Corsair quality seems to have dropped quite a bit, which brand is a good replacement?

[TemjinGold]

OP: In electronics, EVERY brand known to man will put out duds from time to time. That is a given. There is no brand that puts out perfect units 100% of the time. The two important things to consider are:

1) When you do NOT get a dud, how well you can expect the unit to perform.

2) When you DO get a dud OR when your unit stops working, how good is the warranty service (not how long is it for, I mean how hassle-free is the process and do they take care of you).

I can say this: Corsair has the best warranty service in the industry. They are the only company I know of that replaces your dead units with brand new sealed in box items, not refurbed units. This has happened with several Corsair items I've had that needed replacement and when my current PSU gives it up, my next unit will be a Corsair.

 

[Puffnstuff]

+1 to corsair's rma service. Last year my hx1000 bit the dust and they replaced it with a brand new hx1050 power supply. The Enermax in my system right now will be the last non corsair unit I buy and everything from here on out will be corsair.

 

[bononos]

The HX/AX models that the OP was talking about are high end and oem'd by Seasonic so they should be good.
But Corsair also had the semi-high end RM which got into trouble. First by not using good capacitors and then having to recall RM units for overheating about 2 years ago. They didn't help matters by saying that unexpected shutdowns caused "no damage" to the pc including the psu. The oem was changed to CWT this year.

 

[HOOfan 1]

HXi units are CWT AXi units are Flextronics only the legacy AX760 and AX860 are Seasonic

The recall was because the fan controller let the unit get too hot before the fan switched on

 

[squirrel dog]

+1 for evga I have the 1000 Nova , no issues after close to one year . It is my first modular power supply . It won't be my last .

 

[i7Baby]

For a high end build, I'd get a tier 1 PSU from http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html#xtor=EPR-8886

 

[Essence_of_War]

I'm just going to leave this here:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&file=print&reid=449

Performance (40% of the final score) - performance on this unit was absolutely fantastic. On the efficiency side of things, this unit actually passed Platinum in the cold tests and almost did it again in the hot tests, so no points will be deducted for that kind of awesomeness. Ripple was crazy stupid low thanks to the in cable capacitors, and well under my requirements for excellent scoring, so no deduction there either. Finally, voltage regulation. At a little better than 1% in the hot box, no deduction will happen there, either. This unit gets a 10.​

Functionality (20% of the final score) - everything I can think of has been done right here. Fully modular. Semi fanless. No ribbons where I hate them, no Berg connectors where I hate them. Plenty of connectors. I do still think Corsair is going a little overboard on the Molexes, but I don't think I'll score against it this time because it does still have enough SATA connectors to get the job of a 1kW unit done. I was really a little bit too harsh on the HXi unit for that. Why, even the manual is terrific. With nothing to complain about, I'll have to do another 10.​

Value (20% of the final score) - $169.99 is the going rate for these at Newegg as I type this. It's actually cheaper than an EVGA G2. Heck, even the RMi version is still cheaper than the G2, which is a little strange to me after all this time of watching EVGA beat the snot out of the competition for value. Yes, there are 1kW Gold units for less money than this. The older RM1000 is ten bucks cheaper, as is the EVGA G1. But hello... mine did Platinum efficiency. Therefore, it's competing with Platinum units, none of which can touch the price of this here RMx. Except the Antec HCP... that one's within ten dollars. And the XFX ProSeries... that one's the same price. And yet... those are both older units that have had some time for their prices to drop. I think I'll do a 10, just to watch the anti-Corsair crowd lose their minds. It'll be entertaining.​

Build Quality (20% of the final score) - flawless, as far as I could see. 10.​

Performance​

10​

Functionality​

10​

Value​

10​

Build Quality​

10​

Total Score

10

Quality is clearly slipping.

 

[MongGrel]

I'm just going to leave this here:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&file=print&reid=449



Quality is clearly slipping.

Not all Corsairs are the same of course.

I think that was one of the points, really.

For $170 I would hope it wouldn't be too lacking.

Have been using this one for 6 years now Oklahoma recommended way back when, it is more a point of doing some research on what you buy at the time.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story4&reid=142