True, cases and PSUs can last a lot (especially cases), but that is in cases where the user has a bare minimum of knowledge about hardware and cares to maintain and reuse components. Which may be common sense for us but I can assure you I’ve seen many, many times people literally buy a new PC and get rid of or throw away the old one. (Yes, throw, like, in the garbage). Does it make sense? No. Is it stupid? Yes, probably, but people do it anyway.
Agreed. I’m not saying buying cheap PSUs is a good idea, I’m just saying people do it and that’s a reality that affects the market and whether or not a product category/format/standard/etc. sticks or not. As much as we all love shiny high end hardware we should not forget that that’s not what the vast majority of people buy.
Also, just to be clear, by “cheap” I don’t necessarily mean “dirty cheap crappy PSUs” … maybe the appropriate word would be “affordable”. For example, you find things like this:
https://www.amazon.es/Corsair-CP-9020098-EU-Fuente-alimentación-650/dp/B00LMBT0IO/ref=sr_1_5?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1468229119&sr=1-5
That’s not even a no-name brand, it’s frigging Corsair. On the other hand, your bare minimum SFX to run a graphics card would be something like:
https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B00W4IVZQY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1AT7YVPFBWXBL
which is 20% more expensive for 40% less wattage.
