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Capacitors: Corsair CX 430 v2 or Antec VP 450? Which one to buy?

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August 30, 2014 5:28:10 AM

My budget is less than $50. I have read good reviews on Antec VP 450 but it uses CapXon capacitors which have terrible shelf life whereas Corsair CX 430 V2 uses CWT capacitors with better durability.

I will be using them in hot, humid and dusty ambience with the expectation of them lasting at least 3 years without OCing.

So which one should I buy? Any suggestion?

Built:

AMD FX-6300 3.5 Ghz processor,

Asus M5A97 2.0 Evo Mobo,

Corsait vengeance 1 * 4 GB DDR3 Ram at 1600 Mhz,

PSU ?

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August 30, 2014 5:32:17 AM

Dont get either, they are both horrendous quality.
Get an XFX Core 550 or 450, or a seasonic, both are excellent psus, and they should slide in your budget.
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August 30, 2014 5:47:59 AM

I don't think I have that many options in India and $50 is a bit more than INR 3000, I have stay within my budget.

Price at newegg does not include the international shipping cost and thus is misleading for the Indian customers :( 
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August 30, 2014 6:04:26 AM

I chose Nvidia GTX 750Ti to conserve wattage :) 
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August 30, 2014 6:13:26 AM

Then that Seasonic unit would be fine, better than the Antec or the Corsair units at least.
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August 30, 2014 6:44:11 AM

I do not have a pure sine wave UPS, would the Seasonic one still work if the power goes out (rare but still happens in my area) even though it's Active PFC?
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August 30, 2014 6:46:59 AM

Yes, it would work, but I'd recommend getting an UPS if you have power outages.
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August 30, 2014 6:58:15 AM

Antec VP 450 < Is a great fit for a 750ti.
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August 30, 2014 9:07:22 AM

Eduello said:
Yes, it would work, but I'd recommend getting an UPS if you have power outages.


I do have a UPS, it's a 625Va modified sine wave one which may or may not be compatible with the Seasonic PSU :( 
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August 30, 2014 9:08:56 AM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
Antec VP 450 < Is a great fit for a 750ti.




But aren't the CapXon capacitors the worst out there?
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October 10, 2014 11:50:25 AM

CapXon caps are terrible. I bought the latest CX 430 2.3 revision and every cap on the secondary is CapXon. Even the 3300uF cap. they could have at least put a better cap there. The primary cap is 220uF 400v United Chem-Con. At least they were smart enough not to put a CapXon cap there. It would probably explode and set your house on fire. All those CapXon caps I swapped out for Nichicons and Panasonics
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