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is there a difference with all of corsairs power supplies?

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May 19, 2014 3:13:24 PM

hey guys me and my friend were upgrading my case to a new one and he accidentally dropped the power supply ( it was a cx 750 m corsair ) and anyway im on corsair sites and i see all these different lines of power supplies and i was wondering is there really a difference with all of there pcs for an average fps pc gamer like me? that really makes them worth spending all that extra money ?

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May 19, 2014 3:30:36 PM

you got everything here
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page447.htm
the vs and cs series are the worst psu ever...but the rest of corsair psu are very good
better when is built by seasonic or Chicony Power Technology
the most important for a gamer is the efficiency of the psu
http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/...
http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/...
Efficiency, Supply and Demand explained

Until the arrival of the 80 PLUS bronze, silver and gold power supplies most PSUs had an efficiency of around 70%. What this means is that from the power going in to the power supply from your wall socket about 30% is converted in to heat (or: 30% of that energy is lost unless you consider warming up your room to be a goal as well). This leaves 70% of that power available to actually power the components in your computer. One frequently made mistake by lots and lots (and lots!) of reviewers and hardware enthusiasts is that they measure the power consumption of - for example - a videocard by measuring the amount of power their test system draws without the videocard, then go on to measure the power draw with the videocard installed, substract the 2 and give you the difference as being the power draw of that particular videocard. Because they forget to take the efficiency of the PSU into account this number is off between 10% and 30%! Considering the fact that most PSUs these days are about 80% efficient, most of the time this number will be off by around 20%. This means that if their calculation says that a particular videocard is using 300W, in reality it is probably only using 300 x 80% = 240W. For many people this can make the difference of thinking they need a new PSU or not if they upgrade to a new videocard!

A 500W power supply can SUPPLY 500W of power to your components. If this power supply is 70% efficient this means that it would draw about (500 / 70) x 100 = 714W from your wall socket if it's under full load. Even if you are not particularly environmentally conscious it is still a good idea to buy an 80 PLUS power supply because at these power loads your wallet will thank you.
http://www.enthusiastpc.net/articles/00002/
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