Corsair CX430 official review!

[Phaedrus2129]

Yet Jonny got 430W out of it and 80% efficiency doing that...It is a 430W unit...it just has a low rating for the 12V rail.

And you can pull 850W out of a CWT PSH 750W by overdrawing from the +5V and +3.3V, but that doesn't make it an 850W power supply.

 

[HOOfan 1]

but it won't stay at 80% efficiency doing that...and it probably won't stay in spec for ripple either.

 

[Phaedrus2129]

The CX430 didn't do 80% efficiency at 430W... It did 79%.

Which is probably what the aforementioned PSH situation would result in (maybe 78%).

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

I just finished two builds using the 430CX - an OCed Q8300 w/4850 and stock 940BE w/2600 Pro. Happy with the results.

 

[arcenite]

From the bottom of Jonny's review:


UPDATE (1/3/11, 17:30):

Soon after this review going live, I was contacted by someone from Corsair. Apparently the CX-430 product page is chock full of typographical errors because a good amount of the product description was copied and pasted from the CX-400 product page. One such error is the statement that this power supply is 80 Plus certified. Corsair tells me that this unit is NOT 80 Plus certified. Another error on the website is that the unit has a ball-bearing fan. Of course, in our autopsy we found that the CX-430 actually has a sleeve bearing fan. Today, these errors have been fixed.

 

[HOOfan 1]

Yeah, some lazy website management there.

 

[Yellowbeard]

Yeah, some lazy website management there.

Not lazy, we have just been EXTREMELY busy getting the new site up during the holidays and CES, etc. That was an error generated by some code monkey on the site building team that does not know the product line.

 

[HOOfan 1]

I expect the responsible parties have been kee
l hauled and forced to walk the plank.

 

[Zap]

Not lazy, we have just been EXTREMELY busy getting the new site up during the holidays and CES, etc. That was an error generated by some code monkey on the site building team that does not know the product line.

"We apologize for the fault in the web site. Those responsible have been sacked.

 

[Yellowbeard]

"We apologize for the fault in the web site. Those responsible have been sacked.

LMAO. It was supposed to happen sooner but the original sackers did not do their jobs. Those responsible for sacking them have been sacked.

 

[HOOfan 1]

And now for something completely different