CORSAIR CX430 CHEAPED OUT!!!

Just the cheap market segment they are after. It is just about making profits for the shareholders!

it's not a price increase for the 430w, its cheaper then the 400w was. the 600w is over priced and they knocked $15 off the original price in just a few days. the 500w has an ok price.

if you look at how they are setting up their line

CX line - solid & budget friendly
GS line - gamer line sold in brick and mortar stores
AX line - top of the line

I'm guessing the HX and TX will be phased out like the vx line.

damn it. Double post.

a 250-350w is more in line for home office PC.

a PSU with 28a on the 12v can easily power a GTX 460. it's even over the Nvidia recommendation of 25a. people need to realize the difference between a peak power PSU and a continuous one.

check out anandtech review of an antec 380w PSU
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3902 [...] een-380w/1

"Unlike so many other power supplies, it's nice to see a sensibly rated unit for a change. 380W is still plenty even for a midrange system, and with optimal efficiency generally coming at 50% load this is a power supply that should run closer to its "sweet spot" when idle as well as under load. There's still enough power on top to run a Core i7 or Phenom X6 processor and a discrete GPU, but you'll want to stick with graphics cards that only require a single PCIe power connection to err on the side of caution."

Well I am disappointed that you have not upgraded your irl pc to 4gigs of ram.

ct, you are missing the point. The 400CX was a good, solid unit. The "new, improved" 430CX, by all reports, isn't.

It's not just the 2 piddly 12 volt amps change in the specs. (I will concede that if you are operating a PSU where 2 amps might make a difference, you need a larger PSU.)

The shorter warranty period, although not critical, is another sign. Once you are past the initial infant mortality rate of the reliability curve, the odds are that the length of the warranty period won't matter much.

I suspect that the 430 is the same basic PSU as the 400 - with a few cost cutting measures in place: cheaper fan, less conservatively rated components in the 12 volt section, then increased ratings on the 3.3 and 5 volt sections that won't make any difference in a modern computer.

Double checked the specs.

I also would like to see a teardown and comparison to the 400CX.

More and more, I am glad that I ordered a couple of 400 CX's when I first saw the report here. newegg was out of stock, but amazon had a few.

Id rather see an actual review, with teardown, load and ripple tests etc. not base it on "it may have a cheaper fan", or "may have lower spec components" speculation and reviews from people on newegg that dont know jack and are probably trying to run sli gtx470's on it and wondering why its not working.

I'm not sure what to make of these new PSUs yet either tbh. I don't have any doubts that the 430CX will be a solid and reliable PSU, it's just the sudden changes to Corsair's specs (2 year warranty, No 80+, rated at 30C etc.) force people to ask questions. A technical review would be about the only way to properly assess their quality. I just don't understand, if Corsair are are so certain of their build quality and reliability etc. why they haven't submitted a sample for review yet.

It's biggest competitor would arguably be the Antec Earthwatts range (lower wattage models at least). The CX series are a little cheaper than the Earthwatts here in the UK at least so you can kind of see where Corsair were aiming with this line of PSUs.

+2^