OC3D Review: Corsair HX620 620w Modular PSU
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Mr. Popo said:
"For a ~600w unit the sum of £96 (over at Scan.co.uk) may seem a little higher than most other competing products, however as the saying goes - "You get what you pay for", and this is certainly true for the HX620."
XMS said:"For a ~600w unit the sum of £96 (over at Scan.co.uk) may seem a little higher than most other competing products, however as the saying goes - "You get what you pay for", and this is certainly true for the HX620."
Oh... OK!
I was looking for $$$.
kimandsally
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Ham said:
I compare it to the Enermax Liberty as I've had the 620 and currently have the Corsair 620, to me the Corsair is a lot better the cable system is much more usable and the noise is in another league I honestly cannot hear it on idle load unless I put my ear 8" away from it, even under load it remains the quietest PSU I've "never heard".
Another thing to add is the 5 year warranty has to be worth something extra, I rate it very highly and I have had or built PC's for other people dozens of different PSU's.
PS Very nice review as usual XMS.
kimandsally
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Hi Frag, I'm sure you will be pleased with it the cables are a nice touch if you like them, they are slightly stiff but they are easy to bend and move around will make your case look great.
Another great feature is it's quiet operation, in my humble opinion only the Etasis 750 850 Sliverstone series are better, the downfall of those for me are the noise and not being modular.
I hope when you get yours your as pleased as I am with mine.
Another great feature is it's quiet operation, in my humble opinion only the Etasis 750 850 Sliverstone series are better, the downfall of those for me are the noise and not being modular.
I hope when you get yours your as pleased as I am with mine.
FragTek
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kimandsally said:
Thanks! I'm sure I'll be a happy camper once I find one
I'm not all too terribly worried about the noise levels as I've got a couple of noisy 120's inside the Vapo case which will probably outnoise the PSU, hehe. I am looking quite hard @ the SS psu's as well, but I'm really really liking the cables they've used on the Corsair.kimandsally
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name='FragTek' said:Thanks! I'm sure I'll be a happy camper once I find one
Don't know what the price would be but I would send you one from the UK if your stuck.
WC Annihilus
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It's currently in stock at ZZF right now ($10 rebate too): http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=373110&prodlist=pricegrabber
glocktodahead
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Also in stock here http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=19831&vpn=CMPSU-620HX&manufacture=CORSAIR
Canadian site, so you could pick it up pretty cheap
Canadian site, so you could pick it up pretty cheap
and the reason for this is that it has 1 big 12v rail and not 3 different 12v rails.
all 3 rails gets their power from a single transformer and the rails are not differented on pcb level but more on the wire level.
one reviewer asked corsair about this and received this explanation.
For this, Corsair sent us this explanation: “Since our PSU follows the latest Intel design spec, it is consider an UL Level 6 design, which means there is no 240VA limitation on the +12V rails. In addition, all the +12V rails are drawing from single transformer, the rail separation is not done on the PCB side, but on the wiring side. Therefore the +12V1 and +12V2 you see on the PCB doesn't really mean anything.”
another reviewer loaded one single rail with 40a and didnt notice any drop in V or any other problems such as overcurrent shutoff.
