Today we review one of the power supplies in the new Corsair range, a semi modular unit featuring 80 Plus Gold Certification. Corsair are targeting a wide audience with this specific range … the CS650M unit we review today is priced at a very competitive £75 inc vat. Is this a power supply that should be in your shortlist for a new upgrade?
The new Corsair CS Series Modular power supplies are optimized for high efficiency and the company claim to be using high quality internal components. We are looking at the second from largest unit in this range today with 450W, 550W and 750W capacities also available.
CS Series Modular Features
- 80PLUS Gold
- Semi-modular cables
- Sleeve bearing fan
- Quiet low RPM fan operation at light loads
- 3 year warranty
Good value, looks nice too. quality power supplies
I bought a builder series power supply from Corsair and had to return it twice, it was emitting a horrible pitch under load. is this just related to a batch of bad units, or a common corsair problem?
It is a common problem with some of them, not sure of the exact details Harris, but check out this search https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=opera&q=corsair+power+supply+whines&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest
Its called ‘coil’ whine – its a fairly common issue with Corsair, but it depends on who their partner is which is confusing for people. CWT can do it, but they used to use Seasonic and they don’t. personally id just pay more for Seasonic all the time.
my mates builder series also whines when he loads his 7950. he is on his second one now.