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PSU Warranties

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kevineugenius

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Shopping around for a high wattage PSU (currently have a 680w and a 250w GPU supply) and at this point, I kind of figure if the manufacturer is going to give me a good warranty, I'd be ok with paying quite a bit for a powerful unit. My current setup only cost me around $95 because I got a screaming deal on the 680w.

According to Apevia's site, they have a 1 year warranty
According to Thermaltake's site, they have a 5 year warranty (has anyone had to warranty something to them after 4 years of ownership? This seems like an excellent thing to get into)
The price between these two (and there are plenty of others I'd be interested in, Zalman, OCZ, Coolermaster, and possibly Silverstone, Xclio, Xigmatek, Enermax, or Hiper.. maybe more) is around $50 for 850-900 watt unit. A 4 year difference in warranty though? That seems pretty substantial. Thoughts?
 
The best warranties out there are BFG and Ultra with lifetime warranty.

Second would be PC Power with a 7 year warranty.

Beyond that, do make sure you shop for something with an over all GOOD quality and that the PSU has the features you need. Not that Hyundai's aren't good cars, but if everyone based buying a car on their 10 year/100K mile warranty, we'd all be driving Hyundai's. :D
 
I will admit that power supplies are my weak point when it comes to system building. I've never really had any problems, no fried motherboards, no graphics glitches from being underpowered, anything like that. I generally just buy stuff that's 200w higher than what people recommend, and make sure it has enough plug-ins. I guess the biggest problem I had was in my SLI 7800gtx rig, where I also had 3 CD drives and 4 fans or something. I had to re-wire that thing in a bunch of different combinations in order to get enough power to all of the fans. Never had problems after the initial setup though.

That ^ is a really long way of asking: what do you mean a "good" power supply? I'm, obviously, not going to buy $700 graphics cards then get a $40 600-watt power supply that has bad reviews on newegg. I try to buy from brands that I've had a little experience with, like Apevia has always been good for me. You're right though, if I buy a $200 unit with a long warranty but I have to send it in 5 times, I'll be a little miffed.
 
Best combination of quality and warranty?

Probably Corsair or Seasonic ... both offer five year warranties.
 
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