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20. August 2009 @ 07:52 |
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As I said, there's nothing really wrong with it, but ultimately it is a mid-quality 250W unit, not a 430 as advertised (but since when were Thermaltake ever honest about specs)
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20. August 2009 @ 16:51 |
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Oh yah! Another Corsair performing exactly as it should. My secondary is back up and running, without a hitch. Was there ever a doubt LOL! :D
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Red_Maw
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30. October 2009 @ 00:57 |
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What do you guys think about the Corsair CMPSU-750TX? I'm in need of a spare/new PSU and it looks pretty attractive with a price tag of $90 (100 with tax). Bit hesitant to get a 750w but sine I'll never run more then one gpu I'm guessing it should be plenty even if I OC.
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30. October 2009 @ 01:06 |
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30. October 2009 @ 10:57 |
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750W is ridiculous amounts of power, you can run three graphics cards and an overclocked quad core off that without issue. The 550W PSU, electrically speaking, is nowhere near as good, but it's a reliable unit.
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30. October 2009 @ 12:01 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
750W is ridiculous amounts of power, you can run three graphics cards and an overclocked quad core off that without issue. The 550W PSU, electrically speaking, is nowhere near as good, but it's a reliable unit.
The 550W is a brilliant PSU.. I have one and a 400W as well.. both great models and IF I ever need anything bigger I'll consider one of the modular PSU's from Corsair as the 550 and 400 are very nice. ;)
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30. October 2009 @ 12:33 |
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The 400 one is the same Seasonic design as the VX450, HX520, HX620 and TX650. The 550 is the CWT design of the TX750.
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30. October 2009 @ 12:58 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
The 400 one is the same Seasonic design as the VX450, HX520, HX620 and TX650. The 550 is the CWT design of the TX750.
Aren't the Antecs made by CWT? All I know is the 2 Corsair PSU's that I have are great and I'd have NO issues buying another when the time comes. ;)
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30. October 2009 @ 13:05 |
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The good Antecs are CWT.
CWT units are perfectly fine, I just prefer Seasonic ones :P
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Red_Maw
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30. October 2009 @ 19:46 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
750W is ridiculous amounts of power, you can run three graphics cards and an overclocked quad core off that without issue. The 550W PSU, electrically speaking, is nowhere near as good, but it's a reliable unit.
To be perfectly honest I know absolutely nothing about computing how much power a system draws/needs so I use eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite v2.5 lol (for my current system it says 419w with no OC and the one I hope to build it says 600w hence why I was a little unsure).
After reading a few reviews it seems there are quite a few TX750w that are defective or die in only a few months, maybe the extra money for the Silence 750 Quad is worth it.
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30. October 2009 @ 23:48 |
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Haha, "Silencer" i.e. earmuffs required.
The 750TX is fine, I know a few people who have them with no issues.
However, when the extreme PSU calculator says you need 400W, you actually need 250W. Bear that in mind.
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Red_Maw
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31. October 2009 @ 00:51 |
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haha I figured the extreme psu calculator would be off but that's a bit more then I expected. Need to learn the proper way of calculation power consumption lol.
According to PCP&P the silencer is optimized for "silent" operation although I wouldn't be surprised if they were abusing different interpretations of "silent".
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31. October 2009 @ 09:02 |
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The PCP&C Silencer is one of the few PSUs to break the 50dB barrier at full load. The term 'Silencer' is utter crap.
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