Digital Home Thoughts: First You Get The Power Supply, Then You Get The Computer

"On the other hand, power supplies are often forgotten in offices and for everyday multimedia applications. Truth be told, compact and mid-range PCs don't require a high-performance power supply. However, investing in a high-quality power supply can pay off in several ways."

I have to agree with Tom's Hardware that for most people, power supplies are considered secondary to most other components in a computer. When buying a computer, everyone, even some who want to play games on high powered video cards, look at the specs of video cards, CPUs, memory and hard drives, but hardly ever the power supply. For what is essentially the heart of the computer, I have seen a good power supply make a huge difference for stability and its ability to manage less than ideal power conditions. Cheap power supplies can easily fry themselves, and parts of your computer along with it, when the power goes out. Of course, that would never happen since everyone uses a UPS, right? Right?