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Guy at Micro Center swore I needed a 1200W PSU for a basic office build
I was building a PC for my wife's cousin to browse Facebook and pay bills. Some kid working there insisted a 300W unit would fry the system, so I grabbed a 1200W Corsair just to shut him up. $250 later and the PC runs fine with a kill-a-watt reading 180W under load. Has anyone else had a salesperson talk you into something way overkill?
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sandra_moore305mo ago
Walked into a Best Buy for a laptop charger once and left with a whole damn gaming laptop cause the guy said my old one would just die anyway. $800 later and I just needed a $30 cord. Your 1200W story is wild though, that sales kid must be getting commission on the expensive stuff.
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torres.riley5mo ago
Best Buy sales people work on commission but it's actually not that crazy for the high end stuff, they make the same percentage on a $30 cord as they do on that 1200W PSU. I used to work retail back in college and the real trick is they push the accessories and protection plans way harder than the big ticket items. That kid probably got a better payout from selling the cables and the extended warranty than he did from the power supply itself.
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sandragrant5mo ago
Read an article once that said they make more on a 10 cent cable than a whole TV.
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