Corsair cx500m vs ocz fatal1ty 550w

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I'm confused as to which one I should get. Here in India both have almost same price... While the corsair is semi modular and has some good reviews on it, I feel a little bit inclined towards the fully modular ocz one. But I'm perplexed coz I see in some reviews that ocz has some ripple factor and efficiency issues.. Though I don't totally understand those... Could someone tell me if the ocz is the better choice? Or should I go for the semi modular corsair one? ATX power and cpu power are cables that you have to connect anyways... Thanks in advance
 
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Unfortunately, Tom's isn't the best place to ask about PSUs. You just run into a bunch of Sesaonic fan boys. ;)

Yes, the OCZ and Corsair don't use all Japanese brand capacitors, but today even Japanese brand caps are made in China and everyone is buying their aluminum from the same supplier (a Japanese company) in China.

The OCZ is actually a VERY good unit.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/OCZ/FTY550W/

My concern would be about getting a warranty with an OCZ PSU. OCZ went bankrupt last year. Toshiba bought their SSD division. The PC Power & Cooling division was bought by a private investor, but I don't believe they're using the same distribution channels OCZ had access to before. The unit you have may be "new old stock"...
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Unfortunately, Tom's isn't the best place to ask about PSUs. You just run into a bunch of Sesaonic fan boys. ;)

Yes, the OCZ and Corsair don't use all Japanese brand capacitors, but today even Japanese brand caps are made in China and everyone is buying their aluminum from the same supplier (a Japanese company) in China.

The OCZ is actually a VERY good unit.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/OCZ/FTY550W/

My concern would be about getting a warranty with an OCZ PSU. OCZ went bankrupt last year. Toshiba bought their SSD division. The PC Power & Cooling division was bought by a private investor, but I don't believe they're using the same distribution channels OCZ had access to before. The unit you have may be "new old stock" (NOS). The thing to look for is if the vendor says it's a "Firepower Technology OCZ" or just "OCZ". The box and the unit itself, however, will not differ.

If you get the Corsair instead, that will have a five year warranty supported by Kaizen Infoserve in India. Just make sure the unit is the 80 Plus Bronze unit with 46A on the +12V rail (a "V3", so to speak).

 
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Thanks for the replies... @jonnyguru thanks for those information... I saw many people opining that that ocz is not reliable for they couldn't power up their system once the warranty period was over... So I thought I should go for the corsair one... But the corsair one I'm talking about has only 3 years warranty and has only 38A in 12V rails.... I can't find that V3 version... I'm talking about this
http://www.corsair.com/en/cx-series-cx500m-modular-atx-power-supply-500-watt-80-plus-bronze-certified-modular-psu
 
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I'm sorry. I'm a knucklehead.

Yes.... 38A instead of 34A. The 38A one is the newest version (V3).
 
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The irony in that is that I get my information from jonnyguru. :D
 
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