Do I buy Corsair cx500

[flamingmonkey12321]

So I recently saw a used Corsair cx500 power supply and I was wondering wether or not to buy it because I’m afraid it could be too old and blow up in 2 years. Should I get it or go for a newer model?

[jaslion]

Used psu = no.

 

If it's the green label is a big big no.

 

Always get a quality psu preferably not used. There is a psu tier list for this reason get a b tier unit or better:

 

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1116640-psucultists-psu-tier-list/

[AntiTrust]

kind of difficult for us to answer this, if your putting it into a cheap PC then sure itll probably be fine. but if its worth alot (or worth alot to you) then I would just go with a safe new power supply from our forum tier list 

 

[flamingmonkey12321]

6 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Used psu = no.

 

If it's the green label is a big big no.

 

Always get a quality psu preferably not used. There is a psu tier list for this reason get a b tier unit or better:

 

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1116640-psucultists-psu-tier-list/

I have a tight budget, no more than 50 gbp. Any suggestions?

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, flamingmonkey12321 said:

I have a tight budget, no more than 50 gbp. Any suggestions?

A new cx550. Should be about that and still be a decent psu.

[Aereldor]

9 minutes ago, jaslion said:

If it's the green label is a big big no

CX500 is always green. Old label units were 430, 500, 600, and 750, with only the 750 being just very slightly less crappy.

 

Grey are 450 550 650 750 and all good. Strangely, Grey modular are bad too, they're built on a shittier platform - had to save money after factoring in modularity I guess

 

15 minutes ago, flamingmonkey12321 said:

a used Corsair cx500 power supply

A new cx500 is already a terrible idea. A used PSU in general is not a great idea. A used CX500? You're asking for your computer to catch fire.

 

4 minutes ago, flamingmonkey12321 said:

I have a tight budget, no more than 50 gbp. Any suggestions?

Assuming you need 500w 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/9FrYcf/kolink-classic-power-500-w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-kl-500v2

 

[flibberdipper]

11 minutes ago, jaslion said:

If it's the green label is a big big no.

Oh good lord this nonsense again. If I had 10 bucks for every time some troglodyte went "REEEEEEEEEE CX GREEN HOUSE FIRE" I could damn near buy a scalped 3080 and run it off my green label 750M.

 

At least you partially redeemed yourself by recommending a new CX so it's not totally hopeless.

[jaslion]

3 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

Oh good lord this nonsense again. If I had 10 bucks for every time some troglodyte went "REEEEEEEEEE CX GREEN HOUSE FIRE" I could damn near buy a scalped 3080 and run it off my green label 750M.

 

At least you partially redeemed yourself by recommending a new CX so it's not totally hopeless.

But they were not good psu's. I mean sure plenty worse out there but I got enough of the below 750w units back when they just randomly died. Stopped putting them in builds about a year after I started because I kept getting em back a lot more compared to well what would be perceived as random failure. Even in office computers which was strange.

 

Turns out they were pretty crap so yeah checks out.

 

Edit I have no problem with products they just have to be well made. If not I will not recommend them and as I personally experienced multiple instances with them being problematic as well as them being deemed problematic I simply will not ever recommend them.

 

4 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

CX500 is always green. Old label units were 430, 500, 600, and 750, with only the 750 being just very slightly less crappy.

 

Grey are 450 550 650 750 and all good. Strangely, Grey modular are bad too, they're built on a shittier platform - had to save money after factoring in modularity I guess

 

Yup made a mistake there. They upped the wattage a bit to differentiate themselves but still just remember the old wattages out of sheer habit :p.

[AntiTrust]

4 minutes ago, jaslion said:

But they were not good psu's. I mean sure plenty worse out there but I got enough of the below 750w units back when they just randomly died. Stopped putting them in builds about a year after I started because I kept getting em back a lot more compared to well what would be perceived as random failure. Even in office computers which was strange.

 

Turns out they were pretty crap so yeah checks out.

 

Edit I have no problem with products they just have to be well made. If not I will not recommend them and as I personally experienced multiple instances with them being problematic as well as them being deemed problematic I simply will not ever recommend them.

Ill take your word for it 

[jaslion]

Just now, AntiTrust said:

Ill take your word for it 

You don't have to there have been plenty of tests and well they check out.

[Aereldor]

21 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

Oh good lord this nonsense again. If I had 10 bucks for every time some troglodyte went "REEEEEEEEEE CX GREEN HOUSE FIRE" I could damn near buy a scalped 3080 and run it off my green label 750M.

 

At least you partially redeemed yourself by recommending a new CX so it's not totally hopeless.

Do it, it'll pair well with two pentium 3s

[flibberdipper]

4 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

Do it, it'll pair well with two pentium 3s

Hell yeah, no bottlenecks there.

 

The little brother CX430M also paired well with a 3770 and GTX480. Maybe I ought to snag a 980 and give it another rip.

[Aereldor]

8 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

Hell yeah, no bottlenecks there.

 

The little brother CX430M also paired well with a 3770 and GTX480. Maybe I ought to snag a 980 and give it another rip.

Please insure the house

[flibberdipper]

17 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

Please insure the house

Who needs insurance? I've got a bottle of water next to me I could dump on a fire.

 

The thought of using water on an electrical fire makes me sad

[Aereldor]

11 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

Who needs insurance? I've got a bottle of water next to me I could dump on a fire.

 

The thought of using water on an electrical fire makes me sad

You currently reading this thread on the Pentium XP thing?

[flibberdipper]

1 minute ago, Aereldor said:

You currently reading this thread on the Pentium XP thing?

Oh god no. I love that PC, don't get me wrong, but I'm not masochistic enough to casually browse the web on it. A RAM and GPU upgrade would probably go a long way towards making it a bit less painful, though.

 

My daily is on my profile though. Just haven't thought of putting anything else down in the signature.

[Aereldor]

27 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

Oh god no. I love that PC, don't get me wrong, but I'm not masochistic enough to casually browse the web on it. A RAM and GPU upgrade would probably go a long way towards making it a bit less painful, though.

 

My daily is on my profile though. Just haven't thought of putting anything else down in the signature.

See, if you had just called me a troglodyte over the internet on a Pentium 3 based computer, I'd just have too much respect to retalliate... i7 3770 is open season laddie

[flibberdipper]

10 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

See, if you had just called me a troglodyte over the internet on a Pentium 3 based computer, I'd just have too much respect to retalliate... i7 3770 is open season laddie

Good thing you weren't the person being one, eh?  

[LogicalDrm]

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[Ankerson]

21 hours ago, flamingmonkey12321 said:

So I recently saw a used Corsair cx500 power supply and I was wondering wether or not to buy it because I’m afraid it could be too old and blow up in 2 years. Should I get it or go for a newer model?

 

The short answer is NO.

 

Used and a problem model.