Linus recommending Corsair CX PSUs?

[Wishiwasdead]

so i learned very quickly after joining these forums how bad the Corsair CX PSUs are (the first day i think lol) and every day im on here i see more and more reasons / examples to reaffirm this... honestly if i've learned one thing from being on these forums its 'not to buy a CX PSU'...

 

that being said, alot of Linus' budget build guides have the Corsair CX PSU in it? im assuming it has to do with Corsair being a sponsor of his channel... but still i find it disheartening that he would recommend a product that he more then likely knows is a straight up bad product...

 

 

 

 

 

[AlwaysFSX]

Corsair CX series power supplies are not NEARLY as bad as people make them out to be. The end. End of story.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Heeeereee we go. 

 

The CX series is not as bad as people make them out to be. A lot of it is people jumping on the wagon, hearing that they're awful and are going to kill your family. The majority of people that tell you they're awful don't actually know why they should be avoided in certain situations. 

 

They aren't suitable for high end, gaming and overclocking builds, and that's it. They're fine for HTPC, office and basic builds. 

 

They're not a no-name PSU that is going to blow up. They have poor temperature tolerances and don't use great components, but they're not complete crap. They're fine when used in the correct systems, as Corsair state on their website, they are for basic builds. 

[DarkBlade2117]

The second video posted the CX is fine, the 260x and G3258 are not nearly enough to make the CX do anything funky.

[Boink]

They aren't bad power supplies, especially on a budget. They just don't make sense in higher end builds because their power delivery is rather average and they lack things like full modularity and all black cables.

[Naeaes]

I don't believe Corsair being a sponsor is the reason. Linus does have the ballsack to say no to crappy sponsors. Corsair CX-series is not great or often even good but in budget builds it's often the least of all evils. 

[Wishiwasdead]

ok, so there not that bad? because when i was first told it would kill my 1st born son... i went to jonnyguru.com and he gave it a 9/10 (which i didnt think was too bad... what the hell do i know though lol...) http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=239

[Wishiwasdead]

ok, so there not that bad? because when i was first told it would kill my 1st born son... i went to jonnyguru.com and he gave it a 9/10 (which i didnt think was too bad... what the hell do i know though lol...) http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=239

but a 7 on build quality which i guess is why no one likes them?

[Nexxus]

ok, so there not that bad? because when i was first told it would kill my 1st born son... i went to jonnyguru.com and he gave i a 9/10 (which i didnt think was too bad... what the hell do i know though lol...) http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=239

people talking about cx psus is like people talking about games

if its decent enough but nothing stellar its garbage and not worth its weight in plastic

[jtchimesin]

Just never... and I mean never... get a case with a built in PSU that's listed for $40...

[Zackfoo]

well it is not that bad as it sounds. But still not gonna recommend it if you want a decent one. This is a budget friendly one that's all. 

[AlwaysFSX]

ok, so there not that bad? because when i was first told it would kill my 1st born son... i went to jonnyguru.com and he gave it a 9/10 (which i didnt think was too bad... what the hell do i know though lol...) http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=239

No. It's just that people are unbelievably snobbish about things they really have no actual idea about. Just talk sound quality with an "audiophile" and you'll get a two thousand page essay on why you're wrong.

 

CX power supplies are fine if you're responsible with them. You're not really supposed to push any power supply to its limits but CX ones are fine if you're being reasonable. They're excellent budget units that won't suddenly burst in to flames if you touch the side panel of your case after rubbing a wool sweater on a carpet.

 

Thermaltake on the other hand.. Those will kill your first born son.

[Samfisher]

but a 7 on build quality which i guess is why no one likes them?

And yet they are still perfectly fine for the majority of PC owners. Not planning on having high end components, overclocking and running them at high load 24/7?  Perfect for 99% of pc purchases out there.

[alexyy]

They're pretty terrible for a gaming machine but overall not awful the main problem is you can buy better higher quality units for a similar price.

[Wishiwasdead]

They're pretty terrible for a gaming machine but overall not awful the main problem is you can buy better higher quality units for a similar price.

thats what i was trying to get at when i originally made the post...

[KemoKa]

The problem with CX-series power supplies is that people buy 750W models for powering SLI 980s and 290s on X99 motherboards. It's what we call "skimping out on the PSU", which is possibly the greatest sin here.

They're NOT bad PSUs. I have one in my old gaming PC. It powers a 7870, a 750K, one lousy hard drive, and one lousy SSD. Doesn't take advantage of nearly half its capacity. For that sort of thing, it's totally okay. For anything much higher than that, it's NOT okay. They won't explode, but they won't deliver good power under heavy loads for extended periods of time. They're made of sub-standard components which are fine for basic workloads, but have too low temperature tolerances (lower than human body tolerances) to warrant using in a build that'll suck 700W of power from the wall. Corsair knows this. They tell you on their website.

 

Buy them for HTPC systems, by all means, but don't power your shiny new flagship system on them.

[yjm2k]

so i learned very quickly after joining these forums how bad the Corsair CX PSUs are (the first day i think lol) and every day im on here i see more and more reasons / examples to reaffirm this... honestly if i've learned one thing from being on these forums its 'not to buy a CX PSU'...

 

that being said, alot of Linus' budget build guides have the Corsair CX PSU in it? im assuming it has to do with Corsair being a sponsor of his channel... but still i find it disheartening that he would recommend a product that he more then likely knows is a straight up bad product...

So in conclusion CX psu is fine??

[Wishiwasdead]

It's because they are not engineered for builds like that. Corsair clearly states that they are meant for low power requirement rigs that aren't on a lot for general use.  They design/engineer other ones for gaming.  If you buy one for a gaming rig it will cause power issues, fail, and/or blow up/catch fire as you are forcing it to do a task that it was not engineered to do.

yes i realize that... but again thats the point i was trying to make, the build guides are gaming pc build guides, with o/c CPUs and GPUs...

[Wishiwasdead]

Because the builds he does, like those, usually has temp parts like that.  I believe he's aiming at you getting it now until you can get something more like a Seasonic or an XFX/AZZA/any other Seasonic rebrand.

he never says anything like that though, build guides are for ppl to watch online to copy / paste for their own build - and unlike the hardware he uses, they arnt going to be torn down and put back in there boxes at the end of the show...

[Oshino Shinobu]

ok, so there not that bad? because when i was first told it would kill my 1st born son... i went to jonnyguru.com and he gave it a 9/10 (which i didnt think was too bad... what the hell do i know though lol...) http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=239

JonnyGuru gives high scores to everything that isn't complete crap, so I wouldn't pay too much attention to them. Read through the reviews to get a better understanding of the quality, as well as other reviews. 

[Wishiwasdead]

JonnyGuru gives high scores to everything that isn't complete crap, so I wouldn't pay too much attention to them. Read through the reviews to get a better understanding of the quality, as well as other reviews. 

yeah, after reading some of his reviews... he has an... unusual grading technic... somethings he marks points off for, me and im assuming most ppl wouldn't care about... but stuff like 'build quality' which he gave the CX a 7 on (lowest one i've seen / not that i've gone threw a bunch...)... thats the important part of the review i pay most attention to 

[Wishiwasdead]

yeah, after reading some of his reviews... he has an... unusual grading technic... somethings he marks points off for, me and im assuming most ppl wouldn't care about... but stuff like 'build quality' which he gave the CX a 7 on (lowest one i've seen / not that i've gone threw a bunch...)... thats the important part of the review i pay most attention to 

like this is a perfect example...

 

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=431

 

- 1/2 point for the manual...

- 1/2 point for no included zip ties...

- 1 point for having a sleeve bearing fan instead of a ball bearing fan... really ??? a full point because the fan is to high quality for a budget PSU???

 

none of that stuff has anything to do with how the PSU will actually perform... if you wana take off 1/2 for a manual... what ever fine ill let that slide... but zip ties and fan???

[CalebTheEternal]

Corsair CX series power supplies are not NEARLY as bad as people make them out to be. The end. End of story.

I think it's kind of luck of the draw. Mine started to die in 2 months. I've heard lots of people's PCs just turn off with that PSU. Mine did that. I'd say they are more for budget and not my build, which I had it on