I just bought 2 power supplies, one of them is an ASUS TUF 450W PSU and the other one is a Corsair CX450M. Both of them are 450W Bronze graded PSUs, but which one of them would you say is with a higher quality and would be more reliable to put in a retro PC that you want to survive for a pretty long time ?
I think both will do fine. Plenty of power for a P4 (even for a Pres"hot").
I have the Corsair CX450-M in two different 'retro' builds (one of them is a P4 Northwood by the way). It's semi-modular. It makes things easier when it comes to cable management.
On the durability front, I've been using a beefy Corsair power supply in my main gaming rig with current hardware for over 7 years now. It works perfectly fine, that's why I tend to go with Corsair, but that's only my own experience.
Hope it helps!
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