"Buying a high quality PSU from an industry-leading manufacturer such as Corsair is the only way to ensure that the product performs as advertised," says Corsair.
In order to prove that a high-quality PSU is essential (namely of the Corsair variety), the renowned manufacturer has created a video to demonstrate what could happen to users opting for a lesser power supply.
When the video dropped into our inbox, we were expecting it to show a Corsair PSU achieving a higher efficiency or something along those lines. Corsair, however, has taken things a step further and illustrates how sparks fly when using Brand X:
Either the folks at Corsair are really worried about consumers getting their hands on poorly-manufactured PSUs, or they're just looking for an excuse to make a rather funny video. We particularly enjoyed the camera man getting a little scared of exposion number three.
Here at HEXUS, we're a tad dubious about the testing procedure, James Smith from the HEXUS labs states "running it with no case mounted on the PSU will severely impair the airflow over the heatsinks which are cooling the components in the PSU."
Gareth Ogden, technical marketing and applications specialist at Corsair, says "This is obviously aimed at people who think that any old XXXW PSU is as good as another, rather than those who already know that cheap PSUs are crap."
So, there you have it folks, Corsair claims its PSUs are guaranteed not to dramatically explode.
