Im told to get a corsair brand... but why??

[heroofspirits]

hi all, a quick question about psu's

i have a thermaltake toughpower 850w psu. i like it. its just people keep telling me to go with corsair brand.

i dont know why this is. does it matter what kind of brand you have? if say i did have a dodgy brand, how would it compare to a well known brand of psu.

can a dodgy brand hurt the components in my computer??

i have no knoledge in psu's so please, enlighten me with tales of good psu's and what bad ones compared to good ones do to the computer.

thanks!!

 

[AMW1011]

Yes I like Hardware Secrets and Hardocp as well as Johnny.

 

[heroofspirits]

wow!! jees, was surprised by all the comments!! thanks for all the answers, all very interesting!! amasing what can happen when your at work! would u recommend upgrading the psu or staying with it?

 

[Ancient_1]

I would stay with it. It might not be a class leading PS but it is far from being dodgy. It is based on the same platform (CWT PSH) the TX Corsair is which other than being a few year old design is still quite capable of doing it's job.

Over the years I have lost quite a few supplies including 2xAntecs 2x Enermax 1xSparkle and a 6+ generic and have not lost any other components as a result.

But I have seen people lose most of their system from a PS failure, I just consider myself lucky that I haven't lost anything other than the supplies themselves.

Personally I have switched to Seasonic for the last couple of years and will in the next couple months replace my main supply with a X750 and move my M12D to my secondary system to replace a 6+ year old Antec TC 550 before it dies on me.

 

[jsc]

Oh and that isn't a very good review.

It gets TEN for aesthetics!? It looks like every other power supply in the world.

If the aethetics score bothers you, discount it and rate on a max of 9 points. That's what I do.

 

[rolli59]

Umm ya..Those reviews are a joke.

Anybody consider that he might be sarcastic in his remark!