> I have never had a PSU fail
Oh, I have.
> but mine are all branded and not on the cheap end.
I see more cheapie PSUs than branded ones. I see failed examples of both.
I don't think I've got nearly enough data to form an opinion of whether or
not the branded ones are more reliable.
> Disks die often, motherboards occasionally but mostly fatally and are
> normally pretty obvious.
Connectors are the most usual type of failure.
I've got a failed motherboard in a PC in my office. The machine had a
fire[1] in it, so we removed it from the customer and gave them something
new. The only thing I can find failed is the USB ports (none of which work
at all).
But I had a failed motherboard a while back that was caused by a failed
PSU. That one wasn't re-usable :-(
Vic.
[1] Yes, a real fire. There were properly blackened bits inside.
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