Unusually good power cord for the money?

Learn, Learn, Learn

About conductor material, dielectric materials, shielding materials.

And how these things affect performance based on:

What they are,
how they're laid out (topology)
How they're connected (especially shields)

And if you don't want to learn, you have three choices:

1.) Buy the first thing some Agonner says is best.
2.) Stick with the OEM cord.
3.) Buy the biggest gauge (like 10AWG), unshielded cord, you can find and it will probably do just fine. Why "unshielded"? Because the shield (if it is shielded) might not be connected in the most optimum way, and you'd be in no position to tell; with the result that it could cause more problems than it solves.

The best cord is the one that came w/the component! "A fool and his money are soon parted."

There are many cords that will make a big improvement over ANY stock cord. One of the better places to start are the Chris VenHaus designs. I have a few of them around still, but mostly on the computer and stuff like that. Stock powercords are not good, anything will be an improvement, but there is no need to buy $2000 power cords for $500 equipment.

There are a lot of DIY designs that can be very effective too, if you don't mind doing a little work. Again Chris Venhaus can help, as I think he still sells kits. I could be wrong about that, but if he doesn't there are others here who do sell them.

I would consider an after market PC a good investment. If you're not sure, but a used one, if it doesn't satisfy you, resell it.

radio shack,$9.99.

Check out Ernie Meunier's DIY offerings. Great power cords, assembled, or, you can build them yourself with good supplied instructions, and materials, usually in 30 min, or less. It's fun, too. Member lookup: "Subaruguru". He offers great cords at very reasonable prices. Try one, you'll like it. If you don't you can probably sell it on the 'gon.