alexanrs wrote:

I'd guess a longer (and functional, not just inflated numbers) would mean the company expect their product to run well for at least that period for the majority of users, but having shorter warranties does not necessarily mean they don't trust it.

Well, at least someone got it.

Dreamer_of_the_past wrote:

then why the heck can't Corsair offer a 5 years warranty on its CX series as well? What stops them from doing so? Do you actually aware that they offer a 5 year warranty and even a 7 year warranty on their higher tier power supplies? There's gotta be a reason why do that. Does it make sense to you?

Longer warranties contribute additional price to the item, and make no functional difference to how the item operates. With something like the CX they're producing a value-oriented product, so cutting non-functional extras like packaging, marketing, support, etc happens first as they try to get the price low. That doesn't mean they're telling you it will die in 3 years, and the more expensive model will die in 7 years (and I can tell you from experience that I've had MANY power supplies with 1-2 year warranties that still work a decade out, just like the ones that have 5-10 year warranties, and while I've had "nice" power supplies die, I've never had one take out any components with it - it's usually only the units that JonnyGuru would call "gutless wonders" that eat other gear when they go). Corsair could readily offer a 7 year, or 70 year, warranty on the CX but it would run the price up without improving on the device's performance (and then we'd be complaining about how much extra it costs for no reason). Judging a product's quality based on non-functional extras is not logical to me; base the judgment on its measured performance and observable traits not on the observable marketing. If it's put together well and performs well, which it seems the CX series does from the reviews I've read, I don't see any problem. Of course you're welcome to disagree with my perspective, and "vote" for whatever you like with your dollar. I will add that if having a long warranty on the part is a substantial deciding factor for you, the Thermaltake from page 1 with the seven-year warranty is looking like a good candidate. I think PC Power also still offers seven-year warranties on their higher end models, and the Corsair units that you've already mentioned. 😀

obobskivich wrote:

Dreamer_of_the_past wrote:

then why the heck can't Corsair offer a 5 years warranty on its CX series as well? What stops them from doing so? Do you actually aware that they offer a 5 year warranty and even a 7 year warranty on their higher tier power supplies? There's gotta be a reason why do that. Does it make sense to you?

Longer warranties contribute additional price to the item, and make no functional difference to how the item operates. With something like the CX they're producing a value-oriented product, so cutting non-functional extras like packaging, marketing, support, etc happens first as they try to get the price low. That doesn't mean they're telling you it will die in 3 years, and the more expensive model will die in 7 years (and I can tell you from experience that I've had MANY power supplies with 1-2 year warranties that still work a decade out, just like the ones that have 5-10 year warranties, and while I've had "nice" power supplies die, I've never had one take out any components with it - it's usually only the units that JonnyGuru would call "gutless wonders" that eat other gear when they go). Corsair could readily offer a 7 year, or 70 year, warranty on the CX but it would run the price up without improving on the device's performance (and then we'd be complaining about how much extra it costs for no reason). Judging a product's quality based on non-functional extras is not logical to me; base the judgment on its measured performance and observable traits not on the observable marketing. If it's put together well and performs well, which it seems the CX series does from the reviews I've read, I don't see any problem. Of course you're welcome to disagree with my perspective, and "vote" for whatever you like with your dollar. I will add that if having a long warranty on the part is a substantial deciding factor for you, the Thermaltake from page 1 with the seven-year warranty is looking like a good candidate. I think PC Power also still offers seven-year warranties on their higher end models, and the Corsair units that you've already mentioned. 😀

+1

No need for a low tier PSU. Even if it DOES die after 3 years, it isn't a big deal at that price.

obobskivich wrote:

Yeah, Dell PSUs aren't awful was my point; there's like a "minimum average" quality that they hold to, and I'd take that over bottom-of-the-barrel open market stuff like Deer... 😵 My bad on saying it was a Foxconn (I'd guess Foxconn built the actual machine and just labled the PSU after they tested it). 😊

Sure, the mid-tier PSU manufacturers make solid stuff... Lite-ON, FSP, In-Win, Enhance... They're all well-built, they have input protection, most of the time they overspec the transformers, heatsinks, and transistors, but they all have the nasty habit of using really lousy capacitors. And then you have the Deer PSUs with wire bridges instead of pi-filter coils, capacitors that are a lower spec than what is printed on their sleeve, heatsinks that aren't substantial... the list goes on.

I like Lite-ON and In-Win because they started using an IC for the 5VSB early on. FSP only caught on to this much later, like in 2008. In-Win and Lite-ON are usually OST capacitors, FSP is usually Teapo.