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RMA it. and never ever get a CX Corsair PSU ever again. 

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I received my corsair cx500 in the mail today. When i plugged it into the motherboard and turned on the PSU, i could hear a faint buzzing, but the psu/case/gpu/cpu fans did not turn on. Also, the monitor was not recognizing the computer being plugged in via HDMI. So i went on corsairs website and performed the paperclip test, and it worked. The psu fan turned on. Earlier when i first opened the psu box and inspected the cables, i noticed an issue with one of the cables but thought nothing of it because it seemed intact. The 4 pin peice of the motherboard cable had a damaged corner and the inside of one of the pins seemed to be misaligned. As this part of the psu is not involved in the paperclip test, i thought that this peice was the issue. Please help.

Athlon X4 860K, Sapphire Radeon R7 260X, Corsair Vengeance 8GB, Gigabyte GA F2A68HM-H, WD Blue 1Tb, EVGA 500w, Corsair Air 240

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RMA it. and never ever get a CX Corsair PSU ever again. 

Early 2020 Build : Intel i7 8700k // MSI Krait Z370 // Corsair LPX 8x2 16GB // Aorus 5700 XT // NZXT H500 

Early 2019 Build : Ryzen 2600X // Asus Tuff X470 // G.Skill Trident Z RGB 8x2 16GB // MSI RTX 2070 // NZXT H500 

Late 2017 Build : Intel i7 8700k // Asus Prime Z370-A // G.Skill Trident Z 8x2 16GB // EVGA GTX 1080 Ti  // NZXT S320 Elite 

Late 2015 Build : Intel i7 6700k // Asus Maximus VI Gene Z170 //  Corsair LPX 8x2 16GB // Gigabyte GTX 970 // Corsair Air 240

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RMA it. and never ever get a CX Corsair PSU ever again. 

I have a cx500 and I have no problems O.o Why are they so bad?

GIGABYTE Z97MX-G5 | 16GB DDR3 | I5 4690k @ 4.4ghz | 1TB SSHD, 500GB HDD, 128GB SSD | GTX 1070 8GB | Corsair Graphite 230 | EVGA 650W | Hyper 212 EVO

 

Cinebench R15: 636(all cores), 127FPS

 

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I have a cx500 and I have no problems O.o Why are they so bad?

 

They're simply are not meant for being underload for a long time and they will just blow up and or burn your other componenst, when you game a lot the system goes underload, the GPU and psu partly, and CX uses really cheap components, the CX series is meant for office use and browsing thats all, its not meant for gaming or high end rigs, you're better of with EVGA or Seasonic

 

even corsair says that in their website

Early 2020 Build : Intel i7 8700k // MSI Krait Z370 // Corsair LPX 8x2 16GB // Aorus 5700 XT // NZXT H500 

Early 2019 Build : Ryzen 2600X // Asus Tuff X470 // G.Skill Trident Z RGB 8x2 16GB // MSI RTX 2070 // NZXT H500 

Late 2017 Build : Intel i7 8700k // Asus Prime Z370-A // G.Skill Trident Z 8x2 16GB // EVGA GTX 1080 Ti  // NZXT S320 Elite 

Late 2015 Build : Intel i7 6700k // Asus Maximus VI Gene Z170 //  Corsair LPX 8x2 16GB // Gigabyte GTX 970 // Corsair Air 240

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They're simply are not meant for being underload for a long time and they will just blow up and or burn your other componenst, when you game a lot the system goes underload, the GPU and psu partly, and CX uses really cheap components, the CX series is meant for office use and browsing thats all, its not meant for gaming or high end rigs, you're better of with EVGA or Seasonic

 

even corsair says that in their website

THX for the clarification... glad i know now!

Athlon X4 860K, Sapphire Radeon R7 260X, Corsair Vengeance 8GB, Gigabyte GA F2A68HM-H, WD Blue 1Tb, EVGA 500w, Corsair Air 240

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THX for the clarification... glad i know now!

 

you're welcome :) 

Early 2020 Build : Intel i7 8700k // MSI Krait Z370 // Corsair LPX 8x2 16GB // Aorus 5700 XT // NZXT H500 

Early 2019 Build : Ryzen 2600X // Asus Tuff X470 // G.Skill Trident Z RGB 8x2 16GB // MSI RTX 2070 // NZXT H500 

Late 2017 Build : Intel i7 8700k // Asus Prime Z370-A // G.Skill Trident Z 8x2 16GB // EVGA GTX 1080 Ti  // NZXT S320 Elite 

Late 2015 Build : Intel i7 6700k // Asus Maximus VI Gene Z170 //  Corsair LPX 8x2 16GB // Gigabyte GTX 970 // Corsair Air 240

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They're simply are not meant for being underload for a long time and they will just blow up and or burn your other componenst, when you game a lot the system goes underload, the GPU and psu partly, and CX uses really cheap components, the CX series is meant for office use and browsing thats all, its not meant for gaming or high end rigs, you're better of with EVGA or Seasonic

 

even corsair says that in their website

500W for office use?

And if that is so, what would you recommend for my PC?

GIGABYTE Z97MX-G5 | 16GB DDR3 | I5 4690k @ 4.4ghz | 1TB SSHD, 500GB HDD, 128GB SSD | GTX 1070 8GB | Corsair Graphite 230 | EVGA 650W | Hyper 212 EVO

 

Cinebench R15: 636(all cores), 127FPS

 

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