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Friends don't let friends use cheap power supplies, as in cheaply made. They do, however, let them use inexpensive PSUs, which is what we have here. Over at Newegg, you can snag a Corsair CX500 PSU for just $13 after mail-in-rebate.
The PSU is on sale for $41, which itself is a respectable price for a reliable unit of this wattage, though perhaps not spectacular. However, using promo code EMCRJCF49 shaves $3, plus there is a $25 mail-in-rebate available. Suddenly this becomes a tantalizing deal, assuming you don't mind the rebate hassle.
As the model name suggest, the CX500 is a 500W model. It is 80 Plus Bronze certified to run efficiently. The PSU sports a single +12V rail design with 38A available.
Connectors include:
- 20+4 pin main (x1)
- 4+4 pin EPS 12V (x1)
- 6+2 pin PCIe (x2)
- SATA (x5)
- Peripheral/Molex (x4)
- Floppy (x1)
You can grab the CX500 on sale here.
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Paul has been playing PC games and raking his knuckles on computer hardware since the Commodore 64. He does not have any tattoos, but thinks it would be cool to get one that reads LOAD"*",8,1. In his off time, he rides motorcycles and wrestles alligators (only one of those is true).


