Corsair CX430W preview

Cheers for the link, shame about the conclusion.

Thought Corsair would keep the quality good :(
 
This will be why they refused to send them out to reviewers then. I would really like johnnyguru to get hold of one of these and stick it through his barrage of tests. Maybe people will stop recommending them now and suggest a decent alternative.
 
You would have thought it would have been better than the cx400.....just glad there are people out there that open them up to check the gubbins on these things .Ive bought 3 cx 400's and iwould have probably just bought the 430 next time thinking it was just the same with a bigger output...thanks for posting
 
pastymuncher said:
Antecs prices have crept up quite a bit over the past year or so though.
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In overall also component quality has gone up considerably starting from Antecs five years ago:
Those old CWT made SmartPowers and TruePower I/II (also sold as trueControl) had horribly low quality capacitors so they can be called just as well with the names SmartBomb and TrueBomb.
In Seasonic made Neo HE and TruePower Trio secondary capacitors were generally used ones while now TruePower New uses all Japanese capacitors and same goes for new High Current serie made by Delta. (and PSU platforms of both are also from higher end)


jbloggs said:
Indeed so, Review
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These D-versions of some Antec PSUs are made by Delta.
 
EsaT said:
In overall also component quality has gone up considerably starting from Antecs five years ago:
Those old CWT made SmartPowers and TruePower I/II (also sold as trueControl) had horribly low quality capacitors so they can be called just as well with the names SmartBomb and TrueBomb.
In Seasonic made Neo HE and TruePower Trio secondary capacitors were generally used ones while now TruePower New uses all Japanese capacitors and same goes for new High Current serie made by Delta. (and PSU platforms of both are also from higher end)


These D-versions of some Antec PSUs are made by Delta.
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Lol I bought on of those True Powers about a few years ago thing blew on me as soon as I turned it on. Smoke actually smelled quite nice!

Thought making some True Power insense!
 
jbloggs said:
Can anybody suggest any, there is the Antec Earthwatts 380w (Green)...
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I run these in my server, and have a couple of builds out there with them in. Good little PSU's.

Its clear Corsair are trying to get into the low end generic market, but in this case, it has probably backfired.
 
ATIorNvidia said:
Only the SxS II's are worth a mention. The originals are sub-par.

Corsair are abusing their brand name recognition... The CX430 is a 300-350w at best.
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Yeah I meant 2, can you even still get the originals?

In fact the new BeQuiet PurePowers look good too
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So choices for good budget PSUs are

- Antec High Current Gamer 400W
- StealthXStream2 500W
- BeQuiet PurePower L7 530W

The earthwatts are good too but starting to push the cost up here
 
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