Corsair AX1500i Has 80 Plus Titanium Cerificate; Costs $450
The AX1500i is the world's first PSU to carry 80 Plus Titanium certification.
After a long wait, Corsair has finally brought its most advanced power supply to the market: the 1500 W AX1500i.
This power supply is capable of sustaining a power delivery of up to 1500 W. Due to the developments Corsair has made, it also scored an 80 Plus Titanium certificate. This is the first PSU to carry that certificate, so for those who run systems with high loads, this can be a good buy. At a load of about 750 W the unit will be over 94 percent efficient when hooked up to a 115 V grid.
"After we released the AX1200i, the world's first digital ATX PSU, our customers came to us asking for an even higher wattage AXi PSU to power their most demanding PCs," said Aaron Neal, product manager of PSUs at Corsair. "For them, we created AX1500i with more power and 80 Plus Titanium efficiency. We look forward to seeing the extreme dream PCs that top enthusiasts power with AX1500i."
The PSU is, in fact, so efficient that the 140 mm fan won't spin until the unit reaches a load level of 450 W. After that, because the fan is built using a fluid dynamic bearing, it probably won't make much noise either, as long as you don't try to pull the full 1500 W from it.
Corsair has also fitted the unit with the Corsair Link gear, as indicated by the "i" at the end of the product name. This allows the unit to be hooked up to an internal USB header for monitoring it.
Pricing for the unit is set at a hefty $449.99, though the unit does come with a seven-year manufacturer warranty. The AX1500i will be available from retailers around the end of this month.
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Except for superflower, who got a ps certified in Jan 2011.
See http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80PlusPowerSuppliesDetail.aspx?id=68&type=2
Not sure what first mean...
Because people are going to buy a no-name brand for their presumably $6000+ PC ???
So you don't know who superflow is? One of the biggest OEM suppliers of power supplies?
They are very far from 'no-name'.
Well, the kind of person that builds a computer that needs 1500W clearly has enough discretionary income to throw money at the thing. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the people that need that kind of power buy their components on the "The most expensive part must be the best!" mentality.
That is nice!
Except for superflower, who got a ps certified in Jan 2011.
See http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80PlusPowerSuppliesDetail.aspx?id=68&type=2
Not sure what first mean...
Except for superflower, who got a ps certified in Jan 2011.
See http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80PlusPowerSuppliesDetail.aspx?id=68&type=2
Not sure what first mean...
Because people are going to buy a no-name brand for their presumably $6000+ PC ???
Other than that, what are they going to call PSUs with better efficiency than 80+ Titanium in the future? 80+ Kryptonite?
Other than that, what are they going to call PSUs with better efficiency than 80+ Titanium in the future? 80+ Kryptonite?
I suggest Mithril or Valyrian Steel
Except for superflower, who got a ps certified in Jan 2011.
See http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80PlusPowerSuppliesDetail.aspx?id=68&type=2
Not sure what first mean...
Because people are going to buy a no-name brand for their presumably $6000+ PC ???
So you don't know who superflow is? One of the biggest OEM suppliers of power supplies?
They are very far from 'no-name'.
Except for superflower, who got a ps certified in Jan 2011.
See http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80PlusPowerSuppliesDetail.aspx?id=68&type=2
Not sure what first mean...
Because people are going to buy a no-name brand for their presumably $6000+ PC ???
So you don't know who superflow is? One of the biggest OEM suppliers of power supplies?
They are very far from 'no-name'.
Except for superflower, who got a ps certified in Jan 2011.
See http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80PlusPowerSuppliesDetail.aspx?id=68&type=2
Not sure what first mean...
Because people are going to buy a no-name brand for their presumably $6000+ PC ???
PSUs manufacturered by SuperFlower are on par with the quality and features of Seasonic manufactured PSUs. Anyone who is familiar with the innerworkings of power supplies knows this.
Except for superflower, who got a ps certified in Jan 2011.
See http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80PlusPowerSuppliesDetail.aspx?id=68&type=2
Not sure what first mean...
Actually the only one on that list from them with a Titanium rating is a 500W one on 4/26/2012. There were actually 230V 80 Plus Titanium rated PSUs well before 115V ones, which is understandable as if you look at the review for the Corsair AX1500i, the 230V outputs at 100% load the same as 115V at 50% load.
Dell even had a Titanium rated PSU before SuperFlower did in 1/30/2012. I could go through them all but I wont as it is too much of a waste of time.
I would say Corsair is the first major manufacture of a super high wattage Titanium rated digital PSU.
Except for superflower, who got a ps certified in Jan 2011.
See http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80PlusPowerSuppliesDetail.aspx?id=68&type=2
Not sure what first mean...
Because people are going to buy a no-name brand for their presumably $6000+ PC ???
PSUs manufacturered by SuperFlower are on par with the quality and features of Seasonic manufactured PSUs. Anyone who is familiar with the innerworkings of power supplies knows this.
I would say they are more known as a OEM manufacture, much like how Seasonic has made PSUs for Corsair and so have other companies.
I have never seen a SuperFlower PSU in person except a OEM PC once. Then again they might not sell in every country or every part of the country, especially the US that is saturated with a ton of PSU brands these days.
I have an Athlon XP 2200+ frankenstein build powered by a SuperFlower PSU that I bought from a 2nd tier e-tailer that doesn't exist any more. The computer still works. I loved it because you could toggle between 3 fan speeds on the back with a button.
That reminds me, I should probably get rid of some of these old computers...
Corsair AX860 $178 vs Corsair AX860i $239, that is $61 dollars in difference.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139044
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139041
If this psu cost around $300 to $350, then it would have been at a reasonable price, but at that price, only those dumb enough would fall for their "Titanium" marketing nonsense.
Corsair should have just call it Plutonium and charge $1,000 dollars.
Yeah cause buying a over price PSU some how magically makes a GTX750 run faster than a GTX780Ti.
@ dstarr3
meant to vote up on that comment, accidentally clicked on the opposite.