Not to beat a dead horse, but I really think the exclusion of MTBF requirements from the current ATX standards is almost sensible. The average consumer does not understand what in the heck it is or how it is calculated. So when his or her power supply expires in less than a year, he or she screams h...

i totally understand your pain... i was involved in some similar nonsense over at the sapphire tech forums. those guys recommend a PSU upgrade for EVERYTHING, performance, noise, heat, viruses... i couldn't talk sense into ANYONE over there... they all thought i was lying about my setup (seen in my...

If it can't reach the specified MTBF at full load continuously then the manufacturer is lying because the ATX spec says that's what the PSU must be able to do. Maybe no PSUs do live that long under full load, but in that case there are no true ATX PSUs available. As long as the maximum power is not...

OK......I'll reask the question. Since this power supply is simply an FSP-Epsilon unit, and the FSP Epsilon has a well known issue with out-of-spec ripple under loads, how did you manage to only get 18mV ripple in the +12V rail at full 600W loads? That sort of ripple, what you referred to as "modest...