In days gone by, power supplies used to be the most overlooked component in the computer. I remember my early days of PC building when it was all about finding the cheapest PSU you could get your hands on and looking for 'just enough' when it came to wattage. No more, however, as the power supply market has exploded. Now we see everything from those same cheap power supplies to $500 models pushing over 1300 watts of power. Just the other day I pulled a co-worker's computer apart. It's about three years old or so and it's running a 250W power supply. I didn't even know those existed anymore! But I digress.

What we have here today is a pretty 'middle of the road' entry from Tagan, in the form of the Silver Power 600W. Let's face it. Most of us don't need 1300 watts of power pulsing through our systems. Sure, it's nice to have the bragging rights that come along with that package, but why spend all that extra money when you could spend it on something else, like software or even extra memory?

So let's have a look at it, the Silver Power 600W, part of their Blue Lightning Series.