CX850M reliability?

[nootnoot1277]

Hey guys
so my lan party pc is built from spare parts but im short a PSU and i was looking at the CX850M as i don't have much money and i need 850w's of power.
The specs of this glorious machine are:
2 x GTX 480 SLI Water-cooled
1 x X5460 (LGA 771)
EVGA Nforce 780i mobo
2 x 7.2k 180gb drives
5 x 120mm rad fans
4 x 2gb ddr2
generic 12v molex pump

 

i currently run a CX650M in my main rig and its been absolutely perfect and i love this new corsair lineup so im hoping the 850 variant is just as good so any advice would be appreciated apart from comments such as "dont waste your money/time on such old parts" because i don't care.
cheers guys

[tom_w141]

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=427

[nootnoot1277]

1 minute ago, tom_w141 said:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=427

i think that's the older CX series power supplies but since the new range is supposed to have improved on that i se no way it can be worse so cheers.

btw i noticed the Ryzen overclocking guide under your message and was just wondering, How do you find Ryzen so far?

[WereCat]

No, if it is this one

 

Yes for this one

[tom_w141]

Just now, nootnoot1277 said:

i think that's the older CX series power supplies but since the new range is supposed to have improved on that i se no way it can be worse so cheers.

btw i noticed the Ryzen overclocking guide under your message and was just wondering, How do you find Ryzen so far?

Rock solid since April. Love getting beta BIOS, made the crosshair worth the money. Great CPU I have a 1700 @ 4GHz, excellent value and performance.

[nootnoot1277]

1 minute ago, WereCat said:

No, if it is this one

 

Yes for this one

Yeah thats the one the bottom one, i have the 650 variant in my main and am looking at the 850 for the Lan pc.
so your saying it will run fine? (mind you this isnt going to be used everyday)

[tom_w141]

2 minutes ago, WereCat said:

No, if it is this one

 

Yes for this one

The review for even the older green one is good

[WereCat]

Just now, nootnoot1277 said:

Yeah thats the one the bottom one, i have the 650 variant in my main and am looking at the 850 for the Lan pc.
so your saying it will run fine? (mind you this isnt going to be used everyday)

Yes it will be fine.

How much are you paying for it though?

[tom_w141]

1 minute ago, nootnoot1277 said:

Yeah thats the one the bottom one, i have the 650 variant in my main and am looking at the 850 for the Lan pc.
so your saying it will run fine? (mind you this isnt going to be used everyday)

Why 850? SLI?

[nootnoot1277]

1 minute ago, tom_w141 said:

Rock solid since April. Love getting beta BIOS, made the crosshair worth the money. Great CPU I have a 1700 @ 4GHz, excellent value and performance.

Awesome to hear, glad to see AMD has had a proper comeback packin alota punch for the price i heard compared to the new intel chips. not that i have the money for a Ryzen setup at the moment but i have a friend who's interested thats why i was asking.

[nootnoot1277]

Just now, WereCat said:

Yes it will be fine.

How much are you paying for it though?

sweet
$149 (AUD) not alot of choice here in Aus and that really the cheapest without sacrificing quality.

[nootnoot1277]

1 minute ago, tom_w141 said:

Why 850? SLI?

yeah the old GTX 480's suck a fair bit of power admittedly but they still run games pretty good i found when the pc only had one 480 in it.

[tom_w141]

Just now, nootnoot1277 said:

yeah the old GTX 480's suck a fair bit of power admittedly but they still run games pretty good i found when the pc only had one 480 in it.

Yes older hardware is thirsty  Now you are good with 500W. Efficiency  

[nootnoot1277]

Just now, tom_w141 said:

Yes older hardware is thirsty  Now you are good with 500W. Efficiency  

haha tis a bit but yeah your right even the GTX 780 in my main pc seems power hungry now compared to the new RX series and GTX 10 series.

[WereCat]

5 minutes ago, nootnoot1277 said:

sweet
$149 (AUD) not alot of choice here in Aus and that really the cheapest without sacrificing quality.

What about one of these? They are way better and 750W is quite a bit more than you will need even after heavy OC.

The price is not that much higher.

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/9q38TW/corsair-power-supply-cp9020092na

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/2L3RsY/xfx-power-supply-p1750bbefx

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/VwR48d/seasonic-power-supply-ssr750rm

[nootnoot1277]

1 minute ago, WereCat said:

What about one of these? They are way better and 750W is quite a bit more than you will need even after heavy OC.

The price is not that much higher.

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/9q38TW/corsair-power-supply-cp9020092na

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/2L3RsY/xfx-power-supply-p1750bbefx

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/VwR48d/seasonic-power-supply-ssr750rm

im not really a fan of the idea o running 2 gtx 480's on 750w tbh and also those particular power supplies aren't available really where i am

[WereCat]

1 minute ago, nootnoot1277 said:

im not really a fan of the idea o running 2 gtx 480's on 750w tbh and also those particular power supplies aren't available really where i am

Facepalm... GTX 480... Error... misread for RX 480.

[nootnoot1277]

3 minutes ago, WereCat said:

Facepalm... GTX 480... Error... misread for RX 480.

haha damn AMD and their new confusing number system

[STRMfrmXMN]

5 hours ago, WereCat said:

No, if it is this one

 

Yes for this one

The old and new 850Ms are not that different from eachother like the lower-spec models. Either would be fine for OP, although I question why SLI GTX 480s...?

[nootnoot1277]

13 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

The old and new 850Ms are not that different from eachother like the lower-spec models. Either would be fine for OP, although I question why SLI GTX 480s...?

best price to performance gpu's i have spare. 1 performs the same as a 750ti, 2 peform the same as a 770 and i only payed $40 (AUD) for both with their waterblocks. I love 480's and i find it so much more fun to have an older cooler looking rig for lan like this watercooled X5460 gtx 480 sli than my current main rig which is just an aircooled I5 2400, gtx 780 combo which i also love but older hardware is cooler to see running games that their deemed "not good enough for". like my other watercooled pc was a Dell 3100 case with a 755 board, Q6600 @2.9ghz with a GTX 480 and it ran GTA V on high which was fantastic for my Home Theatre/spare gaming pc/lan rig, however that dell board died and its cheaper for me to buy a 780i board than it is to buy a new dell 755 board.

so in short: because i want to

[Crossbred]

My 750m just blew up on me. It's not the best if you plan to consistently use it at high loads, such as the f@h I did. So i guess you should be fine as long as you don't constantly use it.

[nootnoot1277]

19 hours ago, Crossbred said:

My 750m just blew up on me. It's not the best if you plan to consistently use it at high loads, such as the f@h I did. So i guess you should be fine as long as you don't constantly use it.

well i mean a PSU blowing up doesn't necessarily mean its bad all psu's die eventually its just a matter of how long.
but anyway its only going to be a lan pc/HTPC/back up gaming rig/show piece

[Crossbred]

4 hours ago, nootnoot1277 said:

well i mean a PSU blowing up doesn't necessarily mean its bad all psu's die eventually its just a matter of how long.
but anyway its only going to be a lan pc/HTPC/back up gaming rig/show piece

Yeah you should be fine.

I'll note that it was in use for less than a year before it died.

[nootnoot1277]

Just now, Crossbred said:

Yeah you should be fine.

I'll note that it was in use for less than a year before it died.

Ah ok yeah then fair enough, should have still been under Corsair's warranty then.

[Crossbred]

6 hours ago, nootnoot1277 said:

Ah ok yeah then fair enough, should have still been under Corsair's warranty then.

Yeah it is but I still need to get a copy of my receipt from microcenter.