Corsair, Seasonic, XFX are way out of my price range
Antec closer but better models are still little too much
$50-$70 price range would be nice.
So for start help me filter brands please:
Antec (14)
Athena Power (5)
AZZA (3)
BFG Technologies (2)
Cooler Master (10)
Coolmax (14)
Corsair (10)
Diablotek (7)
Eagle Technologies (4)
Enermax (1)
Inland (6)
Kingwin (7)
OCZ Technology (19)
PC Power & Cooling (6)
Seasonic USA (3)
Sparkle (4)
StarTech (2)
Thermaltake (9)
Visiontek (1)
XFX (4)
XION (2)
Zalman (1)
Corsair, Seasonic, XFX are way out of my price range
Antec closer but better models are still little too much
$50-$70 price range would be nice.
So for start help me filter brands please:
Antec (14) top brand
Athena Power (5)
AZZA (3)
BFG Technologies (2) middle brand
Cooler Master (10) middle brand
Coolmax (14) avoid
Corsair (10) top brand
Diablotek (7) avoid
Eagle Technologies (4)
Enermax (1) generally pretty good
Inland (6)
Kingwin (7) ?
OCZ Technology (19) some good, some not so good
PC Power & Cooling (6) generally pretty good
Seasonic USA (3) top brand
Sparkle (4) used to use FSP, now considered a middle brand
StarTech (2)
Thermaltake (9) some good, some not so good
Visiontek (1) have no idea
XFX (4) pretty good, I think that they use Seasonic
XION (2) middle brand, I think that they use SuperFlower
Zalman (1)
OCZ isn't best know for their power supply, and since you won't be doing any SLI or xFire by any means, i would go with the Antec 500w:
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0257452
Just to be a bit on the more future proof side of upgrades.
OMG dude. $70. That's steep for a "Basiq". For that price, you can order an Earthwatts from Newegg.
I paid like $35 a peice for my 500W Basiq units at MC some months ago.
Retail Microcenter prices usually are not that bad, sometimes they have better deals than newegg, like i7-950 for $199, but I will not buy Basiq for $70 - It was on sale couple months ago there for $49
They have pretty good OCZ selection, these are in my price range:
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0260161
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0334767
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0303417
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0334768