Comments on: Why Corsair power supplies? http://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2008/03/02/why-corsair-power-supplies/ Writing from behind the scenes at Puget Systems. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Puget Systems Blog http://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2008/03/02/why-corsair-power-supplies/comment-page-1/#comment-2311 Puget Systems Blog Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:47:13 +0000 http://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2008/03/02/why-corsair-power-supplies/#comment-2311 [...] reliability, low power, low noise…and I can’t wait. We’ve been singing that song for years. addthis_pub = 'pugetsys'; addthis_logo = [...] [...] reliability, low power, low noise…and I can’t wait. We’ve been singing that song for years. addthis_pub = ‘pugetsys’; addthis_logo = [...]

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]]> By: Jon http://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2008/03/02/why-corsair-power-supplies/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Jon Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:35:13 +0000 http://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2008/03/02/why-corsair-power-supplies/#comment-99 Its good to see someone else posting data, I wish more companies would. I'm not sure that's accurate about Corsair -- they did add CWT, and it might have been later, but they still source from Seasonic. Those are the power supplies we're carrying, and we'll only be willing to give CWT a shot once we have time under our belt with Corsair. If we do try out a CWT unit, I'll be sure to post failure rates for them. Its good to see someone else posting data, I wish more companies would.

I’m not sure that’s accurate about Corsair — they did add CWT, and it might have been later, but they still source from Seasonic. Those are the power supplies we’re carrying, and we’ll only be willing to give CWT a shot once we have time under our belt with Corsair. If we do try out a CWT unit, I’ll be sure to post failure rates for them.

]]> By: John Forester http://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2008/03/02/why-corsair-power-supplies/comment-page-1/#comment-98 John Forester Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:14:15 +0000 http://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2008/03/02/why-corsair-power-supplies/#comment-98 The Seasonic failure rates seems inflated. Here's another table http://www.behardware.com/news/8550/power-supply-failure-rate.html Hiper is known to have very high failure rates so 1.2% is not representative, it's more liek 12%. In my experience Fortron and Delta units are the most reliable...hardly RMA at all. However, the fanless Fortrons do have a 10+% failure rate. High internal temperatures shorten lifespan. Failure rates for marketing companies like Corsair will fluctuate. Corsair used Seasonic (and wasn't shy of telling everyone) to establish Corsair as a high-quality brandname. Then, after selling Seasonic PSU with zero profit for a year or so they switched to cheap CWTs (same company that made Antecs with extremely high failure rates) with Japanese capacitors hoping reviewers will conclude it's a good PSU since it has Japanese capacitors. The Seasonic failure rates seems inflated. Here’s another table
http://www.behardware.com/news/8550/power-supply-failure-rate.html

Hiper is known to have very high failure rates so 1.2% is not representative, it’s more liek 12%.

In my experience Fortron and Delta units are the most reliable…hardly RMA at all. However, the fanless Fortrons do have a 10+% failure rate. High internal temperatures shorten lifespan.

Failure rates for marketing companies like Corsair will fluctuate. Corsair used Seasonic (and wasn’t shy of telling everyone) to establish Corsair as a high-quality brandname. Then, after selling Seasonic PSU with zero profit for a year or so they switched to cheap CWTs (same company that made Antecs with extremely high failure rates) with Japanese capacitors hoping reviewers will conclude it’s a good PSU since it has Japanese capacitors.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2008/03/02/why-corsair-power-supplies/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Melissa Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:34:43 +0000 http://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2008/03/02/why-corsair-power-supplies/#comment-12 I wanted to chime in about the reliablity of Seasonic PSUs (and Corsair by extension) - PSUs are difficult to evaluate without thousands of dollars worth of test equipment, so our 'failure rates' reflect any PSUs that we even suspect are causing problems. Seasonic is one of the rare companies that tells us what their test results are when we send an item for repair, on average 60-80% of them are working just fine. I'm not sure how thoroughly Jon screened the entries used in the graphs above, but our failure rates can also include PSUs that are damaged by a short in other products, or minor problems such as a noisy fan. I'm guessing that the 'real' failure rate of Seasonic products is less than 1%. Corsair appears to be even better - out of the 160-ish PSUs we've purchased from them in the last few months, there hasn't been a single failure. This is one part of our product line that I'm exceptionally happy with! I wanted to chime in about the reliablity of Seasonic PSUs (and Corsair by extension) – PSUs are difficult to evaluate without thousands of dollars worth of test equipment, so our ‘failure rates’ reflect any PSUs that we even suspect are causing problems. Seasonic is one of the rare companies that tells us what their test results are when we send an item for repair, on average 60-80% of them are working just fine. I’m not sure how thoroughly Jon screened the entries used in the graphs above, but our failure rates can also include PSUs that are damaged by a short in other products, or minor problems such as a noisy fan. I’m guessing that the ‘real’ failure rate of Seasonic products is less than 1%. Corsair appears to be even better – out of the 160-ish PSUs we’ve purchased from them in the last few months, there hasn’t been a single failure. This is one part of our product line that I’m exceptionally happy with!

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