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[Blackhole890]

5 hours ago, tbsgbhrdt said:

Oh my god, how pathetic. The corsair CX is a bad PSU, it is low quality. The EVGA 430W/500W are quite good quality, definetly nothing to complain.

what...? Since when? 

5 hours ago, Blackhole890 said:

Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (₹10877.00 @ Amazon India) 

[Princess Luna]

The green label if I am not mistaken is known to work really well for a few months and then die, got a really bad reputation. The gray one on the other hand is a very good one.

 

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[Mooshi]

19 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

The green label if I am not mistaken is known to work really well for a few months and then die, got a really bad reputation. The gray one on the other hand is a very good one.

 

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I've had a green power an overclocked 2500k and GTX 560 Ti back in 2015 and that same unit is currently powering a budget G4560 build fine. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

11 minutes ago, Mooshi said:

I've had a green power an overclocked 2500k and GTX 560 Ti back in 2015 and that same unit is currently powering a budget G4560 build fine. 

Maybe it's like that time I had a Maxtor DiamondMax 10. The thing lasted 5+ years. Apparently it should've died before reaching its first.

[Princess Luna]

Just because it is a bad line it does not mean every single unit will suck, many were manufactured the corsair cx is available in every country market I know of.

Large market and some bad lots of it made such reputation, but say that every single one will fail on you would be an exaggeration.

[quan289]

While the previous generation CXv3 / Mv1 (the ones with the green label) weren't the best quality units, the "issues" with it got quite overblown. And to be honest, the EVGA 430 / 500w isn't really better. They are all inexpensive entry-level, group-regulated design PSUs.

 

The current generation CX*50M (the ones with the grey label) is based on a more modern DC-DC design to yield much better electrical performance with a higher rated temperature tolerance, longer 5 year warranty, and all black cable. It's a much superior unit to the older CX models (specially the 430-600w model) and the EVGA 430 / 500 - both W1 and B1.

 

Basically, even though the guy bashed on the CX series, he recommended something inferior to the specific model you had suggested in the same line.

[Blackhole890]

9 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

The green label if I am not mistaken is known to work really well for a few months and then die, got a really bad reputation. The gray one on the other hand is a very good one.

 

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i chosen the gray branded one, i know that green ones arent that good but still, that guy went salty af

8 hours ago, quan289 said:

While the previous generation CXv3 / Mv1 (the ones with the green label) weren't the best quality units, the "issues" with it got quite overblown. And to be honest, the EVGA 430 / 500w isn't really better. They are all inexpensive entry-level, group-regulated design PSUs.

 

The current generation CX*50M (the ones with the grey label) is based on a more modern DC-DC design to yield much better electrical performance with a higher rated temperature tolerance, longer 5 year warranty, and all black cable. It's a much superior unit to the older CX models (specially the 430-600w model) and the EVGA 430 / 500 - both W1 and B1.

 

Basically, even though the guy bashed on the CX series, he recommended something inferior to the specific model you had suggested in the same line.

say that to @tbsgbhrdt 

 

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[iRileyx]

I've been running a green label cx750m for the last 6 or 7 months and its still going just fine. It is a little loud though, seems to be a constant coil whine even when not under load.

[Blackhole890]

Just now, RKRiley said:

I've been running a green label cx750m for the last 6 or 7 months and its still going just fine. It is a little loud though, seems to be a constant coil whine even when not under load.

hard gaming?

[Princess Luna]

2 hours ago, Blackhole890 said:

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I have gotten used to some people here being acid and rude, I would rather have polite but not so experienced people than these so called experts who run over others like a truck.

 

The gray label is a decent power supply, even the green one is not terrible just known for its little issues here and there, I took my chances with this latest line up of Zalman power supplies, the GLX one and so far it has been working really well, 80plus, dual forward, has all the protections: OVP, UVP, sCP, OPP, it is not noisy and it does absolutely zero coil whine, but people will still "shit" on me here and there because Zalman isn't EVGA or seasonic.

 

Any ways, I have come to learn that no discussion is worth it in here when it becomes a who knows more contest without regarding OP's need.

[AshleyAshes]

As a counter point I have two CX600s and both are on their 5th and 6th years

[tbsgbhrdt]

Ok. Justification: The odler revision one (green label) is not really a quality power supply. The newer revision (grey label) is better.

Still: The EVGA ones are decent units for the money and have very quiet fans for the fact that they are between 30-50$. I have built a PC with a CX430 once and imo the fan was pretty loud and the unit itself did feel fairly cheap. Also worth noticing that the connectors on the cables seem too big, they require insane force to get them in and out.

[TheRandomness]

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