Corsair RMx Shift Series

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They Shifted the Modular Panel!

The new Corsair RMx Shift series brings innovation a side-positioned DC connector panel. According to the brand’s claims, this provides a tremendous boost to cable management since users have an easier access to the modular panel. Moreover, all Shift models are ATX v3.0 and PCIe 5.0 ready.

 
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I am very tempted by the 1200w Shift as the cable management aspect looks fantastic and it's much easier to add or remove cables with this design. This is genuine design innovation and I applaud Corsair for being the first to do it.
 
OCUK now has Corsair RMx Shift PSUs in stock.

Found Corsair RMx Shift 1200W PSU review confirmed new RMx Shift PSUs are manufactured by CWT just like RM 2021 series.

hwbusters.com

Corsair RM1200x Shift PSU Review: They Shifted the Modular Panel! - Hardware Busters

Hardware Busters - Corsair RM1200x Shift PSU Review: They Shifted the Modular Panel! - PSUs
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I will wait for Corsair to launch high end Corsair AX Shift 1200W PSU with Platinum or Titanium 80Plus, these PSU will be manufacture by Seasonic. Cant wait to replace my 8 years old Corsair AX860 so I will be no longer have to unscrew PSU and remove it to have access to connectors to plug cable in then push PSU back in and screw it. Also I will need to sell my type 4 Corsair 12VHPWR cable as type 4 cables will not be compatible with RMx Shift and AX Shift PSUs because they need type 5 cables so type 3 and type 4 cables will not work with new Shift PSUs.
 
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So, the cables go on the backplate side, not on the cooler side? Hmm. Reminds me of the Seasonic Connect, not sure anyone ever got one :o
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Seasonic Connect? Never heard of it. I checked it out on Seasonic website, Seasonic Syncro Connect DGC-650, DGC-750 and DPC-850 PSUs was never been available to retailers but only available as part of Seasonic Syncro Q704 case. OCUK has it in stock.

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Seasonic Syncro Q704 Midi Tower Tempered Glass + Syncro DPC-850 80+ Platinum Power supply - black

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I found Seasonic Connect 750W PSU had been discontinued.
 
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AthlonXP1800 said:
OCUK now has Corsair RMx Shift PSUs in stock.

Found Corsair RMx Shift 1200W PSU review confirmed new RMx Shift PSUs are manufactured by CWT just like RM 2021 series.

hwbusters.com

Corsair RM1200x Shift PSU Review: They Shifted the Modular Panel! - Hardware Busters

Hardware Busters - Corsair RM1200x Shift PSU Review: They Shifted the Modular Panel! - PSUs
hwbusters.com hwbusters.com

I will wait for Corsair to launch high end Corsair AX Shift 1200W PSU with Platinum or Titanium 80Plus, these PSU will be manufacture by Seasonic. Cant wait to replace my 8 years old Corsair AX860 so I will be no longer have to unscrew PSU and remove it to have access to connectors to plug cable in then push PSU back in and screw it. Also I will need to sell my type 4 Corsair 12VHPWR cable as type 4 cables will not be compatible with RMx Shift and AX Shift PSUs because they need type 5 cables so type 3 and type 4 cables will not work with new Shift PSUs.
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Where are you seeing the info about Platinum/Titanium versions made by Seasonic? And why do you think those would be worth waiting for? Platinum rated PSU's provide a negligible benefit (90% Gold vs 92% Platinum efficiency) and take years to recoup the initial additional purchase costs as power savings, if at all. IFrom everything I have seen and read t's basically just another marketing upsell.
 
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Richdog said:
Where are you seeing the info about Platinum/Titanium versions made by Seasonic? And why do you think those would be worth waiting for? Platinum rated PSU's provide a negligible benefit (90% Gold vs 92% Platinum efficiency) and take years to recoup the initial additional purchase costs as power savings, if at all. IFrom everything I have seen and read t's basically just another marketing upsell.
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No it not marketing gimmick, Platinum rated PSUs did not provided a negligible benefit. 2% to saved 10W seemed sound not much but the electricity price is very high now at 33.91p per kWh, it probably will take 10 years to take electricity price back to normal 16p per kWh back in 2020 accorded to experts. 10W cost £2.44 a month and £29.28 in a year but in 10 years it cost £292.80 saving in total. If switch from Gold to Titanium PSU, it will save £4.88 a month, £58.86 a year and £585.60 in 10 years. That really a lot of money in 10 years enough to buy 2 new PSUs at £250 each.

I was read Corsair's JonnyGURU comment or interview months ago confirmed Corsair will have whole new range of ATX 3.0 PSUs in 2023, Corsair new RMx Switch 80Plus Gold PSUs are available now. I found 2 unannounced Corsair SF850L and SF1000L ATX 3.0 SFX Platinum PSUs in Cybenetics database, it was tested few months ago on 18 November 2022 but these 2 PSUs are manufactured by Great Wall just like previous SF models. Corsair probably will launch it soon or in a few months.

Cybenetics Labs – PSU Efficiency & Noise Level Certifications

www.cybenetics.com www.cybenetics.com

JonnyGURU probably busy developed high end AX series ATX 3.0 Seasonic models right now after completed SFX ATX 3.0 Great Wall models months ago and Cybernetics should have some test reports upload in database soon.

Unfortunately it seemed I will not wait for a high end Corsair AX ATX 3.0 PSU as I need a new PSU now since in the last few days ago I noticed my Corsair AX860 PSU lost power and restarted PC many times, I found Kernel power Event ID 41 task 63 errors in Event Viewer.

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.
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My PSU is dying after played Forspoken for days, it seemed DirectStorage is very demand on power my Corsair AX860 PSU cant keep up after used for 8 years. Sometime it lost power and restarted after wake up from standby and while browsed internet. Tested memorytest86 for 5 hours and all my RAM sticks passed with no errors. Tried uninstalled Norton 360, tried reinstalled Windows 11,tried turned off fast startup, tried run Forspoken again 5 times but PC restarted 5 times when chapter 8 boss Tanta Pav launched Cataract spell at me at exactly same spot. Tried reduced RTX 3080 power limited from 100% to 60% in afterburner and ran Forspoken again seemed fixed it stopped Kernel power 41 errror, I managed to defeated Tanta Pav. It seemed my GPU cant get enough power from PSU so I will order new Corsair RM1200x Shift PSU and see how it goes then maybe sell in a year to get Corsair AX ATX 3.0 Platinum or Titanium PSU. Interesting I noticed Cybenetics has Diamond PSU logo on database but none of new PSUs has Diamond 80Plus efficiency at 96%. Maybe I will wait a bit longer to see first Diamond rated PSU.

Cybenetics Labs – PSU Efficiency & Noise Level Certifications - ETA

www.cybenetics.com www.cybenetics.com
 
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Richdog said:
Where are you seeing the info about Platinum/Titanium versions made by Seasonic? And why do you think those would be worth waiting for? Platinum rated PSU's provide a negligible benefit (90% Gold vs 92% Platinum efficiency) and take years to recoup the initial additional purchase costs as power savings, if at all. IFrom everything I have seen and read t's basically just another marketing upsell.
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It is a marketing upsell. If you fall for this you'll fall for anything.
 
Hey - have this PSU and can confirm it comes with a cable that’s 12VHPWR on the GPU side which splits into 2x pcie 8-pins on the PSU side, which of the v.5 ‘smaller’ cables on the PSU as per the other cables.

@Richdog is your concern that this won’t power a 4090?

That cable is rated for 600wt so should be OK.
 
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This is a total fail for 90% of cases.

In my itx it would be a godsend depending on the side. And where it would put the fan
 
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Bought this today to swap with a EVGA G2 850 that’s 8 years old as I just upgrade to 7900 XTX and 5950X to give me more headroom.
I will see how practical this is once installed in a Phanteks P600s
 
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