It means AC appliances on battery backup runs hotter and less efficiently
The Costco model is good up to 900W this is only 810W.
Probably does not matter depending on your use case.
Personally I am going to spend the extra $15 and order from Costco. That way if I ever have issues in the future with it I'm more likely to be able to return/exchange it.
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I'm not sure the term 'fakenews' applies. More accurately, it's dated information. While true that PFC power supplies did have problems, and those problems were avoided by using a PURE Sine Wave PS, current (A)ctive PFC power supplies no longer have this issue, at least in where 120v power is concerned.
See this thread on Corsair's own website, and the verbiage shared by the legendary Jonny Guru, the founding father of power supply reviews[hardforum.com]. Very cheaply made and/or systems running on 230v power can still have issues in certain circumstances.
The fakenews is the implication that they are needed for the health of sensitive electronics (often vaguely defined as cell phones laptops CPAPs etc). That simply isn't true.
In any case we seem to be on the same page, and debating semantics at this stage, thanks for the input and thoughts.
You are working with a false premise. Yes they are more expensive, yes the electronics are more complicated, yes the specifications are better, but no it doesn't make any difference for any normal use case.
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Probably does not matter depending on your use case.
Personally I am going to spend the extra $15 and order from Costco. That way if I ever have issues in the future with it I'm more likely to be able to return/exchange it.
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See this thread on Corsair's own website, and the verbiage shared by the legendary Jonny Guru, the founding father of power supply reviews [hardforum.com]. Very cheaply made and/or systems running on 230v power can still have issues in certain circumstances.
https://forum.corsair.c
In any case we seem to be on the same page, and debating semantics at this stage, thanks for the input and thoughts.