Corsair Launches 850W TX series PSU

[xyster]

Corsair launches its new 850-watt TX power supply

Corsair Launches 850W TX series PSU : Read more

 

[KyleSTL]

Corsair does the responsible thing by underrating its PSUs. Manufacturers like Rosewill, Ultra, etc overrate their products which is dangerous to the consumer.

 

[scook9]

i still only see 4 PCIe power connectors, so how does this help triple SLI? looks like you are still buying adapters.

Dont get me wrong, the TX750 is in my system and i love it, but that PSU is really adept for 2 cards only. It's also interesting to see that they are putting a 120mm fan on the TX850 when the TX750 has a 140mm. I wonder if these are going to be made by Channel Well Technologies as well.

 

[ckthecerealkiller]

Thats a heck of a PSU. Especially for only having 1 +12v rail. However this might struggle a bit on a Quad graphics setup.

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]demonhorde665[/nom]AC INPUT 1000-240 V ~ 12 A 50/60 Hz DC OUTPUT +5 V +3.3 V +12 V -12 V +5V sb MAX LOAD 30 A 30 A 70 A 0.8 A 3 A MAX COMBINED WATTAGE 180 W 840 W 9.6 W 15 W TOTAL POWER 850 W is there an error here ? because you list the +12 volt at 70 amps with a watt out put of 840, shouldn't this say 640 ? because :180+840+9.6+15 = 1044.6 wts not 850 ???while 180+640+9.6+15=844.6 a figure that is much closer to a 850's real world out put correct me if i am wrong on this ???[/citation]
No. Corsair dose this to ALL their products AFAIK. They do it because they are giving a safe consumer envilope. Like KyleSTL said, it's NOT a good idea to fully load a PSU to 100%. By having a 850W rating users are guaranteed 850W of clean power.

 

[KyleSTL]

^ Similar to speaker ratings, junk companies list the Max rating on the product packaging, etc. Good companies only put the RMS in any kind of non-spec sheet material.

 

[elentirmo]

[citation][nom]Shadow703793[/nom]No. Corsair dose this to ALL their products AFAIK. They do it because they are giving a safe consumer envilope. Like KyleSTL said, it's NOT a good idea to fully load a PSU to 100%. By having a 850W rating users are guaranteed 850W of clean power.[/citation]

Each energy source has an output, the efficiency is maximum when the energy source is loaded at 86% -92% of capacity. If overloaded or under loaded has no yield.