The wattage ratings are clearly defined. Printed visibly on the packaging, the unit, everywhere. If you are fool enough to try push a unit beyond its stated capacity, you should be fool enough to deal with the consequences.
Everyone has seen psus break, blow, burn out long before hitting rated/claimed loads, so shame on those vendors/manufacturers for misrepresentation, but if Seasonic claims a certain wattage on a unit and you exceed that wattage before it breaks/blows/burns up or goes out of spec then that's shame on you. Not them.
Every psu made has the potential to go out of spec when overloaded, it's just a matter of at what point that happens, and if there's circuitry in place to circumvent/prevent that point from arriving.
A Focus 550w claims 550w as it's limits, it's foolish on anybody to expect more. If you wanted more, there's a 650w unit.
Everyone has seen psus break, blow, burn out long before hitting rated/claimed loads, so shame on those vendors/manufacturers for misrepresentation, but if Seasonic claims a certain wattage on a unit and you exceed that wattage before it breaks/blows/burns up or goes out of spec then that's shame on you. Not them.
Every psu made has the potential to go out of spec when overloaded, it's just a matter of at what point that happens, and if there's circuitry in place to circumvent/prevent that point from arriving.
A Focus 550w claims 550w as it's limits, it's foolish on anybody to expect more. If you wanted more, there's a 650w unit.