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is the CX 600 actually a good powersuply

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They do cut corners in many areas. Are you actually looking to purchase it?

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For an office PC with an i3 an iGPU? sure
For a gaming PC? No
For a server? No
For a NAS? No
For a workstation? No

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To put it simply no, none of the CX series PSUs are good, the 750 and 850w versions are the only exceptions that are actually decent.

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"surely the had to cut corners" under statement of the eon, cx psu's incendiary, like napalm

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being such a cheap powersuply surely they had to cut some corners 

yeah they did, and it's not really a recommended power supply for high-medium builds 

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yeah they did, and it's not really a recommended power supply for high-medium builds 

like for my build! :P

  • CPU
    AMD FX 6300 3.5ghz
  • Motherboard
    Asus M5A97 R2.0
  • RAM
    8Gb Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600mhz
  • GPU
    MSI R9 390
  • Case
    Enermax Ostrog ECA3253
  • Storage
    1 Tb Seagate Barracuda
  • PSU
    Corsair CX 600M
  •  
  • Cooling
    Hyper 212 Evo
  • Keyboard
    Logitech G910 Orion Spark
  • Mouse
    Asus ROG GX800
  •  
  • Operating System
    Windows 7 Pro
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I can't speak for all of them, but I've had two running for about 4 years now.  One is an i5 4590 (The PSU has outlasted the motherboards that have been in the server) and the other is in an HTPC, i7 3770K powered.  However the server would likely need an upgrade once I add some more HDDs to it and a better graphics card, but that's wattage, not service life.

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and no im not buying one i just purchased a rm1000x but my friend has a cx600 powering an i5 and a 980 

I have a friend with an i5 4690k, OC and 970, he has been doing fine with the CX500m

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like for my build! :P

  • CPU
    AMD FX 6300 3.5ghz
  • Motherboard
    Asus M5A97 R2.0
  • RAM
    8Gb Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600mhz
  • GPU
    MSI R9 390
  • Case
    Enermax Ostrog ECA3253
  • Storage
    1 Tb Seagate Barracuda
  • PSU
    Corsair CX 600M
  •  
  • Cooling
    Hyper 212 Evo
  • Keyboard
    Logitech G910 Orion Spark
  • Mouse
    Asus ROG GX800
  •  
  • Operating System
    Windows 7 Pro

 

that's okay, but if it was an i7 4790k and a 980Ti then I'd rather not.... but for low end builds it's ok.

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NOT for a gaming computer. maybe for a low power simple office pc but NO for a gaming computer.

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that's okay, but if it was an i7 4790k and a 980Ti then I'd rather not.... but for low end builds it's ok.

I don't think the high end or low end nature of the build matters.

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it's basically unlucky people who seemed to get faulty PSUs, It is worth spending another 60$ to keep your system all good

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It's not a shit firehazard like Raidmax or Diablotek garbage, it's more on the lower end of acceptable as long as you're not trying to run it too close to its rated power.

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I run a 140W Xeon E5 overclocked and a 250W HD7950 also aggressively overclocked- I bench on this psu. Just fine. CX600M. 4 year old unit has seen many cpus @ 5ghz and dual 7950s.

 

My brother runs an 8320 and a gtx 480 on a cx430, admittedly both undervolted.

 

So yes from my experience they're not total garbage and are good for more than i3s/750tis but there are better psus for the money in 2016.

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Well I am running a CX 430 and its fine...

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I have zero issues with my CX 600M in my Steam box (i5 4690k, Z87 Gryphon, Radeon HD 7950)

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I concur.

I'm curious as to why the power supply isn't flipped down.

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Honestly, they are fine.

Not the best, and corners were cut, but they wont start a fire or explode or anything.

If you dont run them at 100% all the time, you should be fine.

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I concur.

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OMG we have the same case :)

My speakers dont even fit on or under my desk...PA's FTW

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