ATX power supply not made in China

[ASaucci]

I'm trying very hard to boycott Chinese-made goods for practical, political, and humanitarian reasons. However, the Chinese-made ATX power supply on my computer has died. I would like to replace it with one not made in China, but my Internet searches are inconclusive at best, and a scrutiny of the whole power supply aisle at Micro Center suggests that every power supply in the world is made in China. I'm willing to go to $200, maybe even $250 to put my money where my mouth is, but it just seems that my hope is futile. Does anyone know of a power supply not made in China? Taiwan and Japan are fine-- just not China.

 

[BoomerD]

Good luck with that. I'm VERY anti-Chinese in my purchases, but have accepted the fact that nothing electronics-related is made anywhere else.

Sometimes you just have to grin and bear it.

 

[cantholdanymore]

Anything not made in china is very hard to come by. You may thank western governments for that

 

[MarkLuvsCS]

Seasonic USA? I thought they were made in the US, and they are amazing psus.

 

[lehtv]

http://www.seasonicusa.com/info.htm

To support the increasing demand, Sea Sonic's production site has expanded gradually. In 1994, our first China factory joined to contribute production. Soonly , China factory conducts our major production. Our China factory locates at Dongguan City , 2 hours distance from Hong Kong. The total capacity of the factory per month is 850,000 pieces per; according to our business increase, our factory is keeping extending. There are now many more production lines and facilities for our extending business coverage.

If you want the best, you buy made-in-China... Sorry mate :/

 

[Meghan54]

Seasonic USA? I thought they were made in the US, and they are amazing psus.

Nope, all made in China.

From Seasonic USA's web site:

All Seasonic products are manufactured in our ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 certified factory in DongGuan China with an overall capacity of 1,00,000 units per month. Our products comply with CE, CISPR22 and FCC part 15 class B, AS/NZS 3548 and safety certifications include UL, C-UL, VDE, TUV, D, N, S, FI, CCC, PSE, CB and so on.

Above taken from this webpage on Seasonic USA's web site, under Quality Assurance heading:

http://www.seasonicusa.com/info.htm

 

[Blain]

I'm trying very hard to boycott Chinese-made goods for practical, political, and humanitarian reasons.

Does anyone know of a power supply not made in China? Taiwan and Japan are fine-- just not China.

Taiwan is a province OF China.

 

[cantholdanymore]

Taiwan is a province OF China.

According to china yes, not according to them.

 

[Blain]

According to the UN... Yes

 

[Rifter]

Build it Yourself. Im serious. Its the only way its going to happen, but even then you will be hard pressed to find all the components not made in china.

 

[imaheadcase]

According to the UN... Yes

yah because organizations determine countries, not countries themselves.

I dont get all the Chinese hate with products, who cares if its made in china. Like if its made in the USA its going to be better? What, the American citizen magically becomes non-corrupt/better government/ etc? lol

 

[lehtv]

Does Taiwan pay taxes to Chinese central government? If so, then boycotting China = boycotting Taiwan.

 

[Mike64]

Does Taiwan pay taxes to Chinese central government?

No

 

[infoiltrator]

Let me see, Taiwan's been an independent government for over 50 years. The UN ..

 

[Mike64]

Let me see, Taiwan's been an independent government for over 50 years. The UN ..

The Republic of China on Taiwan is actually 4 years younger than the United Nations... It's functionally a separate state and certainly doesn't pay any sort of taxes to the mainland, to put it mildly, but the political status of Taiwan is quirky enough that it actually has its own, long Wikipedia page with that exact name. :biggrin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan

 

[Shangri-La]

Build it Yourself. Im serious. Its the only way its going to happen, but even then you will be hard pressed to find all the components not made in china.

Make sure the tools you use are not made in China.

 

[Shangri-La]

Let me see, Taiwan's been an independent government for over 50 years. The UN ..

You know what to see? Go ask your president and see if taiwan is an independent country.

 

[stahlhart]

Mods should probably move thread to P&N now. :whiste:

 

[Leaving Lotus]

mainlanders will tell you they are part of china, taiwanese will say they are independant, external orgs will say whatever they say et cetera...a bit off topic, but i can definitely see why taiwanese want to continue being independant

on topic, may i ask your reasons for not buying chinese-made goods? i cant imagine it being economically feasible to manufacture in developed nations, so im guessing its going to be a developing/3rd world nation regardless?

 

[stahlhart]

i cant imagine it being economically feasible to manufacture in developed nations

One, whose fault is that? And two, what alternative do you propose, if said developed nation doesn't possess an abundance of natural resources -- creating wealth by taking out one another's garbage? Raising taxes on evil rich people?

Think China is going to quit making stuff now that they're sitting on all of the marbles, like America stupidly did?

 

[cantholdanymore]

One, whose fault is that? And two, what alternative do you propose, if said developed nation doesn't possess an abundance of natural resources -- creating wealth by taking out one another's garbage? Raising taxes on evil rich people?

Think China is going to quit making stuff now that they're sitting on all of the marbles, like America stupidly did?

Agree

Now time to move the thread.

 

[Rifter]

P&N

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[Leaving Lotus]

One, whose fault is that? And two, what alternative do you propose, if said developed nation doesn't possess an abundance of natural resources -- creating wealth by taking out one another's garbage? Raising taxes on evil rich people?

Think China is going to quit making stuff now that they're sitting on all of the marbles, like America stupidly did?

i guess its the fault of the developed people for demanding a higher standard of living? i dont have any alternatives to propose, im perfectly fine with the current situation. i sure as fuck wouldnt want to be purchasing australian power supplies, created by australians on australian wages

 

[stahlhart]

i guess its the fault of the developed people for demanding a higher standard of living?

Which they have every right to do, provided they increase productivity in exchange for it. PIIGS is what you get instead, when they don't.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Back on topic...

Ever since Enermax bought Impervio, a company that manufactured in Taiwan, two years ago, all but one brand of PC PSU's are being built in China.

The one brand that's not built in China is Zippy Emacs. They're sold through Athena Power in the U.S.