CX vs Integra

[Windows10Home]

I wondered what is best, the CX550M or the Fractal Integra M 550W. I know that CX is known to be bad, but the 550M has a different color on it's logo. It's silver, not green. So what do you think?

[doeskydoes]

how would logo color affect anything so what if it is silver or green but probably the 550W

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Windows10Home said:

I wondered what is best, the CX550M or the Fractal Integra M 550W. I know that CX is known to be bad, but the 550M has a different color on it's logo. It's silver, not green. So what do you think?

Intergra has the same purpose as the CX, lower power builds

Neither are great but the integra doesnt have as bad rep.

 

The integra might be slightly better but i would still get a proper unit for a gaming pc.

[HKZeroFive]

I'd go for the CX550M for the Japanese caps and five-year warranty.

[Herman Mcpootis]

the silver ones(CX x50M) are good units, based on the seasonic s12ii, without the 30 degree capacitator issue and with a 5 year warranty. i think i'll pick the CX550M.

[Windows10Home]

 

1 minute ago, HydraGaming said:

Intergra has the same purpose as the CX, lower power builds

Neither are great but the integra doesnt have as bad rep.

 

The integra might be slightly better but i would still get a proper unit for a gaming pc.

I just found out something. The Cooler Master G650M is on sale at the same price as Integra and CX. ShouldI go for it instead?

[HKZeroFive]

4 minutes ago, HydraGaming said:

Intergra has the same purpose as the CX, lower power builds

Neither are great but the integra doesnt have as bad rep.

 

The integra might be slightly better but i would still get a proper unit for a gaming pc.

The new CX series (the grey ones) OP mentioned are solid quality. Full Japanese capacitors and DC-DC regulation, with a five year warranty. They're comparable quality with the SeaSonic S12II and M12II series.

[Guest]

Just now, Windows10Home said:

 

I just found out something. The Cooler Master G650M is on sale at the same price as Integra and CX. ShouldI go for it instead?

@herman mcpootis and @HKZeroFiveseems to have more knowledge about the internals so i would ask them.

[HKZeroFive]

2 minutes ago, Windows10Home said:

I just found out something. The Cooler Master G650M is on sale at the same price as Integra and CX. ShouldI go for it instead?

The G650M is a decent PSU but I'd personally go for the CX550M instead for the Japanese capacitors.

[quan289]

Both are good PSU, I would go for the CXM for the longer warranty and full black sleeved cables.

 

1 hour ago, herman mcpootis said:

the silver ones(CX x50M) are good units, based on the seasonic s12ii, without the 30 degree capacitator issue and with a 5 year warranty. i think i'll pick the CX550M.

It's a custom design (essentially a cost down RM platform) from CWT. It's a DC-DC regulated PSU - not a group-regulated platform like the S12II-B. Also, the 30C isn't a rating for the capacitor (they all used 105C on the Secondary) but the rated operating temp.

 

1 hour ago, doeskydoes said:

how would logo color affect anything so what if it is silver or green but probably the 550W

The white logo tells you that it is the updated model.

 

58 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

The new CX series (the grey ones) OP mentioned are solid quality. Full Japanese capacitors and DC-DC regulation, with a five year warranty. They're comparable quality with the SeaSonic S12II and M12II series.

Well, it is true that Japanese caps are part of the AVL (Approved Vendor List), you may see Taiwanese/Chinese caps in there as well. The one that has the full Japanese caps are the German Edition that is called "Vengeance"

Platform-wise the new CXM is better than the S/M12II-B, while you can say the SS will have better caps as it guaranteed.

[Windows10Home]

1 minute ago, HKZeroFive said:

The G650M is a decent PSU but I'd personally go for the CX550M instead for the Japanese capacitors.

Well, I was thinking of getting the XFX R9 380 4GB DD-Edition. I've heard it's very power hungry.

[HKZeroFive]

1 minute ago, Windows10Home said:

Well, I was thinking of getting the XFX R9 380 4GB DD-Edition. I've heard it's very power hungry.

Power-hungry is an exaggeration in all honesty. You'll be fine with 500W.

[Windows10Home]

1 minute ago, HKZeroFive said:

Power-hungry is an exaggeration in all honesty. You'll be fine with 500W.

But I think i'll go for the G650M in-case I upgrade

[HKZeroFive]

1 minute ago, Windows10Home said:

But I think i'll go for the G650M in-case I upgrade

Unless you're getting a R9 295X2, you can comfortably run any GPU on a 550W PSU. With the shrink to 16nm and 14nm for Pascal and Arctic Islands, new GPUs will be more energy efficient than ever.

[SLIClocker]

8 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

Unless you're getting a R9 295X2, you can comfortably run any GPU on a 550W PSU. With the shrink to 16nm and 14nm for Pascal and Arctic Islands, new GPUs will be more energy efficient than ever.

Hmmm i think you meant AMD Radeon 295X2 or a Nvidia Geforce GTX Titan Z

[SLIClocker]

2 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

Hmmm i think you meant AMD Radeon 295X2 or a Nvidia Geforce GTX Titan Z

Anyways i think that the CX550 would be the way to go because i have previously owned a CX power supply from corsair and they work great.

[flibberdipper]

I would go with the CXM unit. Both of mine (a CX430M and a CX750M) are last-gen units, which aren't as good as the new rollout. And the CX430M has been through hell and back and still works like new.

[HKZeroFive]

7 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

Hmmm i think you meant AMD Radeon 295X2 or a Nvidia Geforce GTX Titan Z

In all fairness, nobody in their right mind would get a Titan Z.

[Windows10Home]

3 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

I would go with the CXM unit. Both of mine (a CX430M and a CX750M) are last-gen units, which aren't as good as the new rollout. And the CX430M has been through hell and back and still works like new.

Isn't it better just to go with a 650W since it has 100W more. What if I make a new computer with 2 GPU's?

[SLIClocker]

3 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

In all fairness, nobody in their right mind would get a Titan Z.

Why what's wrong performance is better depending on what you are doing, If you are rendering then you should get the Nvidia Geforce GTX Titan Z, But if you are more onto the gaming side of things you should get an AMD Radeon 295X2 or and AMD Radeon Pro Duo for that matter.

[HKZeroFive]

4 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

Why what's wrong performance is better depending on what you are doing, If you are rendering then you should get the Nvidia Geforce GTX Titan Z, But if you are more onto the gaming side of things you should get an AMD Radeon 295X2 or and AMD Radeon Pro Duo for that matter.

The only thing the Titan Z has going for it is double-precision computing, which is a really only beneficial to a very specific consumer. Other than that, nothing to justify the price tag.

[SLIClocker]

3 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

The only thing the Titan Z has going for it is double-precision. Other than that, nothing to justify the price tag.

Yes of course Nvidia are dicks for doing that, So if they make a Nvidia Geforce GTX 1090 let's just hope that 1+1 doesn't = 3

[HKZeroFive]

2 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

Yes of course Nvidia are dicks for doing that, So if they make a Nvidia Geforce GTX 1090 let's just hope that 1+1 doesn't = 3

Eh, I'm all up for a dual-GPU card from NVIDIA but something tells me they won't do it for Pascal.

[turkey3_scratch]

2 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

the silver ones(CX x50M) are good units, based on the seasonic s12ii, without the 30 degree capacitator issue and with a 5 year warranty. i think i'll pick the CX550M.

They're still made by CWT, and are not based on the S12ii at all. For one thing, the S12ii is group regulated and a completely different OEM. And the CX x50M are DC-DC for the minor rails.

[Herman Mcpootis]

13 minutes ago, turkey3_scratch said:

They're still made by CWT, and are not based on the S12ii at all. For one thing, the S12ii is group regulated and a completely different OEM. And the CX x50M are DC-DC for the minor rails.

I know, i got it mixed up