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- Mar 18, 2015
I recently received an email from a manufacturer and when I read it I can only describe my reaction as "straight out of the 80's movies". You know the one, where to person is told I formation that they find so surprising that the sudden rush of air from between their lips causes them to spray soda all over the unsuspecting news bringer? Either that or the sheer audacity causes the same surprise with the same result....
Out earlier discussion about my psu and it's oddities caused me to write the company to ask them about the discrepancy. When I dug into it further, I noticed even more confidence killing oddities. If anyone remembers, the original trouble was that the item name did not match any on the manufacturer site. There were close matches, but they were off by 50w or more in either direction. I was sold a 600w psu, and there was a 650 750 or 500 to choose from on the manu. site. Then further inspection showed that my case design more closely matched a 400w version than anything else. I understand that pics on boxes and websites are liberal so I took this with a grain of salt and waited for my reply. Then I started studying the cabling diagram. I was hoping that I read it wrong ( I am a knoob after all) but there was definitely a difference in cables as well. Undeniable even to my untrained eye. There were 2 FDD and the box clearly only listed one. There was also an extra pci-e 6 pin. I was starting to feel more and more like I had made a huge mistake. This was indeed a piece of sheeet and I had bought it. And worse defended it. Then the final nail in the coffin. It had a 120mm fan. I was supposed to have a 140mm.
Now for what the title was about. My first email reply was (paraphrased)" it's a 650. "
But by then I had noticed all the aforementioned oddball problems. And this is where I had the" 80's movie reaction ". I still do not know whether to believe this or not but the response to all the discrepancies was.... ( paraphrased) " it's a special one with a smaller fan " ! *huh! * say that again? It's got the case if a 400w, the serial number of a 600w that doesn't exist, and a fan that doesn't belong with the description on the box, as well as extra cables not mentioned anywhere else? And it's a special one that you were putting extra awesome fans in? So my question is.... Do I believe this ****e? I mean they offered to exchange it, but I have already voided the warranty in the sleeving process..... I'm just either lucky or in the hands of someone else who considers me gullible
And to those who might post in this thread saying something like "yeah but Topower is still not the best psu" you can save it for now. We've already done that talk and this thread is about whether or not this guy is blowing sunshine in 'meh rear. (sorry if that seems testy but I'm having the "that's not a quality psu" debate on another forum as we speak... Again. If you could see my chagrined frustration....)
Out earlier discussion about my psu and it's oddities caused me to write the company to ask them about the discrepancy. When I dug into it further, I noticed even more confidence killing oddities. If anyone remembers, the original trouble was that the item name did not match any on the manufacturer site. There were close matches, but they were off by 50w or more in either direction. I was sold a 600w psu, and there was a 650 750 or 500 to choose from on the manu. site. Then further inspection showed that my case design more closely matched a 400w version than anything else. I understand that pics on boxes and websites are liberal so I took this with a grain of salt and waited for my reply. Then I started studying the cabling diagram. I was hoping that I read it wrong ( I am a knoob after all) but there was definitely a difference in cables as well. Undeniable even to my untrained eye. There were 2 FDD and the box clearly only listed one. There was also an extra pci-e 6 pin. I was starting to feel more and more like I had made a huge mistake. This was indeed a piece of sheeet and I had bought it. And worse defended it. Then the final nail in the coffin. It had a 120mm fan. I was supposed to have a 140mm.
Now for what the title was about. My first email reply was (paraphrased)" it's a 650. "
But by then I had noticed all the aforementioned oddball problems. And this is where I had the" 80's movie reaction ". I still do not know whether to believe this or not but the response to all the discrepancies was.... ( paraphrased) " it's a special one with a smaller fan " ! *huh! * say that again? It's got the case if a 400w, the serial number of a 600w that doesn't exist, and a fan that doesn't belong with the description on the box, as well as extra cables not mentioned anywhere else? And it's a special one that you were putting extra awesome fans in? So my question is.... Do I believe this ****e? I mean they offered to exchange it, but I have already voided the warranty in the sleeving process..... I'm just either lucky or in the hands of someone else who considers me gullible
And to those who might post in this thread saying something like "yeah but Topower is still not the best psu" you can save it for now. We've already done that talk and this thread is about whether or not this guy is blowing sunshine in 'meh rear. (sorry if that seems testy but I'm having the "that's not a quality psu" debate on another forum as we speak... Again. If you could see my chagrined frustration....)