Corsair cx600m bad quality PSU?

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So I was about to buy the corsair CX600 CP-9020048-WW, when I googled about it and saw a few ppl saying it wasn't a good quality PSU, that the GS600 had better capacitors even the CX600 being 80 plus bronze certified? For a FX8350 overclocked to 4.6, sabertooth 990fx, gigabytes gtx770, corsair h80i and a few fans inside the case, that would work? I used many PSU calculator sand they all gave me that 600w would do, but I don't know anymore about this corsair CX600... Thanks!
 
ok... let me walk you through this.

The CX600 is a "solid" psu. solid... not great. High quality psus are absolute necessities for high overclocks and SSDs; if all you plan to do with that psu is clock your fx up to 4.6ghz it should be fine. 4.6ghz isn't a challenging overclock for a piledriver. Hell my fx8320 can get to 4.6ghz on it's stock vcore (that's rather uncommon... it's much more likely you'll hit 4.2ghz-4.4ghz on your stock vcore).

now people will say it has cheap capacitors (true) or that it's a budget psu (true), that said a cheap, or budget psu from corsair is light-years better then one from most other companies. So... in summery... as long as you're not pushing your overclocks, or don't plan to stress the unit's ability it will be good enough.

Your system will chew up 450W under heavy load. that psu will be good enough. Just don't expect an SSD to be particularly reliable with that unit.
 

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It's a cheap, entry level PSU. That isn't necessarily bad; if you are building a cheap entry level computer, you want a cheap entry level PSU.
The main issue I have with the Corsair CX line is that you can almost always get a better PSU for the same price. Corsair typically charges a 10-20 percent markup for their brand logo which is silly since they don't actually make PSUs.
 

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yeah, I was about to get a Samsung 840 Pro... But you meant, the SSD wont be reliable because the PSU won't handle very well all the power comsumption or because it won't handle peaks of energy or something like that? do you have a better PSU in the same price range?
 

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so a good psu in the same price range would be?
 

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So, a good PSU in the same price range would be? The deal is, I already spent a lot on this build, I don't live in the US and like I said in another tread when I asked for a CPU +mobo tip, this computer (here where I live) is going to cost about 3000USD, yeah it sucks, but I don't wanna have power comsumption problems or anything that will likely cause any parts to burn in the next two years...
 

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So, instead of the CX600 maybe these two below?

XFX 550W Core Edition PRO550W 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified (P1-550S-XXB9)

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Sentey Solid Power 750W SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC (SDP750-SS)
 

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Well obviously price will vary somewhat, but i'll use new egg since they are a pretty common retailer. They have the cx600 listed at 70 dollars. For the same 70 dollars you can get:

Seasonic s12II 620 watts. Not their best model but still vastly superior to the cx600.
Lepa B650 SA 650 watts, much better than the cx600 and 10 dollars cheaper.
Thermaltake SMART 650
Silvertone Strider 600

The XFX is just good as anything on this list, if you don't mind dropping down to 550 watts.


With all that said, if you spent 3000 dollars on this machine already why not spend another 50 or 60 and get yourself a top quality PSU? Would you spend 100k on a porche and then save a few bucks by putting low quality tires on it?
 

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I get your point, I dobnt mind dropping to 550w as long it handles everything well. a 79 USD PSU here is around 150 USD in fact, every piece is like that, the GPU is 600 USD, in the US would be around 300 quid.
 


well, SSD's are hyper sensitive to "bad power", meaning large ripples in the supply of power... the lower quality your psu is, the worse the ripples, and therefore the worse off your SSD will be. When an SSD gets good clean power they're just about as reliable (or more so) as a normal HD... but when it's attached to a poor power supply it's not uncommon for them to lose data.
 

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So, the XFX Core Edition750w (P1-750S-NLB9) is on sale right now, I DO plan a SLI my GTX770 in the near future so I was going to change the PSU anyways, do you think (I know its not modular) its a good PSU? Its just 50USD cheaper, even cheaper than the 650W core edition I was going to buy! Thanks!
 

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Yeah I know, I also found the OCZ fatak1ty wich is also 750w and semi (?) modular... at the same price range, now I don't know which to choose

 
Semi-modular means that some commonly used cables (like the motherboard 24 - pin cable for example) are hard wired to the PSU. OCZ Fatal1ty are tier 2 power supplies (see link below). This means that they are good power supplies. But I would still recommend Seasonic power supplies. They have a well deserved reputation for quality. This XFX Pro series, gold rated, fully modular 750 watt PSU is on sale at Newegg for $109.99. That is a pretty good deal for an extra $20.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207029

http://community.newegg.com/eggxpert/computer_hardware/f/135081/t/45344.aspx
 

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I See, but the problem is, where I live, we don't have newegg, there are a few reliable websites and the one that has the best pricing only have those two, so its going to be either one those below ( I know no one understands portuguese but I going to put the link anyways)

OCZ FATAL1TY 750W (code OCZ750FTY-NP) Semi Modular
https://www.balaodainformatica.com.br/Produto/50529/Fonte-ATX-OCZ-OCZ750FTY-NP-Capacidade-750W-Real-Vers%C3%A3o-ATX12V-V22-Certifica%C3%A7%C3%A3o-80-Plus-Bronze

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XFX Core Edition 750W (code P1-750S-NLB9) NON Modular
https://www.balaodainformatica.com.br/Produto/64937/Fonte-XFX-ATX-750W-Core-Edition-(P1-750S-NLB9)

I don't mind having the cables, I've got a good case so I can hide them easily, just wanna know which one is more reliable thru the years to come.
 

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And thats another problem, I don't live in portugal, I live in brazil... so that basically means that I can buy almost any PSU available in the US but they cost AT LEAST two times more, and that sucks I really have to think and be conscious about what I am buying you see? :(
 
Sorry, I never know where these posts are from. The posts from Australia have similar problems. The posts from eastern Europe seem to be limited to outdated components (especially cases).

The XFX Pro Series 750 Watt PSU is probably your best bet overall for value and quality.

 

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Sorry to thread jack a little but why would an SSD not be reliable with this PSU? I only ask as I want an SSD for my new gaming rig and i don't want the SSD to be 'incompatible'.
 

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no problem! I bought the XFX, thanks for all the support!
 

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I think its not about incompatibility, after doing some research you do find out that SSDs are pretty sensitive to voltage surges and spikes and a good PSU should protect your system from that, a lower quality PSU wouldd not do that as well, and after a feek years things might stop working.The SSD will work fine with that PSU incompatibility only happens when you use wrong memory in your rig or when you screw things up and buy a intel motherboard with a AMD processor, now those wont work for sure :)