On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:48:48 -0600, jakdedert wrote:
Hey, look at it this way: you already have the makings of a second computer.
Buy a new case with power supply. Use the p.s. to swap-test your old one;
then buy new drives/memory/cpu and you've got two computers...or sell the
m.b./p.s. combo as a 'barebones' kit. If your old p.s. is bad, use the new
one or replace it. A case w/p.s. doesn't cost all that much more than a
p.s. alone.

The problem is that case/p.s. combinations almost invariably have a power
supply that is a complete piece of ****. They might have triacs rated for
an output of 450W, but they die all the time with less than a 200W
load.

Given the choice between a $39 case/P.S. (with an $8 power supply included)
and a $39 power supply, I'll take the latter.