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Corsair CX PSUs
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CXM 2015 yes, CX 2017 no.
Anything older hard no.
CXM 2015 is a decent budget PSUs. Nothing wrong with it, but you get what you pay for and to be fair you're not paying a whole lot.
CX 2017 (non-modular) reeks of bait-and-switch. It was supposed to do 80+ Silver, didn't, became a bronze unit instead and shortly after launch Corsair apparently decided that that whole custom platform thing wasn't working out and switched to a standard design from a cheaper OEM. No samples sent to reviewers by the way. Now if you buy one you get to join the great raffle because you could get either one. Same part number as well, but Corsair added a second "definitely not a part number" to be able to tell them apart.
With the CXM update they at least had the decency to change the wattages, so even if they reused the series name you could tell that those had to be different PSUs.
Then again they did it with the CX series before. I mean technically the naming scheme did change from CMPSU-430CX to CMPSU-430CXV2 to CX430, but they printed "CX430" on all 3 so I'm not counting that.
And they're still selling the 2013 CX series to this day, listing them as the same series as the 2017 CX because it's all CX, right?
Yeah I'd appreciate if they cut that bullshit.
#2
Buying PSUs by the brand that rebranded what they bought from an OEM is beyond retarded. Especially when that brand doesn't believe in that whole "model number" thing and sells different PSUs under the same name, even at the same time.
CXM 2015 yes, CX 2017 no.
Anything older hard no.
CXM 2015 is a decent budget PSUs. Nothing wrong with it, but you get what you pay for and to be fair you're not paying a whole lot.
CX 2017 (non-modular) reeks of bait-and-switch. It was supposed to do 80+ Silver, didn't, became a bronze unit instead and shortly after launch Corsair apparently decided that that whole custom platform thing wasn't working out and switched to a standard design from a cheaper OEM. No samples sent to reviewers by the way. Now if you buy one you get to join the great raffle because you could get either one. Same part number as well, but Corsair added a second "definitely not a part number" to be able to tell them apart.
With the CXM update they at least had the decency to change the wattages, so even if they reused the series name you could tell that those had to be different PSUs.
Then again they did it with the CX series before. I mean technically the naming scheme did change from CMPSU-430CX to CMPSU-430CXV2 to CX430, but they printed "CX430" on all 3 so I'm not counting that.
And they're still selling the 2013 CX series to this day, listing them as the same series as the 2017 CX because it's all CX, right?
Yeah I'd appreciate if they cut that bullshit.
#2
Buying PSUs by the brand that rebranded what they bought from an OEM is beyond retarded. Especially when that brand doesn't believe in that whole "model number" thing and sells different PSUs under the same name, even at the same time.
Anything older hard no.
CXM 2015 is a decent budget PSUs. Nothing wrong with it, but you get what you pay for and to be fair you're not paying a whole lot.
CX 2017 (non-modular) reeks of bait-and-switch. It was supposed to do 80+ Silver, didn't, became a bronze unit instead and shortly after launch Corsair apparently decided that that whole custom platform thing wasn't working out and switched to a standard design from a cheaper OEM. No samples sent to reviewers by the way. Now if you buy one you get to join the great raffle because you could get either one. Same part number as well, but Corsair added a second "definitely not a part number" to be able to tell them apart.
With the CXM update they at least had the decency to change the wattages, so even if they reused the series name you could tell that those had to be different PSUs.
Then again they did it with the CX series before. I mean technically the naming scheme did change from CMPSU-430CX to CMPSU-430CXV2 to CX430, but they printed "CX430" on all 3 so I'm not counting that.
And they're still selling the 2013 CX series to this day, listing them as the same series as the 2017 CX because it's all CX, right?
Yeah I'd appreciate if they cut that bullshit.
#2
Buying PSUs by the brand that rebranded what they bought from an OEM is beyond retarded. Especially when that brand doesn't believe in that whole "model number" thing and sells different PSUs under the same name, even at the same time.
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cool I'm playing russian roulette LOL
thank you blessed setsul
thank you blessed setsul
#5
Is it really russian roulette if you don't die though?
Neither of them is going to catch fire and burn your house down so this would be the most boring game of russian roulette ever.
#6
That post somehow doesn't change my opinion about you. Loving a PSU seems pretty stupid and it contributes nothing to the thread. I guess that just fits the image I already have of you. Think about that. Because I won't.
#5
Is it really russian roulette if you don't die though?
Neither of them is going to catch fire and burn your house down so this would be the most boring game of russian roulette ever.
#6
That post somehow doesn't change my opinion about you. Loving a PSU seems pretty stupid and it contributes nothing to the thread. I guess that just fits the image I already have of you. Think about that. Because I won't.
Is it really russian roulette if you don't die though?
Neither of them is going to catch fire and burn your house down so this would be the most boring game of russian roulette ever.
#6
That post somehow doesn't change my opinion about you. Loving a PSU seems pretty stupid and it contributes nothing to the thread. I guess that just fits the image I already have of you. Think about that. Because I won't.
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