How bad is a Corsair CX PSU, really?

imrazor · Oct 4, 2015

A few times I've advised people to ditch their Corsair CX power supply, only to be told by others that a CX will be fine. I know it's on the list of "bad" power supplies on the PSU tier list here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

But I wonder why others seem to think its at least "OK"...?

The Grox Empire · Oct 4, 2015

THe capacitors qualities are very bad and degradable. Worse it;'s rated at 85 degrees. Many case like very early death of PSU. The performance it self quite good. I used CX500 and feel both satisfied and not

Zerk2012 · Oct 4, 2015

Their not terrible but not very good either, low temperature rating, low quality fan, only a 3 year warranty for a reason, usually you can buy a higher quality power supply for the same price. If you were building a low budget PC then it would be what to use since you can often get one at a low price including rebates. Other than that if your building a nice PC why cheap out their when for 10 more bucks or so you can buy a higher quality PSU.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Corsair/CX600M/1.html

turkey3_scratch · Oct 4, 2015

It's because they are overpriced. I would totally respect if they were $30 range, but for instance the 600W CX I see as $65 even $70 at times. Most people see these power supplies as the first result on Amazon, Newegg, etc. and immediately think they must be good. For $70 you can get a much better Seasonic or Supernova B2.

JQB45 · Oct 4, 2015

I had one die after 6 months and take out the motherboard on a computer about a year ago.

Dark Lord of Tech · Oct 4, 2015

If your building a web surfer social media type build their fine , beyond that don't purchase them.

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