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Choosing a PSU, what should I look for
Moriambar:
--- Quote from: rstofer on February 21, 2019, 08:29:03 pm ---In any event, the DP832 is probably out of the price range so it really doesn't matter.
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Exactly.
Albeit it's interesting to see other units (and get envious for not being able to afford them), really there's no way for me to get that psu, so for this topic is immaterial how good it is.
Anyway, in a couple of days I'll decide, but I probably will choose the SPD3303C, because it seems the best I can afford apparently (and especially among the ones I suggested), unless something else pops up.
Cheers
rstofer:
It should be fine!
james_s:
If I were going to spend that much, I'd be looking at a nice used HP/Agilent, Tektronix, etc rather than low end Chinese brands.
Moriambar:
--- Quote from: james_s on February 22, 2019, 04:47:12 am ---If I were going to spend that much, I'd be looking at a nice used HP/Agilent, Tektronix, etc rather than low end Chinese brands.
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Well, apart from finding the used ones (much easier in the us than in europe), one never knows how good the conditions of used stuff is.
I am surely not capable of a repair, and I think that buying a used unit for 300€ and then find out that is broken is basically throwing away the money (and I cannot afford it).
Also I wouldn't be able to choose the specs.
BUT.
If you want and can help me regarding used stuff I can think about it, although I feel it risky since it's basically all the money I got.
The baseline is: I need an at least dual channel psu. I cannot afford more than 300-400€ max all included.
Cheers
rstofer:
At some point, choosing equipment by consensus is a waste of time. Everybody likes what they have, they dislike what they just got rid of (with reason) and it all breaks down with no definitive answers. There is always something just a little better for a little more money. And buying used is truly a risk. Sometimes it works out, sometimes not so much. Sellers almost never pay return shipping so you are out money even if you can send it back.
Drive a stake in the ground, buy something and don't look back. Years from now, if you need something else, sell what you have and buy it. In the meantime you will have gotten years of usage and gained a real awareness of what you like or dislike in some type of equipment.
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