Exploding PSU Warning: Corsair Lab Fun

Been quite lucky with psu's, my first noisetaker lasted over 3 years before i swapped it out for a thermaltake toughpower 750w last week. in the same time my bro has went through 2 seasonic s12 600w and an enermax liberty 620w.
 
I would hope that from the tone of the video readers will understand that this is not some scientifically engineered test to prove or disprove anything. It's meant to be informative and entertaining.
 
Ah, the people here take everything too seriously. As Yellowbeard said, this isn't a serious test, just a bit of fun! :)
 
Well i had a psu for years, then when all the connections changed on mobos Aggeeess ago, i got a new expensive Enermax one, it was my only PSU to ever Blow up with sparks, ive got thru a few cheap ones, but they die , they dont blow up.
 
Got a giggle out of me, obviously a video not to be taken seriously. :)

Of course it's impossible to have a 0% failure rate when it comes to electronics, but I would say cheaper PSU's (and they're cheaper for a reason) would be more of a risk to go pop.
 
What was interesting was being able to replicate the results though at only 75% load.

The rating of watts on most PSU's is misleading as they often have cables unused (5v for example) and likely the 12+line will be heavily abused nowadays, due to gfx card power draw, and the 12v needed by cpu's/motherboards.

Made me laugh anyway. I haven't had any other component die on me since I've had the Corsair HX520W, but had 3 HD's burn out (literally burnt the controller chip), when using a Q-TEC 550W, and many random resets on a much less demanding system.

I know I won't buy a cheap psu again given the difference I've personally experienced :)

Matthew
 
Scougar said:
I know I won't buy a cheap psu again given the difference I've personally experienced :)
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Same, but I was lucky enough not to be the victim of one that went nuclear. I got my first high quality PSU which was an Antec, and was modular. At the time I think my face looked a little like: :eek: ... Since then I've always spent at least £60 on a PSU :)
 
The cost of it ditching 3 hard disks (thinking about it... 4!), is easily enough to justify the cost.

Matthew
 
as i said before, theres always risks with any psu's £30 psu's or £150+ psu's... buying a £150+ doesn't mean it won't blow up. i agree a £150+ psu may last longer. but tbh i've had no problems with "cheaper" psu's

nearly all psu's now have safety protections even the "cheaper" psu's now have.
 
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for me a PSU only shows its value after it dies

if its an expensive PSU and it dies by taking out everything then i would say its a bad PSU, however if it was a cheap thing and dies quietly leaving everything else apart from my wallet intact, i say its a good PSU.

i use both cheap and expensive PSU, it just depends on how important the system is.

expensive for main systems, cheap for replacement psu on old systems that may get used a few times per year
 
To be fair, (and I found it a rather amusing video). They claimed all 6 failed, and I have no problems believing that. Cheap PSU's rarely live up to their rated values, and in a heavily loaded system a cheap PSU is far more likely to pop than a more reputable brand.

The Corsair guy isnt saying Corsair PSU's never go pop, indeed he said "electronics fail". Its a fact of life. But the video could probably go through 100 budget PSU's in an hour. How many of the corsair PSU's would have remained working at the same 75% load. I bet the majority :)

Even if Corsair PSU's had quality controll issues which affected their long term reliability (which I am certainly not implying), at least they start out with componants which are rated for the correct maximum loads.

a lot of budget PSU's are only rated for max load for a fraction of a second (Peak load) rather than continuous load. Saves a fortune in manufacturing costs :P

Anyway. Great vid :)
 
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