PC Peripherals New Corsair entry level PSU's

Currently their entry level CX400 is 80+ certified and comes with 3 year warranty while costing close to 3k. I hope they don't do away with it, as its the best VFM at the moment.
 
^ The CX400 was hovering around the 2.5k mark , when I bought it for a friend month back. I feel its the most VFM PSU one can buy for a entry level / mid end graphic card build. The new models will make sense if priced around 1.5-1.7k mark ;).IMO, no 80+ certification and only 2 years warranty is a big no unless budget is too low . It could be useful for low cost HTPCs maybe.
 
I thought you were referring to the newer GS series which were launched sometime back. :P

Corsair has recently launched GS600, GS700 & GS800.

Aces170 said:
Corsair has introduced new CX series PSU's. However none of them have the 80+ certification, and have 2 year warranty coverage.
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I think they have a 3 year warranty since Corsair's website says so -

Corsair Global said:
AX Professional Seriesâ„¢ Gold (models AX1200, AX850, and AX750) have a 7 year warranty

HX Professional Series (models HX450, HX650, HX750 and HX850) have a 7 year warranty

HX Series (Models HX520W, HX620, and HX1000) have a 5 year warranty

TX and VX Enthusiast Seriesâ„¢ (Models TX650, TX750, TX850, TX950, VX450, and VX550) have a 5 year warranty

GS Gaming Seriesâ„¢ (Model 600G) have a 3 year warranty

CX and Builder Series (Models CX400 and CX430) have a 3 year warranty
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Welcome to Corsair :: Warranty
 
FaH33m said:
^ The CX400 was hovering around the 2.5k mark , when I bought it for a friend month back. I feel its the most VFM PSU one can buy for a entry level / mid end graphic card build. The new models will make sense if priced around 1.5-1.7k mark ;).IMO, no 80+ certification and only 2 years warranty is a big no unless budget is too low . It could be useful for low cost HTPCs maybe.
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Oh, wasn't aware of the reduced prices. I bought CX400 for 3.2k around 6 months ago and VX450 for 4.2k around 1 year ago. :|

Then it makes sense to buy FSP saga II 350w upto 1.5k, and CX400 in 2.5k range. Corsair can compete in 1.2k (upto 80: 400w) to 2.5k (upto 80: 500w) range. Btw, any knowledge on the OEMs of CX500?

EDIT: Just found that The CX600, CX500, CX430 show 2 year warranty here:

http://www.corsair.com/products/cx600/default.aspx

http://www.corsair.com/products/cx500/default.aspx

http://www.corsair.com/products/cx430/default.aspx

While the CX400 is 3 year warranty and is 80lus certified unlike the above listed.

http://www.corsair.com/products/cx/default.aspx
 
Aces170 said:
Gannu nice find, informed TR too :)
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Hey hold up! Corsair does not seem to have updated the warranty info on the main page! :P

They have mentioned that the CX430, CX500 and the CX430 has a 2 year warranty here:

CX600
CX500
CX430

Probably a confusion.

But did you inform TR already? :P
 
This was really unneeded from Corsair, why did they decide to launch products which are lesser in quality? Many people who buy Corsair products blindly because of the quality their products hold may not see that these are not high efficiency PSUs. They shouldn't have lowered their quality bar. :no:
 
Mephistopheles said:
This was really unneeded from Corsair, why did they decide to launch products which are lesser in quality?
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They are entry level power supplies. Many systems in India are of entry level/office/general surfing rig types and most systems are bound to be bundled with some unknown psu. Not everyone will spend 3-4k on a psu to power up such machines but out of that number of people many would like a reliable low cost solution. If you're thinking it this way, its a logical move. Besides if you think about it Gigabyte superb 460 (I am sure many will say that this isn't really a 460w unit) is not 80% certified but then again it a good power supply.

Mephistopheles said:
Many people who buy Corsair products blindly because of the quality their products....
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Same sentences were used by many members many years ago for L&C, VIP and coolermaster extreme series. Corsair makes good stuff for now but under any circumstances no product should be bought blindly. I don't know how many people observed it but newer vx450 are more like cx400.
 
^Yeah I am counting on Redbeard's opinion on these units. He is generally very honest with them. :)

Here's what he had to say on JG forums regarding the Corsair GS series units:

Redbeard said:
The GS series is basically a step below the TX series, 40C rated instead of 50C rated, 80 Plus white, as opposed to the newer TX unit (the TX950) which is Bronze rated, etc.

It's basically designed to be a lower cost unit that is still very stable but targeted at retail/gamer customers. Anybody who's heard of JonnyGuru.com is probably not the customer for the GS units.

Right now there is only one wattage, the 600W, which will be very attractive from a price standpoint, but will still meet all ATX specs, unlike most other products in its price range.
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For those who came in late, Redbeard is a Corsair representative who's very popular on a lot of forums including Jonnyguru, XS, Hardforum etc.
 
The Sorcerer said:
They are entry level power supplies. Many systems in India are of entry level/office/general surfing rig types and most systems are bound to be bundled with some unknown psu. Not everyone will spend 3-4k on a psu to power up such machines but out of that number of people many would like a reliable low cost solution. If you're thinking it this way, its a logical move. Besides if you think about it Gigabyte superb 460 (I am sure many will say that this isn't really a 460w unit) is not 80% certified but then again it a good power supply.
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Then make lower wattage but high efficiency PSUs. Entry level/office/general surfing type rigs do not require PSUs capable of supplying 500W,600W or even 430W for that matter. Like for eg. they could have come out with something like CX350 or CX300. For me, efficiency is a major factor in determining the quality of a PSU, and Superb 460 has no reviews around IINM so nothing much can be said about it. Superb 460W is a 400W product and although it says 80+ I highly doubt it is, Im against such tactics frankly speaking.

Desecrator said:
Was there a decline in the quality of the newer units?
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Yeah, is this really true?
 
Mephistopheles said:
This was really unneeded from Corsair, why did they decide to launch products which are lesser in quality? Many people who buy Corsair products blindly because of the quality their products hold may not see that these are not high efficiency PSUs. They shouldn't have lowered their quality bar. :no:
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Just because it has less efficiency does not mean that the parts are of less quality. It is a different product positioning. And its not that, they are hiding this. I am sure it will deliver the rated wattage till the threshold temperature. You make it sound as if Corsair has shunned on the quality of the parts as a resultant we get low efficiency.
 
asingh said:
Just because it has less efficiency does not mean that the parts are of less quality. It is a different product positioning. And its not that, they are hiding this. I am sure it will deliver the rated wattage till the threshold temperature. You make it sound as if Corsair has shunned on the quality of the parts as a resultant we get low efficiency.
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I really hope they do not follow CM like tactics, and provide the correct information on the box regarding efficiency etc. And yeah obviously the quality of these products is lower than their older PSUs that is the reason the efficiency is lower.
 
Corsair

CORSAIR Builders Series CMPSU-430CX 430W

Corsair CMPSU-600G Power Supply

CX430 has 28A which is lesser than the CX400. It costs 2.45k and just has 2 yrs warranty. Its still not 80+ certified :| What is Corsair upto. :@

The CX500 has 34A but comes with 2 PCI-E 6-pin connectors.

The CX series carries 2 yrs warranty whereas the GS has 3 yrs warranty.

But then lets see what Jonny Guru and Hardware secrets says about these in their reviews when those come up.
 
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