BlitzenZeus
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Re: Why you don't use cheap/budget PSU's in your PC
True, but those sparks would usually be contained inside the psu itself since it has a metal case. Then all you have are some boards, silicon, metal, and insulated wires which are resistant to fire. It however likely still is possible to set fire to the insulated wires, and through the motherboard to cause components to likely smoke. Unless the psu was really screwed up, it would take quite a bit of current to be ran through those wires to cause them to ignite, and possibly set fire to the components, however brown out conditions don't even approach this scenario. Even then, the psu should be connected to a grounded plug anyway.
I just don't see a fire getting out of the case unless some spark were actually to escape the case, and land on some paper, however even carpeting is partially fire resistant from something as short lived as a spark.
I see the fire hazard minimal, but there is a real possibility of frying your hardware with a bad psu. I've seen a system fried in brown out conditions, the video card still worked luckily, the drives were still accessible, however one or more of the motherboard components no longer functioned so everything on the mobo itself was considered dead, along with that psu was trashed.
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