Puzzled By PSU's

stickroad · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:02

Cyber-Mav said:
use the search feature, there is one thread going with multiple corsair failures mentioned in it.

And how many of them in that thread are actually faulty compared to user error?

james.miller · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:03

citizen__erased said:
I don't think Hipers are quite in the same category as q-tec now are they? Bit of a silly thing to say. It is purely down to the amount of forum members that have bought them. Corsairs (Like Hipers before them) are the PSU everybody seems to recommend in these 'spec me up' threads. Of course you are going to see some fail. People aren't going to post a message to say their PSU hasn't failed now are they?

yeah id put them in the same league just about

{stay away psus} = no named psus, q-tec, ect - the sort of pus's that go bang under no stress at all
{watch your back psus} = hiper,most of the tagan range, ect, the sort of psus that NEVER output their quoted rating. and go bang way before they reach it. the sort of psu you are never quite happy with (if you know your stuff)
{middle of the road psus} = antecs, enermax, all those others. get what you pay for, do your research on what model to buy and you'll be fine

{proper psus} seasonic, pc P&C, (insert other top end manufacturers here). pay a premimum, but its technology you can rely on.

like i said, when was the last time a hiper passed a stress test at its rated output? that alone makes them over-rated crap. about as usefull as a q-tec, even if they dont go bang quite as fast

The reality is that these corsair PSU's aren't really any better / worse than the Hipers.

that alone proves you haven't read anything thats been said about the difference in build quality between the psus

Owenb · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:08

Cyber-Mav said:
i agree with dave above, corsair can;t just be selling rebadged seasonic psus at a lower price than what seasonic sell thier own psus at. if that were the case corsair would be making a loss on each psu. something has to be cut out to make the corsair psus cheaper, and it looks like the reliability is whats taking the toll.
many failures on this forum alone reported, and borwsing other forums there are more complaints about them too.

Honda make the most reliable cars in the world. That doesn't mean that if you type honda problems into google you won't get a lot of hits.
Corsair are new to the game. To build the brand you have to offer something different and that something different is the price. Just like AMD had been doing for years they have to offer similar performance for less money to gain market share.

Owenb · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:22

citizen__erased said:
The reality is that these corsair PSU's aren't really any better / worse than the Hipers.

There is one big difference. Hipers have used cheap Fuhjyyu caps while Corsair use quality japanese caps like Hitachi, panasonic and Nippon-Chemicon. Of course there is more than caps involved but its a good sign of a company when they go with a good brand.

MumboJumbo · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:23

I thought toyota were the most reliable? and volvo the safest and very reliable also.

Still is say screw that i want my lotu exige

stickroad · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:26

citizen__erased said:
The reality is that these corsair PSU's aren't really any better / worse than the Hipers.

citizen__erased said:
Bit of a silly thing to say.

Quoted for Truth.

james.miller · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:30

i see what you did there

MumboJumbo · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:32

LOL i didn't notice it waas the same person

schumi84 · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:47

Is there a thread for any make of PSU blowing up. I bet there would be a wide range of manufacturers in there, both shoddy and well respected.
It just so happens that because the corsairs were bigged up so much, when one goes wrong ppl shout about it.

When i get a new PSU (whenever that may be) i would still look at getting corsair over anything else, obviously depending on price.

Kobrakai · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:57

With PSU’s price is usually my last concern. The risk of one dieing and taking half the other components with it is worth spending more money to avoid.

rEeee · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:02

Kobrakai said:
With PSU’s price is usually my last concern. The risk of one dieing and taking half the other components with it is worth spending more money to avoid.

Lol, this quote made me think to not get the Thermaltake Toughpower. Althought it is much cheaper than the corsair.

But I mean, £70 for a toughpower 700w or £90 for a 620w. Grrrrrrrrrrrr

MumboJumbo · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:04

There not ment to be very good.

Chimerical · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:08

I agree with Kobrakai. Just buy an Enermax and be done with it. Yeah, they're more expensive, but given the choice I'd rather buy something once and forget about it than have to replace it in six months. The Corsair situation probably is overblown but the fact is that it exists. Don't buy a product that might be dodgy if that's the one item that every PC component is hooked up to (including a GTX for Christ's sakes). It's not worth the risk in my opinion.

rEeee · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:12

So apart from the Corsair, Enermax & Seasonic, are there any other good brands?

james.miller · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:12

I agree with Kobrakai. Just buy an Enermax and be done with it. Yeah, they're more expensive, but given the choice I'd rather buy something once and forget about it than have to replace it in six months. The Corsair situation probably is overblown but the fact is that it exists. Don't buy a product that might be dodgy if that's the one item that every PC component is hooked up to (including a GTX for Christ's sakes). It's not worth the risk in my opinion.

are enermax psu's better, and what one would you recommend instead?

stickroad · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:20

Chimerical said:
I agree with Kobrakai. Just buy an Enermax and be done with it. Yeah, they're more expensive, but given the choice I'd rather buy something once and forget about it than have to replace it in six months. The Corsair situation probably is overblown but the fact is that it exists. Don't buy a product that might be dodgy if that's the one item that every PC component is hooked up to (including a GTX for Christ's sakes). It's not worth the risk in my opinion.

And what situation is that?

Ok what happens if we all start recomending Enermax PSUs and then we get many posts about them PSUs so called blowing up? Seriously most of these faults that people are getting, most of them down to the user doing something totally stupid and feel the need to blame the unit.

Im not going to stop recomedning the Corsair PSUs to anyone becuase they are high quality PSUs, they are made extremely well.

This is absoulty crazy, get some prespective people.

MumboJumbo · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:26

stickroad said:
And what situation is that?

Ok what happens if we all start recomending Enermax PSUs and then we get many posts about them PSUs so called blowing up? Seriously most of these faults that people are getting, most of them down to the user doing something totally stupid and feel the need to blame the unit.

Im not going to stop recomedning the Corsair PSUs to anyone becuase they are high quality PSUs, they are made extremely well.

This is absoulty crazy, get some prespective people.

*Dives out his window incase his enermax explodes*

Cyber-Mav · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:39

rEeee said:
So apart from the Corsair, Enermax & Seasonic, are there any other good brands?

id say enermax and seasonic are the best brands. corsair would have been added to that list but its just too soon to say.

MumboJumbo · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:43

Someone should post taht their seasonic exploded and whiped out everything. See what happens

james.miller · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:43

PC P&C, seasonic, etasis, enermax, Andyson. any of those really, and any designed based on their supplies are pretty much all great supplies....

....and yes i do realise the irony of a certain type-M based on a Andyson