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Redditor finds heavy block of iron shavings inside cheap PSU, also appears to lack safety protections (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 11 months ago (26 children)

I'll also argue you shouldn't skimp out on a motherboard.

I once owned an Asus Ranger VII. When I turned it on for the very first time, it lost its magic dust, and fried my RAM.

RMA found the MB was faulty, so they covered the RAM too.

This is from ASUS too, so I can only imagine how the chances of this sort of accident rises as you reduce the cost.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (23 children)

I don't think I'll ever buy an asus board again. I've had so many problems over the years with their boards. I used to think they were quality

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (8 children)

I gave up on Asus after a motherboard went up in (literal) flames when a cap blew a month into owning it. The RMAed it and the new one was DOA. They blamed my power supply and wouldn't do a second return..

I bought an ASRock and it ran flawlessly for 5+ years. Yeah...it was definitely the power supply that was the problem, Asus..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

ASRock was an Asus spinoff but was later bought by Pegatron (which is part of the Asus holdings).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well the spinoff seems to be better

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Yeah, it's weird because often enough the spinoffs may even share some infrastructure, but it's the pricing and support that are different.

Another good example is Virgin Mobile, which belongs to Bell, but their pricing and service are generally better.