Corsair CX600M Review - Are all Cheap PSUs bad?

[Dabombinable]

Alright, alright.

 

They still aren't unreliable though imo. Quite the opposite.

I need to RMA the CX850M due to its highly unstable power output, it frying a couple of HDD and a PCIe USB 3.0 card, and its abysmal coil whine that can be heard from within 10m of my house.

[don_svetlio]

Alright, alright.

 

They still aren't unreliable though imo. Quite the opposite.

for office PCs a 15$ CX500 is good

for a gaming rig I wouldn't be caught dead doing that

[Guest]

I need to RMA the CX850M due to its highly unstable power output, it frying a couple of HDD and a PCIe USB 3.0 card, and its abysmal coil whine that can be heard from within 10m of my house.

Wrong use of the word abysmal there.

 

But that's a shame. But then again, 1 faulty unit does not make them all bad.

[Guest]

for office PCs a 15$ CX500 is good

for a gaming rig I wouldn't be caught dead doing that

Nah, doing just fine.  Don't be silly. And what do you mean 15 dollars? That's insanely cheap, at least 76 euro here.

 

Also, isn't there a difference between the originial and V2 versions?

[Dabombinable]

Wrong use of the word abysmal there.

 

But that's a shame. But then again, 1 faulty unit does not make them all bad.

Get a dictionary:

abysmal

əˈbɪzm(ə)l/

adjective

adjective: abysmal

1. 1.

   informal

   extremely bad; appalling.

   "the quality of her work is abysmal"

   synonyms: very bad, dreadful, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, shameful, woeful, hopeless, lamentable, laughable, substandard, poor, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory; More

   informalrotten, appalling, crummy, pathetic, pitiful, useless, lousy, shocking, dire, poxy, the pits;

   informalduff, chronic, a load of pants, pants;

   vulgar slangchickenshit

   "some of the teaching was abysmal"

   antonyms: superb
2. 2.

   literary

   very deep.

   "waterfalls that plunge into abysmal depths"

   synonyms: profound, extreme, utter, complete, thorough, deep, endless, immeasurable, boundless, incalculable, unfathomable, bottomless

   "abysmal ignorance"

And my CX850M isn't the only PSU in the entire CX line to have problems-far from it.

[Guest]

Get a dictionary:

abysmal

əˈbɪzm(ə)l/

adjective

adjective: abysmal

1. 1.

   informal

   extremely bad; appalling.

   "the quality of her work is abysmal"

   synonyms: very bad, dreadful, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, shameful, woeful, hopeless, lamentable, laughable, substandard, poor, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory; More

   informalrotten, appalling, crummy, pathetic, pitiful, useless, lousy, shocking, dire, poxy, the pits;

   informalduff, chronic, a load of pants, pants;

   vulgar slangchickenshit

   "some of the teaching was abysmal"

   antonyms: superb
2. 2.

   literary

   very deep.

   "waterfalls that plunge into abysmal depths"

   synonyms: profound, extreme, utter, complete, thorough, deep, endless, immeasurable, boundless, incalculable, unfathomable, bottomless

   "abysmal ignorance"

And my CX850M isn't the only PSU in the entire CX line to have problems-far from it.

Abysmal normally means next-to-non-existent as far as I know

 

Alright, believe what you want, I am just fine using them at this point in time.

[Dabombinable]

Abysmal normally means next-to-non-existent as far as I know

 

Alright, believe what you want, I am just fine using them at this point in time.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/abysmal

[Guest]

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/abysmal

Yeah, so extremely bad coil whine, as I understood it, we both aren't wrong. (meaning I understood it as the coil whine being very low) 

[Guest]

for office PCs a 15$ CX500 is good

for a gaming rig I wouldn't be caught dead doing that

Seems that the V2, is capable of withstanding up to 40c, and not 30 and THAT is I bet the reason the ones here aren't failing:

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/1381926/why-are-corsair-cx500-m-and-cx600-m-not-recommended/10

 

 

Very small amounts of V2's where you live perhaps?

[Dabombinable]

Seems that the V2, is capable of withstanding up to 40c, and not 30 and THAT is I bet the reason the ones here aren't failing:

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/1381926/why-are-corsair-cx500-m-and-cx600-m-not-recommended/10

 

 

Very small amounts of V2's where you live perhaps?

PSU get quite a bit warmer than that when you actually put them under a real load.

[Guest]

PSU get quite a bit warmer than taht when you actually put them under a real load.

But still a considerable improvement over 30c anyway.  

[don_svetlio]

Seems that the V2, is capable of withstanding up to 40c, and not 30 and THAT is I bet the reason the ones here aren't failing:

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/1381926/why-are-corsair-cx500-m-and-cx600-m-not-recommended/10

 

 

Very small amounts of V2's where you live perhaps?

V2 had the highest failure rates of all hence the existance of V3

[Dabombinable]

But still a considerable improvement over 30c anyway.

And its still not high enough. In Australia for example it can quite easily reach 40^oC ambient inside a well insulated house during summer.

V2 had the highest failure rates of all hence the existance of V3

V3 are improved but they still blow.

[Guest]

V2 had the highest failure rates of all hence the existance of V3

Odd then, what about this review?

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Corsair/CX600M/1.html

[don_svetlio]

But still a considerable improvement over 30c anyway.

V3 are 30*C

The only 40*C one is the SeaSonic CX400

[don_svetlio]

Odd then, what about this review?

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Corsair/CX600M/1.html

http://www.overclock.net/t/1431436/why-you-should-not-buy-a-corsair-cx

[Guest]

V3 are 30*C

The only 40*C one is the SeaSonic CX400

Alright then.

[Dabombinable]

Odd then, what about this review?

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Corsair/CX600M/1.html

This is the website that I find more reliable with PSU reviews, there is more to a PSU than the capacitors that are used: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=416

[Guest]

http://www.overclock.net/t/1431436/why-you-should-not-buy-a-corsair-cx

Yes, so it basically confirms my understandings, people do make a larger fuss about it than is actually needed, they aren't very good, but it's not like they will blow up on you. Thus I am not worried about it. I never said they were very good anyway, but they are made out to be dangerously unreliable. Plus that dude links to the same review I linked to..

[Guest]

This is the website that I find more reliable with PSU reviews, there is more to a PSU than the capacitors that are used: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=416

Yep, I know JG, but only read his 430W one.

[AlTech]

Just found this thread and it's got me concerned!!

I've finally built my 'first' gaming rig (about 7-8 months ago now) running a CX600M.

It's powering an i5 4690K (OC to 4.2Ghz), EVGA GTx 970 SuperSuperClocked (OC 1500Mhz), 2 HDD's and a Samsung 1Tb Evo 850. Case has 4 fans + H100i cooler. All on an ASUS ROG Maximus Hero VII.

Should I be worried about my CX600M? I've had no issues at all so far and I do game fairly regularly. I also create YouTube videos, so rendering on Premier Pro hammers the CPU / GPU. I'm able to play GTAV on great settings, Skyrim, Battlefront on Ultra...

Any help?

Thank you all very much

If it breaks then Corsair can tell you that you were using it the wrong way. It wasn't meat for that kind of gaming. Just Casual gaming or office work. I saw a framerate difference between eh CX600M and my current one.

 

I upgraded mine cos I know for a fact I do way more than casual and frankly the CX series has a bad reputation. The first 2 versions sometimes caught fire or blew up. So far we're on the third version and nothing like that has happened. (There were 3 versions/generations of CX, 1 and 2 were extremely bad and we are on 3).

 

 

Waih wha?

Cx600m is bad?

It's like $95.

That's cheap?

3 year warranty is bad? Wha (confused)

80+ bronze efficiency is bad/ too low. WTF IM SHELL SHOCKED

I'm getting the VS450/VS550 and it will do fine. It's cheaper and has less features than the CX. No modular, no effiency rating

Lot of YouTube videos and youtubers use the CX series.

I thought trusted brands spelled great reliable. What about unbranded or NOT well known company's that sell psu's

(I'll have the cx600m if u don't want it ) I'll pay the shipping

I don't have Paypal so there's no way you can pay for shipping.

[Counter-Strike Player]

I don't have Paypal so there's no way you can pay for shipping.

 

[Guest Generallee]

In fact, i found I got better framerate with my GTX 770 and i5-4570 when using an RM850i. A framerate boost which is more in line of what i expected for a GTX 770. SO that proves power delivery isn't up to scratch.

 

What ?

 

I get the same fps with a chinese 550W psu and the CX600M. In two years the chinese one caught fire the first month and the CX is still running

 

What the flying fuck are you talking about ? psu ? fps ??

[Guest]

What ?

 

I get the same fps with a chinese 550W psu and the CX600M. In two years the chinese one caught fire the first month and the CX is still running

 

What the flying fuck are you talking about ? psu ? fps ??

Unless he managed to get higher overclocks thanks to a better psu, I don't see it either. And I love your sig

 

The truth is that people here are very snobbish about their part choices, while a lot of PSU's do the job just fine.

[michaelocarroll007]

Once upon a time, i was new to PCs and the like. When I was preparing to buy components for my first build, the reviewers

 

Shitposts on Corsair Power supply's whats new. 

 

Yeah for 99-119 dollars this PSU is not good anyone who pays that for these is overpaying like you might have and why you are hating on them that is not what there worth or what they sell for usually they go for 50-65 after sales and rebates all the time. And there quality fall in line with their pricing making them good when it fits the budget but when your budget is $1500 obviously their not recommended since you should build your budget equally when the cost of computer goes up so should almost all the components a $600 dollar build with a CX Series Power supply is not some holy shit terrible thing.

 

Also as manys have said you wouldn't get better FPS with a better PS you would probably get chrases/BSODs all the time if that was your problem. i Did a budget build and power a R9 290 overclocked with a CX 750 and so far been going strong no problems.