My Superflower Leadex II has been running strong for 7 years with daily use, proving itself to be in a league of its own when it comes to reliability, even compared to other premium brands that have strong marketing.
The PSU wasn’t even that expensive considering its performance and longevity. I paid just over $100 for it.
A decade ago, I learned that lesson firsthand after purchasing 3x FSP Aurum Gold units on separate occasions.
All of them developed issues or instabilities within 6 months to 3 years. These were installed in PCs that are used daily, not just idling or running light workloads on a home mini server. This was a real-world, long-term reliability test.
I know some people like to bring up servers as a counterargument, but let’s be real, many of these so called servers are merely "self serving home servers" that is idle literally 90% of the time and only occasionally handling small tasks. That’s nowhere near a valid comparison. Besides, server-grade components and consumer-grade PSUs are built to entirely different standards.
That experience taught me to avoid budget and mid-tier PSUs entirely if you really are in for the long run, plus superflower low failure rate is not a fluke from someone having worked in RMA.
