Headlines - Corsair: why a high-quality PSU is essential

[badass]

What happens in warranty situations when a budget failed PSU would spike and destroy something expensive in the PC?

depends. If the whole lot came as a system, its the retailer that sold you the computer's problem.
If your budget PSU exploded, destroying other PC components that weren't from the same retailer, technically you could bemand the retailer that supplied you with the budget PSU pay to get the other companents fixed.
You would however need to prove (within reason) the PSU was not fit for purpose and that you were not using it beyond its spec.

[Athanasios2104]

That's why you should never apply the "budget philosophy" on the important parts of a pc system.

[Dipar]

I wonder which brand the psu was. q-tec?

I was thinking the same thing when I saw the video .

[2Cold Scorpio]

Great vid... I'm glad I bought an Antec PSU.

[SiM]

My Corsair seems to get quite hot, and the fan never really spins faster! I hope it doesn't go pop... that would be well ironic lol

[TAKTAK]

My Corsair seems to get quite hot, and the fan never really spins faster! I hope it doesn't go pop... that would be well ironic lol

mines very toasty too

but then again the fan on mine is nearly completely blocked off.....
me thinks i need to mod the case a bit

[cl0ck_ed]

lol, my value 550w psu was £15 and has lasted 3 years. with a64 then c2d @ 3.4ghz with 8800gts. Lasted fine. still working infact. Only changed as i found a great deal for an Etasis 750w psu.

Comparing the two psus. I was occt, stress test. the cheapo, 12v dropped almost 0.5v the etasis rock solid.

[20girls]

i used to have one of this, that was really the same as the video.... terrible!!!

[xexus]

I thoroughly agree with the point being made. I also think that quality PSU’s would be more widely used if they had declined in price at the same rate as some other PC components.

[NovaSphere]

Hmm, if my new HX520W from Corsair blows within the year I'm going to make a huge topic out of it for sure =P

[Cybix]

I had a cheap PSU a few years back and in watching that video maybe I was lucky. I had a different problem that took 3 dead hard drive controllers to work out. (I changed PSU after this)

My PSU was spiking on the voltage as it could not handle the power at about 60% from memory, and killed my poor hard drives