AX860, GTX780SC SLI and those sweet Corsair cable kits!

[DanKepke]

Yo guys!

 

I'm preparing for my first pc build since a couple of years and i got some questions about the sleeved Corsair cable kits! I want to use the Corsair AX860 to power a EVGA GT780SC SLI together with a i7 4790K, but i'm not sure if the PSU will survive my ideas! 

 

So to my questions:

 

- Will the AX860 stay alive and not nuke my room if i use two 6+2 PCI- E pigtail cables from the kit to power the SLI?

 

- Can i profit from the AXi Series with the Corsair Link stuff? I heard i can monitor temps and powerconsumtion of all the hardware~

 

I am thankfull for all tipps and help! And now back to the WAN show!

[VSG]

You will be fine with the pigtails as long as you aren't pushing a lot of power through them. A single rail PSU also helps.

Don't worry too much about Corsair Link. If the price difference is high, go for non-i model. You can get a cheap Kill a Watt or similar unit for monitoring power draw.

[DanKepke]

Well, 250W per pigtail seems a lot to me My notebook takes 300W for a 680M SLI and a i7 3920XM, so i don't have the experience to judge that.

 

Well, Link sounds really nice, i will have a better read in Link for my H80i und maybe the AXi.

[VSG]

That's not a problem at all. I have passed over 400w on the Corsair daisy chained cables without problem before.

[DanKepke]

Thanks for the help

[Faa]

I wouldn't take the AXi over the AX. AX is made by seasonic and axi is made by flextronics. Theyre both equally in terms of performance, but the AX one uses a quieter fan along with a much better fan profile including semi-passive mode. The fan profile on their AXi series except the ax1500i (got a complete redesign) are rather wonky, ramps up to its max speed quickly to cool it down happens sometimes way too much and when the fan is off it makes a quiet clicking noise. AX doesnt have any of these issues.

[VSG]

A custom fan profile can be set with Corsair Link, takes all of 2 minutes. That shouldn't be a deal breaker.

[Faa]

A custom fan profile can be set with Corsair Link, takes all of 2 minutes. That shouldn't be a deal breaker.

Are you sure? There are only options for default mode and fixed mode. I don't think they would allow you to make a custom fan profile, the risk is kinda big. I asked George a few months ago if they fixed the fan profile for the ax1500i (hence why I have it now).

http://www.overclock.net/t/1476726/tpu-corsair-ax1500i-officially-titanium-rated/0_100#post_22006636

Here he explained a little bit more when the dancing happens:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1476726/tpu-corsair-ax1500i-officially-titanium-rated/0_100#post_22006885

Isn't the only issue, the fan clicking (its a very quiet click but it was noticeable for me and @Enderman noticed it as well) every 10secs. Here's the video showing it, start listening after the fan complety stops.

Here's another, http://vidup.de/v/gWWBq, well those issues are fixed by just setting the fan to a fixed mode but the fan might be too loud for you but its sad that you have to use software to make your psu quiet. When I had the ax860i, facing the fan down and in a very hot environment around 33° ambient the fan was dancing literally at idle. Clicking noise isnt a defect, according to ramguy its normal: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showpost.php?p=616175&postcount=24

[Enderman]

Are you sure? There are only options for default mode and fixed mode. I don't think they would allow you to make a custom fan profile, the risk is kinda big. I asked George a few months ago if they fixed the fan profile for the ax1500i (hence why I have it now).

http://www.overclock.net/t/1476726/tpu-corsair-ax1500i-officially-titanium-rated/0_100#post_22006636

Here he explained a little bit more when the dancing happens:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1476726/tpu-corsair-ax1500i-officially-titanium-rated/0_100#post_22006885

Isn't the only issue, the fan clicking (its a very quiet click but it was noticeable for me and @Enderman noticed it as well) every 10secs. Here's the video showing it, start listening after the fan complety stops.

Here's another, http://vidup.de/v/gWWBq, well those issues are fixed by just setting the fan to a fixed mode but the fan might be too loud for you but its sad that you have to use software to make your psu quiet. When I had the ax860i, facing the fan down and in a very hot environment around 33° ambient the fan was dancing literally at idle. Clicking noise isnt a defect, according to ramguy its normal: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showpost.php?p=616175&postcount=24

Yeah this issue only happens with the AX 760i, 860i, and 1200i. The 1500i doesn't have this issue, and neither do the non-i versions.

HXi does not have this problem either.

[VSG]

I also noticed the fan on the ax1200i clicking when on the bottom but then again all the cases I have used have side mounted PSUs.

[seiny]

The 860 will be enough, just make sure you get the right cable kit, for this particular model

[DanKepke]

It shall be the AX860 then! For  the cables i will go with this: http://www.corsair.com/en-us/professional-individually-sleeved-dc-cable-kit-type-3-generation-2-metallic-graphite and of course the seperate 24pin cable.