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Offline Chalenge

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Re: Help me pick a PSU.....
« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2010, 01:39:19 PM »
Japanese capacitors are the best you can buy and if I have the choice between Japanese capacitors or Chinese on any device (PSU Video Sound Motherboard whatever) I will go with the Japanese capacitor one.
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Re: Help me pick a PSU.....
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2010, 04:56:48 PM »
Corsair does not make power supplies.  They repackage power supplies.  The only difference between them and Thermaltake and a couple others is the color of the paint on the power supply box.

That is not to say they are bad, but do not make the mistake of thinking Corsair actually builds their power supplies.  Their quality is as good as the company that actually makes the supply in China.

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Re: Help me pick a PSU.....
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2010, 08:47:06 PM »
yea I suppose I should have said they "market" good PSUs, the review on hardwaresecrets.com tears the PSU open to find that it is actually built very rugged with quality components, but is in fact a chinese product.   :joystick:
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Re: Help me pick a PSU.....
« Reply #18 on: April 24, 2010, 07:08:43 AM »
A Chinese product from another company not owned by Corsair.  The high end Corsair power supplies are mostly made by Seasonic.  Thermaltake also resells the same exact power supply, only in a different color.
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Re: Help me pick a PSU.....
« Reply #19 on: April 27, 2010, 05:57:50 PM »
I wouldn't worry about brand, or what kind of rails PSU uses, or use any other "rules of thumb" for that matter.  I'd look at reviews of actual power supply units, find one that is well thought of, and then buy that exact model.  

The same brand many times has power supplies from multiple manufacturers, so brand is no indication of quality.  Looking at how the rails are designed was good when less was known about how the power supplies actually performed, but now-a-days, many review sites have come up with testing methods that show how they actually perform under stress, and that's whats important.  There are multiple threads linking to these sites on the first page of this H&S forum.

If you want my recommendation, HardOCP has always done a high quality review of power supplies, and they today released a buying guide that answers your question:  http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/04/27/gtx_480_470_power_supply_unit_buying_guide .  I recommend you start there, find a model that looks promising, google it for other reviews from other sites, and if it still looks good, go buy it.


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