Wanted: power supply for Compaq desktop

[BrianG]

Yeah, Newegg is the place to go. Compaq uses VERY weak supplies and they never hold up over time. They seem to stuff the absolute minimum that will work in the box. My in-laws PC they gave to me was a Core 2 system and it only had a 250w supply. I replaced it with a 700w (I upgraded to a Core 2 Quad CPU and GF GTX460 graphics card).

Even if you haven't or aren't upgrading anything, I'd put in a 300w+ supply in there just to be safe. Even that will only cost you ~$25.