We(consumers) do not care for most laptop or phone chargers while it is basically the same device, even more it is passive and more cramped. Why are ATX PSU so special? We look for compatibility chart and that is it. It should be same, no hard feelings.
But we(engineers) usually overdo and bring our technical beef from prototyping phase, maxing out current platform, well unlike other products, you still know your prototype can work, imagine designing product and debugging it for 3 months with new silicon, pulling hair and then errata comes, hey it was a CPU bug..., but let us leave it there, no one cares about the internal struggles. I don't give a damn about review remarks about part origins, hot exhaust etc, as long the price/performance is fine. Warranty covers every other aspect. Here we have a reviewer for mice that puts slow charging as negative for 200mAh cells, I am not sure what does he expect putting than more than 1C into them or thicker wires are for higher frequencies... OK enough with the sad jokes. I rarely venture into audio related stuff also, I read only reviews done by Amirm, he does plots, it is enough, very limited comments, he crates a basic datasheet. Basically I do not even expect high precision review, not needed, no review will catch that my older Corsair AX850 will melt their pcie 8pin connector and wires after 3 years either way, you have to put moving air there, sure, my fault, but it can also be solved with a better PCB, case design and FAN shroud, maybe another type of wiring pinouts(s).
Same applies to any job, reviews are time consuming, but you have to go down to earth and look at these things from client perspective, we do not need useless data in our busy lives, we do read the conlusion mostly, I like to look at pictures also, but because I understand the design, if I see crap factory soldering, then okay, no thanks, but component quality? Lottery with humming coils? How a review will cover that? Contrary I simply do not understand some reviewers not measuring some distances, put a ruler besides the connectors or make detailed drawing, that is crucial, especially for small form factor builds. You can add usefull info without any hassle. You cannot imagine how many beers I owe to W1zzard as he does high resoltion PCB shots on his reviewed GPUs. Putting schematics like it was a norm in early days is no fashion anymore, but I would like it to be enforced by law. But the technical bits, with high end equipment, that never will pay off and it is not needed. We need a ATX PASS badge and compatibility list, and cosmetics, dimensions, accessories, fan modes also must be clearly explained in the included manual, another bullshit badge, what does mean noise level A+ or A++ mean? After 50ies age or before? Or after serving military or not? Last time I looked those things are still measured in decibels, just put plots, at current X we have dB Y. We download component datasheet, those like are like cornerstone of everything and they look and work fine. PSU should have such datasheet included in the first place and if not the review should emulate it. Not all of it, but mechanical and basic stuff is enough for a review.
To be fair. How many revisions of the same marketing named device you have? Changing fans, their curves. EU/US version differences, then parts change as those run out of stock... so how revelant the detailed PSU review even remains? I mentioned laptop chargers, they are multi sourced, while they look similar outside they are shuffled, even laptop fans differ, some have like 5 versions, due to minimizing supply chain risks. Does the review cover all of them? Nope. Those are different designs, so overdoing it does not make sense either way.
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