PC Part Picker Link: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rtD7YJ/adata-xpg-cybercore-1000-w-80-platinum-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cybercore1000-bkcus
.. why is this PSU so cheap? It's on at least one tier list as being A+ rated. It's 80+ Platinum. No idea if it has the latest connector for Nvidia, but I don't really personally need or care about that.
Sold and shipped by walmart.com, so should be a legit seller. Has a 10 year warranty. Returnable in store. What am I missing? lol
(I acknowledge there are some bad reviews.. but still sold and shipped by walmart. Maybe a bad batch?.. but come on that price still)
Why is this so cheap?
Even then, half the reviews are good. Half are bad:
. I think the sample size is too small to know for sure.
Good thing reviews are never fake.
There's 9 of them. They are hardly gonna fake just 4 positives
I've seen a few of your comments now where you're at least bordering on defending the product so as a best case scenario, I'd say you're already sold on it. If so, just buy it. Otherwise this is starting to feel like a weird advertising strategy. When reviews are 50% I'd happily throw it into the category of "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" and it's not even a particularly spectacular price. Most people don't need 1000W so you can save some money by getting a gold rated unit from good known brands. The drop from platinum to gold isn't all that important for a consumer. Otherwise, wait for a sale on tried and true Seasonic. We aren't all that far from Black Friday, have some patience and buy a product with some pedigree.
I don't know if I'm really defending the product. It seems odd to me that 4 bad reviews are enough for people to completely discount the product. Especially when its highly rated by reputable sources (like Tom's Hardware) and at least A grade on various tier lists.
Heck even Amazon reviews are decent.
For my specific case I'm close to around 800w in the max case with my current build; though it rarely hits that high point. In idle, it's much less though. I just wanted a bit of headroom for the future.
Now for the Platinum vs Gold, I've done a bit of chatgpt math here. The theory is it would save me about $10-$11 bucks a year in energy usage. I plan on running it for about the full 10 year warranty span if not longer. It'll be on 99% of the time. If that math is even ~half right, it pays for the difference for me. For Platinum, this is the cheapest on pcpartpicker:
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I find it hard to believe that the tier lists, review sites, amazon reviews, are all wrong based off ~4 bad walmart.com reviews.
idk.
To be honest, I was already thinking the same about your comments. Giving you the benefit of the doubt I'd say:
Buy it or don't. I wouldn't, but you do you I suppose. Just make sure that your home owners insurance is paid up.
8 reviews are not a significant number. But regardless it looks like it's a little cheap and poorly reviewed. You clearly want it, second worst case scenario it's like $20 back in your pocket at the scrap yard
I've learned to only trust the negative reviews. I've been burned so many times by trusting reviews.