[premrajeev]

GENERIC POWERSUPPLY IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR NORMAL WORKING ENVIORMENTS. I have been using I's cabinet for all my 4 PC's for more than 2years now and with no probs. Even my Athlon O/C'd rig runs on Generic I smps which came with the casing. The m/c is fully loaded with ATX mobo, DVDRW,DVD-CDRW combo,Geforce FX 5200 256mb,PCI LAN card,Creative Live 5.1,PCI Modem, 2x 80 gb ata hdd's, 1 fdd, neon lights, coolermaster heatsink, 5 extra fans.

My hitachi 19" monitor is plugged directly into the wall socket (not to smps).

Lets take a calculation : POWER REQUIREMENTS.

Processor : 50 - 70w
mobo : 15-20 w
pci cards each : 2 to 5 w
creatice live : 5-7 w
cd/dvdr : 8 w each
hdd : 2-5 w
tuner : 2-5 w
addl.fans : 2- watts each
agp : 35 - 85 w

total consumption : 230 watts max.
considering the facts that these are the max cosumption, and are not simultaneous, the average consumption will be aorund 150-160 watts.

a generic 300w rated power supply can give output of around 180watts.
even ANTEC 500 is able to output 320w//

SO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM IN USING GENERIC PSU'S ????

ONLY THING IS U HAVE TO KEEP A GOOD UPS..( THIS IS FOR ALL UPS'S)..
ANYTHING CAN BURN ...I LIVE IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA,WHERE LOT OF POWER FLUCTUATION IS NORMAL, STILL NO UPS, AND NO BURNING MY SMPS..VERY HAPPY WITH IT..NO PROBLEMS..THOSE WHO HAVE LOT OF CASH, INVEST IN GOOD SMPS'S.

OTHERWISE, JUST OPEN THE CASE OF A WELL KNOWN BRAND, AND A GENERIC ONE, AND LOOK INTO IT...AND U CAN SEE URSELF, THE DIFFERENCE...