[genocidicbunny]

Don't think they ever manufactured their own -- they always rebranded OEM PSUs. The value add that Corsair had was their warranty and support.

My anecdote of Corsair support: My northbridge memory controller (yeah, when those were a thing) died unbeknownst to me. I just experienced it as a huge memory error rate. When I contacted them asking if they had any idea how to test if it was the memory controller or the RAM, Corsair sent me a couple of sticks of validated (as in, they stress tested it to make sure it was good) RAM to test with, along with a free RMA label in case it ended up being the RAM itself. It ended up being the motherboard, and I returned the RAM, but the fact that they were willing to send me hardware to test with without any real obligation on my part to return it was amazing to me.

This is partially why I am a little worried about a Corsair IPO. I know they've gotten bigger and more 'distant' as a brand in the years since my experience, but I can't help feel that once public, they will swing even further away from that experience, driven to chase profits and short-term success. And that saddens me, because to me Corsair has for a long time been one of the 'good guys' and I cannot help but feel that's going to go away.