It is like all of them have issues with blowing up and ruining parts. Is there any brand or model that doesn't have issues where I have like a 10% chance of having my parts fried?

Why is it that power related stuff for PC's is always unreliable? Corsair, Seasonic, Thermaltake... doesn't matter the brand. They all blow up. Is there no quality control anymore?

Corsair is where it's at. How old are your PCs? How much load are you putting on them.

I have a feeling you happen to be a statistically unfortunate soul.

Blowing up? Are you like buying them used.. ?

Never had one blow, maybe you are really unlucky.
Always used FSP, no reason other than they are sold local.

stupid question:

what is a PSU?

I can vouch for Corsair. I have a bronze rated PSU and have used it in two separate builds since 2014. It has never given me the slightest bit of grief or caused issues.

Power Supply Unit.

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Are you plugging straight into the wall, or going through a UPS?

I have an EVGA going strong since 2 years.

Btw, many PSUs are just rebranded products..

I've not had this 'blowing up' issue, and have built PCs for over a dozen years now. Is this an issue you're having with your rigs, or is it just anecdotal? If it's a personal experience, I'd suggest making sure your rig is getting clean power - so check that the wiring in your home isn't faulty/dirty (by this I mean the voltage is not in constant fluctuation), and connect your rig to an UPS with reliable power regulation.

flatiron, if PSUs blow up in specific region near you, then you local current has problems and you should connect machines via voltage regulator to stabilize it, but a better solution would be call to electricity distribution company that manages your network.

If its a general question, go to johnnyguru com and see reviews. Generally, good PSU should state its specifications exactly and keep voltage within ranges during load, it should have protection circuitry, it should use quality 105 degrees Celsius rated capacitors and good efficiency ratio.

Reliable brands are seasonic, fsp and enermax. Compromise brands are corsair, cougar, be quiet, cooler master - because the devices themselves may be produced by contractor. If contractor is seasonic, its one quality. If its channel well, its may be a different one.

I've always been able to tell when PSU's start going bad. On my old system with the Phenom X4, the machine wouldn't power completely off. On the machine before that, the Alienware started smelling like burnt meat because the PSU was causing the capacitors and motherboard to kill themselves.

Not saying I know everything, I certainly don't, but there are warning signs if a PSU is getting ready to crap the bed on you.

If you're buying $50 PSUs, they'll probably fail. If you buy a mid-range from a reputable manufacturer, it will most likely last. There are always failures, but that generally happens pretty quickly, and reliable manufacturers will replace it.

Also, I've only had two fail in the last 25 years, and it never "blew up" and ruined other components. Typically you will either just have no power, and the system wont even post, or you'll start getting random, unrelated errors like video card issues, memory errors, hard drive, etc. Basically, if your system issues are inconsistent, it's probably the PSU.

No. No, do not take anonymous reviews as statistically representative samples. The average user of a thing doesn't write a review because they get what they want and have nothing to say about it. Some few users leave reviews no matter what. But most of the 1/5 or 5/5 star reviews are by people who have a personal issue with the product. Maybe it blew up. Maybe they love it. Maybe they're paid to leave reviews. Whatever.

PSUs last forever if you have clean power and keep them within listed operating temperature ranges, at or below recommended load. UPS are batteries, essentially, and they absolutely do start to show failure after a few years because batteries still don't do well after several thousand charge/discharge cycles.

We used rack UPSes in hardened boxes in 130F temps and a 24-hour duty cycle in the desert, and they lasted multiple deployments. I saw probably 5M+ operating hours (average of 300 working racked devices in the network I was responsible for, for about two years) of 24/7 duty cycle in highly austere environments using COTS gear and only had about a dozen PSU failures. That's high loads at miserable ambient temperatures with no airflow and dirty generator power. Power supplies are rugged. They won't blow up on you. I've had one fail in a personal system in 35 years of owning computers, and it was just a graceful fail, lost a rail and stopped powering the system.
EDIT: apparently arithmetic is hard :/

I once went into a shop to ask for a replacement power supply and they offered me one for €15....I went elsewhere.