Just got a near new ax1200 for £120 was it a good deal

[Hunted_marksman]

As the title says I just picked up a ax1200 for £120 it was cheaper than most 850 units I was looking at new and the psu was apparently only a couple months old it came with all the cables , box , ties im just worried if the psu is not good and isn't high quality like Corsair usually is I have warranty but I just don't know if it's the usual top of the end with Corsair has anyone delt with the ax units I've heard they have great reviews but just thought to ask if anyone has one and what they think of it (any model of ax I just want to know if it's good ) 

[Mateyyy]

Wait, AX1200?.. like the gold/beige/brown/whateverthatis label one?

[Hunted_marksman]

Just now, Mateyyy said:

Wait, AX1200?.. like the gold/beige label one?

Yes that one 

[Mateyyy]

Just now, Hunted_marksman said:

Yes that one 

That's a nearly 10 year old PSU if I'm not mistaken.

[Hunted_marksman]

[Hunted_marksman]

1 minute ago, Mateyyy said:

That's a nearly 10 year old PSU if I'm not mistaken.

Don't they still produce them I saw one in stock not a while ago in pcpartspicker along with the ax1200i

[Mateyyy]

4 minutes ago, Hunted_marksman said:

Don't they still produce them I saw one in stock not a while ago in pcpartspicker along with the ax1200i

https://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/corsair_ax1200/ 2010.

 

The new Corsair AX units look like this:

What did you even need 1200W for?

[Hunted_marksman]

Just now, Mateyyy said:

https://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/corsair_ax1200/ 2010.

 

The new Corsair AX units look like this:

What did you even need 1200W for?

I use crossfire Vegas for mining gaming and rendering my anyway they had good review and it was cheaper than a 850w

[seon123]

5 minutes ago, Hunted_marksman said:

Don't they still produce them I saw one in stock not a while ago in pcpartspicker along with the ax1200i

The AX760, AX860, AX850 Titanium and AX1000 Titanium are completely different. You wasted your money. I have no idea how you got that a decade old PSU is "near new"

[Hunted_marksman]

Just now, seon123 said:

The AX760, AX860, AX850 Titanium and AX1000 Titanium are completely different. You wasted your money. I have no idea how you got that a decade old PSU is "near new"

According to pc parts picker corsiar had a ax1200 (the model i have ) in stock 

[seon123]

1 minute ago, Hunted_marksman said:

According to pc parts picker corsiar had a ax1200 (the model i have ) in stock 

I think you're confusing the AX1200 for the completely different AX1200i.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/BHg323/corsair-power-supply-cmpsu1200ax

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/vkYXsY/corsair-power-supply-ax1200i

[Hunted_marksman]

Yea I am sorry I had look last time the one I have in stock was in January of 2019 

[Hunted_marksman]

6 minutes ago, seon123 said:

I think you're confusing the AX1200 for the completely different AX1200i.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/BHg323/corsair-power-supply-cmpsu1200ax

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/vkYXsY/corsair-power-supply-ax1200i

Yea your right the last time my ax1200 was in stock was 2019

[Guest]

34 minutes ago, Hunted_marksman said:

It's out of the box. It's not new. 

 

[Hunted_marksman]

1 minute ago, jonnyGURU said:

It's out of the box. It's not new. 

 

I know that the seller said it's was near new and wasn't used in any serious load if the psu is faulty will it break the rest of my pc it has warranty and the seller is 100% positive 

[Guest]

Well, if it dies it shouldn't kill any of your other components.  Only about a 5% chance of that happening.

 

[Hunted_marksman]

5 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

Well, if it dies it shouldn't kill any of your other components.  Only about a 5% chance of that happening.

 

Ok thanks what should I do to test it before I plug it into my pc and what should I do when it's plugged in I have all sorts of benchmarks if all I need to do is pull power to see if it's stable 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Hunted_marksman said:

Ok thanks what should I do to test it before I plug it into my pc and what should I do when it's plugged in I have all sorts of benchmarks if all I need to do is pull power to see if it's stable 

You don't have any of the hardware necessary to test power supplies.

 

[Hunted_marksman]

10 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

You don't have any of the hardware necessary to test power supplies.

 

So is they nothing I can do to make sure it works before I plug it I to my system or should I just plug it streight in 

[VeganJoy]

6 hours ago, Hunted_marksman said:

So is they nothing I can do to make sure it works before I plug it I to my system or should I just plug it streight in 

you can order a little psu tester off of amazon for 10 bucks that'll tell you the voltages supplied through each connector before you hook it up to your system. if you're cheap you can do the paper clip thing and jump pins 13 and 14 or whichever that'll let you know if it'll turn on

[HM-2]

The AX Gold series PSUs were truly excellent for their era, but that era was a decade ago.

 

I'd have much rather bought a new, modern design 750 or 850 than taken a chance on this, and that's coming from someone whose main system is powered by an AX Gold he's owned since about 2011.

[Hunted_marksman]

2 hours ago, HM-2 said:

The AX Gold series PSUs were truly excellent for their era, but that era was a decade ago.

 

I'd have much rather bought a new, modern design 750 or 850 than taken a chance on this, and that's coming from someone whose main system is powered by an AX Gold he's owned since about 2011.

Well I need over 1000w so 850 isn't going to work the 1200w was cheaper than the 850 even some 750s I also got some proof via the seller of it working they used a 3930k and a R9 290 so nothing extreme the psu dosent make any coil whine and the fan which is prone to making alot of noise when old is fine and still nice and quite 

[Hunted_marksman]

3 hours ago, VeganJoy said:

you can order a little psu tester off of amazon for 10 bucks that'll tell you the voltages supplied through each connector before you hook it up to your system. if you're cheap you can do the paper clip thing and jump pins 13 and 14 or whichever that'll let you know if it'll turn on

Thanks I'll try the paperclip first before I order anything 

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, Hunted_marksman said:

Well I need over 1000w 

How many Tesla cards are you using in your workstation?

 

Or are you LN2 overclocking a Threadripper?

 

[Hunted_marksman]

17 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

How many Tesla cards are you using in your workstation?

 

Or are you LN2 overclocking a Threadripper?

 

Crossfire 64 I render projects their really good and better than 2 1070s yea powers more but the 64s are better at gaming which I also do on this machine