Seasonic knows how to impress a geek

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I bought a new Seasonic 400W passive power supply and unpacking it tonight was almost like unpacking an Apple product. The supply arrived in a velvet bag, the cables are in a velcro-bound plastic bag. The manual is huge... it's a power supply and it's got a manual thicker than my motherboard manual.

If the power supply works half as well as the impression it makes when you unbox it, I'm in for a treat. :)
 

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SparkyJJO

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While that is nice and all, I actually hate that kind of packaging. It makes me feel like I spent a few dollars extra for the pretty packaging that won't see any use once the unit is installed :p

The cynic in me also figures that the uber thick manual only has 5 pages in English, and the remaining 95 pages are all the other languages lol.
 
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SparkyJJO said:
While that is nice and all, I actually hate that kind of packaging. It makes me feel like I spent a few dollars extra for the pretty packaging that won't see any use once the unit is installed :p

The cynic in me also figures that the uber thick manual only has 5 pages in English, and the remaining 95 pages are all the other languages lol.
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Yeah, you called it right on the manual. It was pretty hefty, but only the first 8 pages were in English. But on the flip-side, I thought I paid a decent price for the power supply so the packaging seems like a nice perk. :) I'll keep it down in the basement and some day when I sell this supply, I can impress someone else with it.
 
sandorski

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Ya, they do a nice Packing job. XFX, at least with my 5870, also makes a great impression opening the box.
 
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Monster_Munch

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I just bought a new Corsair AX850 and it came in almost exactly the same velvet bag. All the modular cables are in a velcro sealed pouch.
 
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Monster_Munch said:
I just bought a new Corsair AX850 and it came in almost exactly the same velvet bag. All the modular cables are in a velcro sealed pouch.
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I have been less than impressed with my AX850's sleeve and heat shrink job. Outside of that it has served me well.

Every SeaSonic psu I have ever had was issue free. And yes the packaging was nice on them and like Monster_Munch said I would say corsair is almost up there with SeaSonic in the packaging department.
 
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Monster_Munch

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I thought the Corsair PSUs were made by Seasonic anyway? I'm surprised you think there's a quality difference.
 
BoomerD

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I have a Corsair HX620...Seasonic built PSU. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the thing was packaged when it arrived. Well built foam enclosure in the box, nice heavy-duty "canvas-like" nylon bag for the cables, zip ties, etc.

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i'd rather it be in a paper bag if i could get more quality parts for my money. screw the package, thats to attract noob's at BestBuy.
 
LOL_Wut_Axel

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System_Mechanic said:
you should see an "insert image" icon above your reply. a yellow square with a mountain in it. copy link to pic there..or just type in /img tags
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I mean uploading them, as in taking them from my computer and uploading them to this site so I can link to it. I was able to do this on overclock.net, but I didn't think I could here. I saw the OP linked to an image in the site, so now I'm wondering.
 
sandorski

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LOL_Wut_Axel said:
I mean uploading them, as in taking them from my computer and uploading them to this site so I can link to it. I was able to do this on overclock.net, but I didn't think I could here. I saw the OP linked to an image in the site, so now I'm wondering.
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u don't. use a hosting site.
 
Fayd

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pm said:
I bought a new Seasonic 400W passive power supply and unpacking it tonight was almost like unpacking an Apple product. The supply arrived in a velvet bag, the cables are in a velcro-bound plastic bag. The manual is huge... it's a power supply and it's got a manual thicker than my motherboard manual.

If the power supply works half as well as the impression it makes when you unbox it, I'm in for a treat. :)
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corsair has been doing that for...well...ever since they started making power supplies.
 
LOL_Wut_Axel

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lehtv said:
He's referring to the OP's image thumbnail. The image is hosted in anandtech.
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This. I've always wanted to upload screenshots that I can host on the site so I can help people out. Since I saw pm do it, then there should be some way.
 
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7 years ago, if you had said the PSU's would be packaged like this, you would be laughed out of town.

I just bought the Seasonic 560 GOLD and I laughed at all the stuff. But heck, the cables are useful, and who does not like a nice bag or 2. And even the box wold make good storage for computer screws, etc.

And, subject to much further testing, it works great!
 
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