AX850 vs AX860 vs AX860i

Dark Light · 21 Mar 2014 at 22:13

Just a quick question, I have sent my AX850 back to Corsair and I was just wondering what the difference was between the AX860 and AX860i and how they compare to the AX850.

ExRayTed · 21 Mar 2014 at 22:17

Different OEMs

Either Seasonic or Flextronics. Seasonic would be my go-to choice, although Flextronics aren't a terrible OEM

Dark Light · 21 Mar 2014 at 22:24

ExRayTed said:
Different OEMs

Either Seasonic or Flextronics. Seasonic would be my go-to choice, although Flextronics aren't a terrible OEM

From what I have seen at so far, the old AX1200 was a Flextronics. And if I remember correctly, the Seasonic AX850 is superior to the Flextronics AX1200 (which is why I originally got the AX850). So therefore would that mean that the AX860 is superior to the AX860i. Also, in the limited research I have done I've seen people state that there is coil whine on the AX860, is this true?

stulid · 21 Mar 2014 at 22:39

If you are thinking about exchanging the PSU, if you have a Z87X-OC board then the 760/860i's wont work.

Dark Light · 21 Mar 2014 at 22:47

stulid said:
If you are thinking about exchanging the PSU, if you have a Z87X-OC board then the 760/860i's wont work.

What do you mean, care to elaborate?

I have a P9X79 Pro and I have sent the AX850 back because it died and they might not have any AX850s anymore.

stulid · 21 Mar 2014 at 23:08

OC Ignition on the Z87X-OC and Force cause a compatibility issue with those two PSU's. the boards refuse to start.

Pretty sure the 1200i is not affected.

Dark Light · 21 Mar 2014 at 23:15

Corsair have just got back to me and said that they will most likely send out a AX860 at the end of the month, a CP-9020044-NA, which from what I can tell is the North American version.

Dark Light · 22 Mar 2014 at 22:50

Should I and do I have the right to insist to Corsair that I get the UK version of the AX860?

Sasahara · 22 Mar 2014 at 23:22

I doubt it's any different, most high end PSUs are universal.

90~264V, the only different is likely to be the sticker on the box/psu.

Dark Light · 22 Mar 2014 at 23:46

Sasahara said:
I doubt it's any different, most high end PSUs are universal.

90~264V, the only different is likely to be the sticker on the box/psu.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but isn't the US 115v and the UK 230v so wouldn't that mean that if you used a 115v version here the PSU would get 230v and not work. Also if it did work, wouldn't that make it more inefficient?

Philtor · 23 Mar 2014 at 10:34

Dark Light said:
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but isn't the US 115v and the UK 230v so wouldn't that mean that if you used a 115v version here the PSU would get 230v and not work. Also if it did work, wouldn't that make it more inefficient?

The PSU will have a switch on it to select the voltage accordingly. If it doesn't then it will usually auto detect the voltage on startup.

Dark Light · 23 Mar 2014 at 18:12

Philtor said:
The PSU will have a switch on it to select the voltage accordingly. If it doesn't then it will usually auto detect the voltage on startup.

I don't think that it does have a switch, but in any case should I still insist that I get sent the UK version?

pcAnywhere · 23 Mar 2014 at 21:16

The PSU will be the same. The kettle lead (socket end) will be different.

Sasahara · 24 Mar 2014 at 01:43

Dark Light said:
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but isn't the US 115v and the UK 230v so wouldn't that mean that if you used a 115v version here the PSU would get 230v and not work. Also if it did work, wouldn't that make it more inefficient?

It's universal switching PSU and will work practically anywhere with the correct kettle lead.

90~264V 50-60Hz.

Your UK AX850 was also like this, a large percentage of modern consumer electronics are too. It's cheaper to have one production line for everyone even if the individual unit costs slightly more.

As long as they honour the warrantee for the rest of the time it's perfectly fine.

Dark Light · 24 Mar 2014 at 05:53

Sasahara said:
It's universal switching PSU and will work practically anywhere with the correct kettle lead.

90~264V 50-60Hz.

Your UK AX850 was also like this, a large percentage of modern consumer electronics are too. It's cheaper to have one production line for everyone even if the individual unit costs slightly more.

As long as they honour the warrantee for the rest of the time it's perfectly fine.

I presume I am only going to get the remainder of the original warranty. Another thing, if it is the North American version I would presume it is going to be shipped from the States, which means that it will take a week or two before it gets here. And adding to that the fact that they are only getting the units at the end of the month, I could be waiting 3 weeks for the replacement, and this is after originally contacting them on the 7th of February.