Wain wrote:
There's another important question here that isn't being addressed...
What's the wiring like in your home? and what's the general power like in your town?
Many areas of the world(including major cities) do not have stable power output, and may power supplies (especially earlier made ones) cannot handle the stress of it for too long without degrading. Although I have seen some pretty darn strong A2000 PSU's before, it's still worth thinking about.
When things (refridgerator, possibly television, or air conditioner) turn on in your house do your lights dim for half a second? do you live in a place that is frequent for brownouts? do you live in a metropolitan area? Do you live in an "old" building?
If any of these questions are answered "yes", you might also want to look into a line conditioner or a UPS.
I can tell you that a brand new theatre was built in downtown chicago last year, I was sitting with my brother and one of the electricians and we ran a meter across an outlet, and came up with 137 volts.
I've lost PSU's to brownouts and the general wiring of my apartments before, it's been frustrating, but a UPS has been some of the best money I've ever spent.
central london doesn't get many power cuts, so a need for a ups is not that great, however i did make my own home-made ups :-D
I keep my main fileserver in the garage, and i have about 15 heavy duty industrial batteries, then through some circuity things it detects if the voltage is too low and then activates the batteries. But there is a GFCI in the house protecting the entire circuit and i use power surge thingy's on every plug.
