Thanks, Panda.Yea you can switch it out without issue. Any decent surge protector should be fine as well.
I wish you would have been more timely with this reply!Don't hook the power leads to your nipples, no matter how good of an idea it sounds in your head.
I would also recommend pulling the power supply completely out and taking the cover off and blowing out the inside, a lot of smoke and dust can build up and cause a dead power supply faster than you would think.