EVGA Caught Sampling PSUs to Reviewers Not the Same as Retail
 

In the dirty underworld of PSU fanboys it seems as though it is being pointed out that EVGA is sampling PSU review samples from one manufacturer, but when you go to the store and purchase the same "unit," it is made by a totally different company. At least that is what is being put forward in the Overclock.net forums. EVGA's track record with HardOCP PSU reviews is not good overall. EVGA has refused to sample us PSUs for years for reviews, so most of the units we have done over the years have been purchased in retail by us. When we get luls in our schedule, we buy ones that are marketed for sale at that time. HardOCP has asked for PSU samples for years to come from retail stock, the same as you would purchase. To date, Seasonic is the only company to step up and do this. Also, interestingly enough, we have to go back 5 years to find the ONLY Seasonic PSU that has not been an award winner with us (but it still passed ATX spec), and that was an obscure form factor low power PSU, not anything mainstream. That is a hell of a track record. It looks like at the time at least one company is stepping up to meet the challenge, other companies are actually stepping down. That is a shame. Well well well the plot thickens and i now have an answer for why the samples OklahomaWolf from Jonnyguru got seemed so much better then [sic] the ones Aris from Tomshardware got.

http://www.hardocp.com/news/2017/09/...e_as_ret ail/