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Originally Posted by Scottyyy /img/forum/go_quote.gif
The reason most would recommend the Corsair isn't because we're full of "chit", it's because Enermax have a known higher failure rate.
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I guess you can't read or comprehend very well.
My criticism wasn't directed at those who recommend Corsair's, it was for one thing directed at those who make blanket statements about
any mfg based on one bad experience with a mfg's product, which may or may not bear much resemblance to a given mfg's
other products.
To be fair, if you go over to
Corsair's PSU forums you'll see they've had their share of complaints from customers as to overheating, non-functioning units, strange buzzing noises, and other issues.
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I'd say a few things about that link:
1. It doesn't tell who or what is this:
"the failure rate of power supplies recorded by a major French e-commerce." Is it an online vendor? Retail or wholesale/OEM? With what/how did they determined what a PSU "failure" was? How do we know some weren't customer abuse, incorrect installation, shipping damage, etc? This is too vague a statement for me to put much creedence in.
2. The article is all over the place as far as specifically which PSU's allegedly failed and why. Exactly how many of each PSU brand, line, or model allegedly "failed"? What was the nature of the failure? What was the rated power output and price range?
They mention 3 models of Antec SmartPower's and 1 of their Neo's, but not their other models like TruePower or budget; no Fortron's, 1 ThermalTake, 0 Tagan's, 1 Enermax, 1 Hiper, and 2 Seasonic's. Obviously all of these makers have many other models.
For example it states,
"Enermax' rates oscillate from 1.8 to 5.1% (Liberty EL620AWT)." So what does that mean - if you took the Liberty 620 out would Enermax's alleged overall "failure rate" be closer to or lower than the 1.8% figure - and therefore "acceptable"? Should we assume that the Liberty 620 is overall a problematic design and one that should be avoided, or perhaps Enermax may have inadvertently specced a
part or parts for it that has proven to be problematic with the design? Did Enermax perhaps get an unreliable or out-of-spec batch of parts for those Liberty models? Does this alleged "problem" extend to other Liberty models, or other Enermax models?
Et cetera and so on.
3. It must be remembered that some of the mfg's listed - like ThermalTake, Hiper, Tagan - have re-branded designs as I mentioned earlier, and it's possible that others have at least a few models that are not their own. Thus there is no reliable way from this article to determine which designs of the sample lot are "bad" and which are not.
I could go on with other points but you get the gist. Or do you?
The article is unscientific and unreliable, no better than the anecdotals we're getting here or on any other forum. Throwing up a few percentages without qualifying them does not give legitimacy to their claims.
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Originally Posted by Scottyyy
Oh, and the fact that the Corsair's are just rebranded Seasonic's is a good thing...
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Oh, and I never said Corsair's being re-branded Seasonic's was a
bad thing, did I? I simply stated that as a fact, and BTW - the Corsair's are not
exactly Seasonic's since there are a few parts changes inside that Corsair must have deemed expedient for their own reasons.
Again, if you'd read correctly what I said, you'd know that I recommended the Corsair HX520.
Duh.