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[H]'er Brian Fessenden, AKA PhrozenBlur, is reporting this information about PC Power & Cooling.

FYI – I just spoke with PC Power & Cooling to see what the hell was going on with their site (I can’t login or create a new registration/account) and why I couldn’t seem to find their products in stock and selling anywhere. They told me that they are phasing out their entire current line and stock. For instance, I wanted to purchase a Silencer 750 and they only have 4 left between all 3 colors.

But! at the end of the month they will bringing the website registration back online; More importantly, they will be releasing an entirely new product line which will include bringing back the TurboCool lineup which has been slowly disappearing.
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For this great news submission, Brian gets a Free 1 year subscription to General Mayhem.
 
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Interesting; I just picked this up at the Egg:
PC Power and Cooling S75CF 750W EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

and now its showing as de-activated. I wonder if they will honer warranties.
 
Rogue said:
I wonder if they will honer warranties.
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I have no reason to believe they won't. PC Power and Cooling has had nothing but excellent customer support for as long as they have been in business.
 
Maybe PCP&C realized their corporate ego was killing them? Coming soon: "TurboCool" power supplies with 120mm fans and modular connectors?
 
I'm a die hard fan of PCP&C and hope that they keep making great units.

I know [H] tanked a few of PCP&C's power supplies, but that doesn't stop me from liking them and there's a good reason. They're all about customer satisfaction at a whole new level. I'll have to explain by telling you the story of another company and then relating it to PCP&C.

I'm a die-hard fan of Phoenix Gold Amplifiers; not the recent iteration of PG (owned by Rodin Audio), but when they built amps like the M50, [the original] Route66, the MS and MPS series, all the way up to the Titaniums and Tantrums. During these times, PG was known for a few things that stood out from the competition...making amps that:

1. were seriously under rated
2. were built in the USA
3. were customizable at the factory

#1 and #2 was a known fact with PG. What few people knew was #3. You could quite literally order a 100% custom amp from them and they'd build it for you. People have ordered not only amps with different colors, but also amps with different circuitry. Do you want two ZX475TIs bashed together under one chassis for an impressive 75Wx8 channels RMS? They'd do it. How about an M44 without the front crossover but the rear crossover controlled the point between the front and rear? They did it.

When PG was sold to investors, the investors decided to close it's USA manufacturing and move it to China. PG no longer customized ANYTHING. No amp manufacturer would pick up where PG left off, either.

How does this tie in with PCP&C? Well, PCP&C did the exact same thing PG did...100% customization. I ordered a TC850SSI back when I built my dual Opteron system. I needed some extra customizations and they happily did it. NO other power supply company would allow me to cusomtize my power supply. I needed the SSI for the Opterons, but I also wanted an extra rail (yes, a complete rail in the days of single-rail power supplies) with two Molex plugs (and only two) to power my 7 Cheetah SCSI drives. I also wanted all my cables to be a certain length. Guess what? PCP&C did it!

Why is this relevant? I'm hoping PCP&C does NOT forget the customer and still allows customizations. I'm preparing to build my next system and I need (once again) a fully customized power supply. I hope PCP&C will still help me out in that regard. I with PCP&C the best in their new lineups, but I hope OCZ's influence won't kill off the customizability that PCP&C once was known for.
 
rsquared said:
Maybe PCP&C realized their corporate ego was killing them? Coming soon: "TurboCool" power supplies with 120mm fans and modular connectors?
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Their is a lot of logic into why they didn't go that way. I'd rather they kept doing things the way they were instead of cranking out "zomg modular for my ricer PC with that has LED lights in it" psu's, we already have enough of those.
 
sd11 said:
Their is a lot of logic into why they didn't go that way. I'd rather they kept doing things the way they were instead of cranking out "zomg modular for my ricer PC with that has LED lights in it" psu's, we already have enough of those.
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Yeah, they could do something like with Seasonic did with their X-series PSUs and crank out some seriously high-end, awesomely silent (doesn't get more silent than passive) PSUs. If I had to get the best PSU right now for a high-performance gaming rig or so, PCP&C wouldn't even appear in the top 5 of possible choices.
 
MacGyver467 said:
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How does this tie in with PCP&C? Well, PCP&C did the exact same thing PG did...100% customization. I ordered a TC850SSI back when I built my dual Opteron system. I needed some extra customizations and they happily did it. NO other power supply company would allow me to cusomtize my power supply. I needed the SSI for the Opterons, but I also wanted an extra rail (yes, a complete rail in the days of single-rail power supplies) with two Molex plugs (and only two) to power my 7 Cheetah SCSI drives. I also wanted all my cables to be a certain length. Guess what? PCP&C did it!
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I can also attest to this. They were extremely flexible when it came to your needs, even after the sale if you wanted your power supply reconfigured it was a simple matter of paying a small fee and sending it in. I do not have personal experience with that, but I was offered it when I asked. I do hope they continue the tradition.
 
100% customization aside from adding modular cables and a 120+ mm fan? :p
 
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