dstarr3 :
Evan_83 :
I think the idea behind this power supply is that, in 20 years it will still be humming along without worry. now in that time frame many, many updated designs will surface but that does no good right now
Then why does it only have a 10-year warranty? Equal to that which you can get from other OEMs like Super Flower for less than a fifth the price?
In 10 years they will not be producing this design, competition and technology will develop even faster in the next decade than it has in the last decade, so in order to warranty something further than 10 years would cost the company a new model of whatever they were making at the time, Due to unknown design, economy and costs that far into the future even as a consumer I feel its a staggering expectation to offer a warranty of more than 10 years.
The fact that companies like Super Flower, Corsair and the likes make such an incredible volume of power supplies allows them to absorb the blow of potentially failing units much more easily than small scale production.
It could even be argued that such incredible warranty's on consumer power Supply's by all the current top company's models excluding the model in question are made knowing that a seemingly high or surprisingly high amount will likely fail. the benefit to the company is.........
market share and market penetration. Competition is higher than ever before in this market and long term business strategies include things like this. If by taking a loss on say even 10% of their units gained the company 5% market share the company has increased profits. this is just an example.
A company with exclusive products on presumably a low volume production line or custom shop is just another situation all together.
Its not unreasonable idea at this price point but, maybe it is. with this unit you are paying for the cost of components and development with this thing because its a first of its kind.
Under a hardcore long term load usage test, if you had to put a bet on what PSU would last longer what is your money on? after year in year out use will all of the top tier power supply's pass this battery of tests the same? I doubt it but it is not impossible.
The results at say 1000, 8000, and 30,000 hours would tell a very interesting story. And maybe this MIJ unit would be the first to pop.
I do not have specific numbers on electronic component degradation to quote, listing and researching the hundreds of components across platforms to speculate on that would take some serious time, but degradation does exist and I feel that is the biggest reason for the design, materials and resulting cost of this unit.
No one is being forced to buy this though and more options is never bad for the consumer despite the price point, I admire the company's initiative to try something like this, and time will tell the tale of if this project was a worthwhile endeavor.
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