Originally Posted by Redbeard
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.
Thank you for that info desecrator.
Like i have mentioned elsewhere, that really nice of Redbeard.
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.
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.
I couldn't agree more on everything you say.
I also agree on the decline part but maybe the CX400 has been more consistent with its quality compared t the VX450, as it began its innings as a budget PSU anyways.
That's why i won't agree on the last statement as maybe you wanted to say the newer VX450 looks/feels cheaper than the initial units- agreed- but the comparison is unfair to the CX400.
Desecrator said:
Was there a decline in the quality of the newer units?
IMHO, quite a bit i feel, especially in VX450.
We may also have seen quite a few VX450 failing and quite often in the past 1 year odd that kind of indicates so too.
Having seen quite a few VX450 units, i have definitely noticed a drop in fit/finish, connector/sleeving quality, etc at first hand.
The 3.3v and 12v rails on the newer units were also not quite steady under heavy load iirc, compared to the ones that were bought much earlier.
The HX620 replacements or new units also might have been inferior.
One thing i remember hearing from one good user is that his replacement unit didn't have gold-plated pins in the connectors as in the one sent for replacement. :S
I am unable to confirm this at my end as the ones me or my friends had are from the initial batches and they have been working rock solid till date- touchwood.
I have concsciously avoided the TX units usually and so i don't know much on that series.
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