, or are there recommendations for something different? (The system was
> >first booted up in May, 2001). Or maybe all power supplies are created equal?
> >I doubt that!
> 
> We have had excellent results with ``PC Power and Cooling'' power
> supplies.  They're not the least expensive, but have proven very
> robust and reliable.

On a similar note, if a PC has a 250 watt power supply, is it acceptable to
replace it with a quieter, say, 300 watt power supply?

Thanks,

Kurt

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