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Recently alot of posts and videos of exploding corsair power supplies have been floating around, since I have a corsair PSU and nothing has happened in tis life time yet, I jsut wanted to ask are the rumors really true that corsair shouldnt be trusted?

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depends... which PSU?

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Corsair CX series.

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It's not corsair, it's just certain models, particularly the CX

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if its a corsair cx/builder series with a high endish rig, it might

if its with a low end pc, then not.

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Recently alot of posts and videos of exploding corsair power supplies have been floating around, since I have a corsair PSU and nothing has happened in tis life time yet, I jsut wanted to ask are the rumors really true that corsair shouldnt be trusted?

Corsair has lots of PSUs that are excellent. The CX are the ones that "explode" (not saying it doesn't happen but it's a bit exaggerated how often it happens) and should be avoided. The RMi, AX/i, HX, etc are very good. Check out the PSU whitelist in my sig for the good ones.

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Kinda worried now. Oh well. If my system blows up it'll make for a good video.

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I've got a CX600M in my rig, it's served me just fine, though I would like to replace it with something a bit... better? some time down the road.

 

Preferably something fully modular that I can get cablemod cables for.

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well now im scared i have a CX600 :o

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None of their psus are so bad that exploding would be significant worry. Some of their psus are below recommending most of the time like their VS series which really should just be delegated to low power systems but their CX series is okay and many other series are good albeit often overpriced. 

The CX series is probably the origin of this mantra with various incidents of them 'exploding' due to the sheer number of the units sold.

The whole 'exploding' thing seems to be a recent fad like the rush of 'EVGA psus are awesome' because of the G2 series despite their lower end psus being good but not anywhere as great. 

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Kinda worried now. Oh well. If my system blows up it'll make for a good video.

@TheSLSAMG had a 7770 catch on fire. :P

 

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Corsair has lots of PSUs that are excellent. The CX are the ones that "explode" (not saying it doesn't happen but it's a bit exaggerated how often it happens) and should be avoided. The RMi, AX/i, HX, etc are very good. Check out the PSU whitelist in my sig for the good ones.

 

since you have that huge whitelist of PSUs whats the cheapest 650W PSU you would recommend?

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since you have that huge whitelist of PSUs whats the cheapest 650W PSU you would recommend?

Well what are you powering, may I ask?

 

Chances are you don't need 650W.

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They don't literally explode. But there has been a huge amount of complaints about the CX series of PSUs lately, many of them backed up with good data and evidences.

If the PSU is in a system which is not consuming that much power, it should be fine. If the CX PSU you have was bought a long time ago it's likely that it was before the manufacturer started to cheap out on the units, so should be fine too.

I don't like taking chances with PSUs, as I've seen the black smoke, the flames and the melting cables before. Both times I was right there besides the systems, and I was able to pull the cord right away and suffocate the fire. But I cannot even start to imagine what would happen if I wasn't around those times, frankly not everyone has the same guts as Austin Evans to get over loosing a home and looking at the bright side of things while the flames are still taking the place.

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@TheSLSAMG had a 7770 catch on fire. :P

I had a friend that had an HDD catch fire during a LAN party. That was interesting. Thankfully he got the window seat and it was winter.

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Well what are you powering, may I ask?

 

Chances are you don't need 650W.

right now a fx8320 @ 4GHz one gigabyte gtx 960 but im getting another one for SLI.

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right now a fx8320 @ 4GHz one gigabyte gtx 960 but im getting another one for SLI.

A decent 600w should already be plenty for that. 

What's your current psu?

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They don't literally explode. But there has been a huge amount of complaints about the CX series of PSUs lately, many of them backed up with good data and evidences.

If the PSU is in a system which is not consuming that much power, it should be fine. If the CX PSU you have was bought a long time ago it's likely that it was before the manufacturer started to cheap out on the units, so should be fine too.

I don't like taking chances with PSUs, as I've seen the black smoke, the flames and the melting cables before. Both times I was right there besides the systems, and I was able to pull the cord right away and suffocate the fire. But I cannot even start to imagine what would happen if I wasn't around those times, frankly not everyone has the same guts as Austin Evans to get over loosing a home and looking at the bright side of things while the flames are still taking the place.

 

ok, that sounds bad im getting another PSU before I go into SLI

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right now a fx8320 @ 4GHz one gigabyte gtx 960 but im getting another one for SLI.

Ah, OK. Weird combo of parts but anyways.

 

EVGA's G2/GS of that wattage are good as is the EVGA B2.

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What's your current psu?

 

currently I have a cx600 which is the part thats scaring me

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EVGA's G2/GS of that wattage are good as is the EVGA B2.

 

those are all quite expensive but I guess its worth replacing my cx600 if I want something non explosive

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Corsair has lots of PSUs that are excellent. The CX are the ones that "explode" (not saying it doesn't happen but it's a bit exaggerated how often it happens) and should be avoided. The RMi, AX/i, HX, etc are very good. Check out the PSU whitelist in my sig for the good ones.

Dude I LIVE BY your PSU whitelist

Seriously I use it all the time

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Dude I LIVE BY your PSU whitelist

Seriously I use it all the time

It has a cult following at this point :P

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those are all quite expensive but I guess its worth replacing my cx600 if I want something non explosive

Antec High Current Gamer, perhaps?

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currently I have a cx600 which is the part thats scaring me

It should be fine for a 960 sli. 

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