The manufacturers warranty may vary from country to country. I'm an Aussie living in Japan, and it doesn't seem to matter what I buy, everything has a maximum one-year warranty. I took a few shop staff to task over this recently (when I discovered my American-made speakers with an advertised 5-year ...

Well, I went and bought a Seasonic Super Cyclone 500W (SS-500HT) after some deliberation, and I ust say I'm happy with it. I would have been happier with the S12 unit to be honest, but they are essentially the same thing as far as I can see. The only differences I've noticed are the finish (S12 is p...

Aha, so I can assume the same quality circuitry and fan are included in the OEM model, I guess... I wish I'd held off buying the Scythe / Super Flower unit one more day! It would seem that the Retail / OEM versions of the 500W (S12-500 vs. SS-500HT) differ in their number of PCI-E connectors, though...

Hi all, this is my first post at SPCR, and I'm certainly glad to be here given the amount of excellent info I've found on this site. I live in Tokyo, which is a good thing for getting PC bits and pieces, but it's a bit of a challenge to get good information regarding the finer points of PC setup (my...