Hmm, no psu section. Here then, OCZ psu?

JonJ678

JonJ678

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Hey. My until recently dearly beloved and much trusted 800W elitexstream psu has decided to stop working. That's after 4 months and 8 days, and their forum appears to be 90% filled with this model being dead in the same way.

So, RMA time. However I'm not convinced that I want to go anywhere near an ocz psu again. This was their flagship, and they've managed to get a 5 year warrantied product EOL within a year. Not impressive.

I believe it was exceptional, but my only other RMA took about 6 weeks to get back to me. As it was RAM, the computer didn't work very well without it. So I have slightly limited faith in their RMA system.

I value brand loyalty, and own a fair amount of components with the OCZ stamp. This has annoyed me a lot though, and might mark me going with someone else from now on. Would you give them a second chance?

Cheers
 
Brand loyalty is foolish. They don't think anymore of you for buying their stuff. Just buy the best components that you can afford at the time, irrespective of who makes them.

I briefly had a OCZ psu, a 700w GameXstream. It blew up with less than 10 days use. They are not that good anyway. i have seen several reviews where their psu's get slated for being of poor quality.

Something from Zalman, Enermax, PC Power and Cooling or Be Quiet would be good. 600w would be more than enough for you and still leave room for upgrades.
 
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Well that's pretty conclusive. I've asked ocuk whether I can exchange it for a different brand, I think they'll be alright with it. I'm pretty sure PC Power and Cooling and OCZ are now the same people, I believe my ill fated 800W was one of the first joint ventures. Apparently not a success. I will spend a very, very long time on psu selection this time around. Probably don't even need 600W, its only an 8800gt.

Cheers guys
 
Nonetheless they are the same brand, so I think my confusion is justified. I think the best answer is going to be rma through ocz on the condition that it's replaced with a pc power and cooling model. There doesn't seem to be an 800W plus model with the ocz brand stamped on it anymore so this should be possible.

Anyone know how pc power and cooling compare to corsair? I'm looking to see if I have the funds to change brand entirely.

Cheers
 
PC P&C are very good, as good as Corsair. If you want an anology then OCZ are like Skodas and PC P&C are like Audis, theyre made by the same company but theyre very different cars, continuing the analogy Corsairs would be BMWs :D
 
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