Corsair 600w

Corsair are generally good - but bear in mind they are just a brand, they get other companies to make the units for them. If I remember rightly, many of the recent TX and HX series have been made by Seasonic and CWT - so the quality is pretty nice and the warranty is long.

However these new "builder series" PSUs seem to be a step backwards. They are not "80 plus" certified, don't have much current on the 12V rails and the warranty is a mere 2 years.

I'm sure it will be fine (especially with a dual core + 4870), but I wouldn't expect the same kind of quality we usually expect from a "corsair" PSU.
 
Oh, really? Should I have ordered something else? What do you recommend. I asked them to deliver for friday so I might still be able to change the order tomorrow
 
andi, looks great, but I prefer to stay under 60 quid if I can. Would 500w be enough for my sig spec, and if so, what else is really good up to 55 quid? Needs 2 x 6 pin pci-e for my 4870.
 
Ah, in that case I would go with this one - it is at least 80 plus certified and has a warranty a year longer than the corsair.

But if you could find the extra £10 then the XFX is definitely worth it (the thing comes with 2x6pin and 2x6+2pin PCIe cable for crossfire of high-end cards).
 
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Heh, well my 700w modxstream is also guaranteed for 3 years and it's broken after 15 months, so I'm not sure how good ocz are anymore. I had high hopes for corsair since they've always been highly respected on the forum. Had even considered the cx500 earlier at under 50 quid. Ah well. I'll have a think on the xfx, unless other suggestions come up.
 
It is certainly a shame that your OCZ died, but at least you are covered and will be for another year and a half.

As I mentioned, Corsair PSUs are only highly respected because they have partnered with quality PSU makers to make some really nice high-end PSUs and backed them up with long warranties. That is why I got the PSU in my sig, CWT made, ~90% efficiency, enough power and 7 year warranty. However these new "builder series" corsairs are a different beast all together, and can't be held in the same esteem that other corsair PSUs are.

As for the CX 500W - it only has one 6+2 PCIe power connection, so it wouldn't be ideal to use with your graphics card.
 
Ok cmndr andi, I just ordered the XFX Pro 650w, will receive tomorrow. :) Review you linked me to on the XFX Pro series is very good.
 
The Full Specification Tab on the product has the max wattage ouput on +12V (480w in this case) - as do all of our PSU's

The ModXstream 700w max +12V output is 552w.

Remember the PSU will be outputting other wattages also, so thats how they achieve the 600w and 700w overall ratings. The +12V rails are what power your actual motherboard, CPU, RAM and GPU though.
 
I have had two corsair tx650's fail on me in the last 11 months. Both were new. Corsair appear a trusted brand but my experience of them is not great. The first time round it took my motherboard with it. But as with any mass produced item there will be failiures, I've probably just been unlucky?
 
We have sold over 11,000 TX650w over the life of the product - total faulty units back is 167. That is 1.5% fault rate. So they are reliable.
 
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Corsair are generally good - but bear in mind they are just a brand, they get other companies to make the units for them.
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It's really depressing that people don't take the time to do a little digging beneath the surface. But that's the nature of brand recogition. All it takes is a couple of people to say "Corsair make the best power supplies" and suddenly this becomes a "fact" that people repeat verbatim without question.


Corsair, XFX, OCZ - none of these people manufacture power supplies. I think they might have some minor input in tweaking the design, but even then probably not much.

The units are designed and built by people like Seasonic, Channel Well, Fortron Source, Enermax, etc.

And what you have to be really careful about is, even if a 650w PSU in a line is made by X, doesn't mean the 750w or 550w in that same line is also made by X.

But there are resources you could find through google which lists it all for you. Here's one of them.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page541.htm
 
I'm back on the pc. :)

Out with the old and in with the new :D

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So far so good. Thanks for the recommendation, cmndr andi. Only problem with non modular is extra cables. I can't fully lock the bottom clips on the other side cover over all the cables, but it's holding due to the screws.
 
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