6 Things to Know When Buying a Power Supply Unit (PSU)

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When you are assembling a new computer, don’t give in to the temptation of buying a cheap power supply unit (PSU). The PSU supplies power to your entire system, and a bad one can cause that expensive motherboard or graphics card to malfunction. Don’t take this risk, ever! PSUs don’t have the same marketing or glitz value as graphics cards or processors. You know that you want Intel’s new Skylake CPUs and you’ll endlessly debate Nvidia vs. Radeon, but chances are, you’d go with just about any PSU, right? That’s a mistake — one that will cost you big time. That’s not to…

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