Yes it was a different one, i gave them just psu back and next day got one sealed in a box with all accessories and unbroken box seals. Problem was different psu no 1 would shut down when went over anything than 300 watts and be stuck on no boot loop paper clip required. psu no 2 would work for some hours even under stress load of 850ish watts then get to shutdown restart loop till i let it cool off for some hours. Due to my field of work and "connections" manged to get to contact with some Asus managers very quickly and i have been told many times these products due to their nature and cost go back an get repaired on a "bad component" example a single capacitor or w/e then go back to the public as bran new. Now imo this is terrible policy since obvious every component would need a very detailed testing to exclude it from being bad. Still the case i got 2 defective or just 2 that they were manufacturer repaired sounds a little bit extreme but possible.
I would like to stick to the brand due to the whole build theme etc but not crazy at the moment since i this is experience has been horrible. My question is where do i lean towards? Checkign reviews seems every major company has issue doa etc which i dont understand btw due to the premium product line, cost, etc. As i said i will give it a third try but crossed it out of my mind already cause of disappointment. Even if it works for 6 months or a year thats pretty bad. Never had a psu problem before, never had a broken one to begin with, all were inferior models and price best i would go was a gold one. So i am wondering about the platinum titanium quality in general.