Difference RM & RMi

[Bammerbom]

What is the difference between the RM, and the RMi series, and which one should I get for my system?

 

[GlassBomb]

What is the difference between the RM, and the RMi series, and which one should I get for my system?

 

Here you can see all of the differences between the two models.

 

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/blog/2015/june/rm-rmi-hxi

[Bammerbom]

I searched on google, I wonder how I missed that.

Anyways thank you.

[gunmaster1173]

What is the difference between the RM, and the RMi series, and which one should I get for my system?

The rmi has the corsair link in it to control the fan speed and such and the rmi was also more efficient than the rm

[turkey3_scratch]

RMi doesn't use crappy Ltec capacitors, and it has other improvements overall to quality.

[gunmaster1173]

RMi doesn't use crappy Ltec capacitors, and it has other improvements overall to quality.

True and to make it simpler the rm is version 1.0 that is okay but pretty bad and the rmi is version 2.0 which is way better, I actually have a rmi series power supply in my computer, a corsair rm1000i tbh

[Bammerbom]

Ok so considering the rm is not that much cheaper I should defenitly get a rmi?

[gunmaster1173]

Ok so considering the rm is not that much cheaper I should defenitly get a rmi?

Yea

[Qwerty2323]

there is also rmx which is close to rmi just dont support corsair software for power monitoring being main difference

rm are kinda old ones and rmi and rmx are new ones

[gunmaster1173]

there is also rmx which is close to rmi just dont support corsair software for power monitoring being main difference

rm are kinda old ones and rmi and rmx are new ones

Yea but the one with the best efficiency is the rmi

[Guest]

Yea but the one with the best efficiency is the rmi

 

The RMx and RMi are both Gold rated units.

[gunmaster1173]

The RMx and RMi are both Gold rated units.

Yes they are but a test has been done and the rmi is more efficient by a couple percent

And has less rippling

[CalciumTech]

What is the difference between the RM, and the RMi series, and which one should I get for my system?

RMi. I have one and it's awesome.

[Guest]

Yes they are but a test has been done and the rmi is more efficient by a couple percent

And has less rippling

 

A test from where ? If you look at Jonnyguru reviews of the 750W RMx and RMi there is virtually no difference.

[quan289]

Yes they are but a test has been done and the rmi is more efficient by a couple percent

And has less rippling

 

If there's a different in efficiency, it will be by a meager few 0.X%, in which can be explained by manufacturer variances between samples. At the end of the day, the RMx and RMi is essentially the same CWT platform, where the Corsair Link feature had been removed, the usage of a rifle fan instead of FDB, no self-test fan switch, and it's a single rail PSU without the switching ability to multirail on the RMx.

 

As for ripple suppression, it's pretty much <20mVpp on all rails on both 1000w units. The only time it exceeded 20mVpp was on the overload test on the 12v rail @ 23mVpp (again, not worth mentioning).

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Corsair/RM1000i/9.html

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Corsair/RM1000x/9.html

[Aniallation]

Ok so considering the rm is not that much cheaper I should defenitly get a rmi?

Yes. The RMi is a welcome improvement in terms of internal component quality and electrical performance compared to the RM, especially if at a moderate price difference.