Mark Twain wrote:
I don't really pay attention to rebates
etc. they're more pain than they're worth.

It would be nice to just have a honest to
goodness bargain of 20 % off or whatever
without having to go through a rebate.

I'm wondering if yours isn't the better choice
did you read the last comment?

"Did Seasonic just become the first manufacturer
to sell the same power supplies under different
names and for different prices to let you pay for
the 2 years longer warranty?

What do you think?
Robert

Well, that's your job as the shopper,
to pick the best one :-)

I'm not a big warranty guy, myself. The only
thing I use warranty for, is cars. You know,
"gimme a new cam shaft", that sort of thing.
Or "yes, I'd like new airbags please" :-)
The airbags on my car were replaced twice,
because I guess they weren't all that clever
on the first replacement.

But for small electronics, I'm not likely to
make a warranty claim, or buy an extended
warranty plan (the one all the electronics
stores try to sell you). Even my current
computer store tries to sell extended three
year warranties. For a $100 item.

I have had ATX power supplies fail. Some
Antecs, plus the no-name one in my first PC.

On hard drives, I haven't had a failure since
the Maxtor 40GB drives died.

And the price of hard drives is influenced by
the warranty terms. That's why they switched
from five year warranties, to shorter warranties
on hard drives. Some people enter the serial number
of a drive they bought, on the warranty page, and
discover the drive has no warranty at all
(serial number not in system).

Paul