New corsair units getting rid of old favorites?

Went to newegg to grab the link for the 400CX and stumbled into an unfortunate surprise, its been discontinued, and is being replaced by an apparently inferior model, the CX430 which loses 2A on the 12V rail bringing it down to 28A, and it costs more.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] air%20400w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139017

Im a little disappointed that corsair would get rid of the 400CX that has been such a good value for a lower power unit and replace it with a weaker unit that seems like it should be more powerful. Im hoping that the addition of the GX series to their line up isnt going to give them a few crappier units that should be avoided, that will make things a bit more complicated. You can see the whole new line up at their site, what do you guys think of it?
http://www.corsair.com/products/power_supplies.aspx

I just noticed the 430W has one year less of a warranty as well.

I haven't seen any reviews of the new units, so I'm not sure how good this is. I doubt 2A is really going to make a huge difference, though it certainly doesn't look like a good move so far.

Their prices are high i would admit that. But no doubt they make wonderful PSU's. In the PSU world, i guess no name has claimed more recognition than Corsair.

Crap. I really like the 400CX. Maybe I should buy a couple wherever I can find them - just in case.

Maybe its coming? It is ">80%", so perhaps they/we are still waiting for the cert? If it isn't then its really starting to look like a hog. 1yr less warranty, 2 less amps, lower efficiency. There has to be something better about it. Right? Somewhere?

Still like to see some reviews. Not much to like about this PSU at the moment.

In this case boo on corsair. This has to be the first time I can think of where a new product comes out and its worse in every way compared to the previous gen. Sure 430 > 400, but not at the cost of the 12V rail. (28 < 30)

The 400W was 360W on the 12V rail leaving you with 40W for the 3.3 and 5V rails. The new 430 is 336W leaving you with nearly 100W on the 3.3 and 5V rails. Why make such a large increase? Should have left it at 360W and 70W for the other rails. Would have made more sense.

Does the change of manufacturer have anything to do with it?
Seasonic make great PSU's for themselves and others as well. But don't know much about CWT.


Whatever it is, don't get CX430!

CWT is ok. They make the 750W that everyone loved so much so they aren't horrible. Much better then Deer or Allied, but not as good as Seasonic or PCP&C of old. I've always considered them like FSP.

I guess CWT offered to do it for cheap. That's why they picked up the new contract. Or Seasonic moved away as they are quite up there on their own!

newegg is out of the 400CX. They don't say that it is discontinued yet, but ...

I just bought two from amazon.

I keep hoping that Corsair doesn't do anything to degrade their reliability. I mean, basic marketing - it's always easier to keep an existing customer than to find a new one.

I'd like to see the Corsair rep with the bearded avatar sign in on this.

I had forgotten his name.

Got to love the marketing dept of a company. Release a new product thats worse in every way then the old one and they still call it "better". I bet they claim that because it has 30W more then the old one.