Darkbreeze
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Personally, I don't place much value on the "length" of the warranty, except on units with 10 year warranties. Anybody can give you a long warranty. Even Raidmax, who arguably make some of the worst power supplies you could ever buy, offers a two year, or possibly longer depending on the model. The problem is that it's worth it for them to take the risk because they know the majority of users will either write it off since they don't want to wait or deal with the process, or that the chances are good they can avoid replacement because they can claim the failure was due to something the user did that invalidated it in many cases, like using it with a gaming card if it wasn't rated for it. So as an argument of quality, I don't think warranty alone provides credibility to any manufacturer.
As far as the Raider goes, it's true FSP has some good units. Impressive in fact, in a few cases. But I don't think the Raider could ever be lumped into any "impressive" categories, unless it was for impressively ordinary. I don't think I've ever said the Raider series, specifically, would burn down your house or ruin your motherboard. What I said was:
I didn't specifically mention the unit by name nor make any indication that the Raider was among the units that were LIKELY to do that. Simply that units listed on the 4th Tier have in the past been offenders of such circumstances, in enough cases to warrant mentioning. Overall, judging by the general review consensus, the units aren't terrible as judged by the common ATX standards, but ARE terrible when judged by the enthusiast standards we've come to accept as used by JonnyGuru and a few other sites.
I know the 650w model got decent reviews from HS but the FSP built 750w Raider got a 7.8 from JonnyGuru which is more than enough in my mind to absolutely recommend not using them with any system running ANY kind of aftermarket gaming card, or for overclocking, and certainly not for both. SFAIK the 650w is the same platform so the review applies.
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=310
As far as why it's on Tier 4, you'd have to ask Dottorent, as it's his list, not mine. But I'd probably agree with him that it's not a unit I'd recommend when there are FAR better units to be had in the same price range. As for it burning down your house, probably not, but then again, you never know. FSP has been known to NOT be consistent in their build quality at times, so even if a reviewed unit has done ok, as with the HS review of the 650w Raider, it doesn't necessarily mean that wasn't a handpicked unit, or that all the purchased consumer units will be of similar quality. Doesn't mean they won't either.
As far as the Raider goes, it's true FSP has some good units. Impressive in fact, in a few cases. But I don't think the Raider could ever be lumped into any "impressive" categories, unless it was for impressively ordinary. I don't think I've ever said the Raider series, specifically, would burn down your house or ruin your motherboard. What I said was:
I didn't specifically mention the unit by name nor make any indication that the Raider was among the units that were LIKELY to do that. Simply that units listed on the 4th Tier have in the past been offenders of such circumstances, in enough cases to warrant mentioning. Overall, judging by the general review consensus, the units aren't terrible as judged by the common ATX standards, but ARE terrible when judged by the enthusiast standards we've come to accept as used by JonnyGuru and a few other sites.
I know the 650w model got decent reviews from HS but the FSP built 750w Raider got a 7.8 from JonnyGuru which is more than enough in my mind to absolutely recommend not using them with any system running ANY kind of aftermarket gaming card, or for overclocking, and certainly not for both. SFAIK the 650w is the same platform so the review applies.
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=310
As far as why it's on Tier 4, you'd have to ask Dottorent, as it's his list, not mine. But I'd probably agree with him that it's not a unit I'd recommend when there are FAR better units to be had in the same price range. As for it burning down your house, probably not, but then again, you never know. FSP has been known to NOT be consistent in their build quality at times, so even if a reviewed unit has done ok, as with the HS review of the 650w Raider, it doesn't necessarily mean that wasn't a handpicked unit, or that all the purchased consumer units will be of similar quality. Doesn't mean they won't either.
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