Power Supply Question

I was hoping it would be in for this weekend, but I took the free shipping so it is probably coming by City Bus. :)

bigmck said:

I was hoping it would be in for this weekend, but I took the free shipping so it is probably coming by City Bus. :)

City bus????? hope it is the front side one LOL!! good choice Jim (now I know your name) and yes I did tell you about the lack of disassembling of the machine to get it out before eh? as essenbe said to me just a while ago.

My HX 650 was semi but I didn't worry about taking the whole lot out or the one I have now (HX 1050) cos Corsair are just great little units mate.

John

Meant to say this is your first hit get ready for the withdrawals when you have finished building this one the next will be inside your head already LOL!!

Very true, my first PC project was replacing a PSU in a Compaq machine. Compaq first told me it wasn't user-replaceable, I got a different guy on the phone and was sent a new PSU and I didn't have to return the old one..

One caution about modular and semi-modular PSUs. The only standard for PSU cables is at the end where the cable connects to the destination (MOBO, HDD, ODD, etc.). The end that connects to the PSU varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. This can happen even within brands since most companies that sell PSUs have them made by other companies and slap their own labels on them. Corsair uses several manufacturers so cables that are compatible with one line of PSUs will not work with another. Reusing cables already installed in a computer will work only if replacing the PSU with one from the same line. For example, cables from an AX760 will work only with another AX760 or an AX860. You can't replace either the AX760 or AX860 with an AX760i or an AX860i since the latter two are made by a different manufacturer even though all four are sold by Corsair with the Corsair label on them. The cables may physically fit but they are connected differently.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

One caution about modular and semi-modular PSUs. The only standard for PSU cables is at the end where the cable connects to the destination (MOBO, HDD, ODD, etc.). The end that connects to the PSU varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. This can happen even within brands since most companies that sell PSUs have them made by other companies and slap their own labels on them. Corsair uses several manufacturers so cables that are compatible with one line of PSUs will not work with another. Reusing cables already installed in a computer will work only if replacing the PSU with one from the same line. For example, cables from an AX760 will work only with another AX760 or an AX860. You can't replace either the AX760 or AX860 with an AX760i or an AX860i since the latter two or made by a different manufacturer even though all four are sold by Corsair with the corsair label on them. The cables may physically fit but they are connected differently.

Good point Lady F

I just looked on Newegg at my PSU and the price is $15 higher than when I purchased. I always knew that impulse buying was good. :)

bigmck said:

I just looked on Newegg at my PSU and the price is $15 higher than when I purchased. I always knew that impulse buying was good. :)

That certainly beats looking and finding it $15 lower than what you paid. And I wouldn't call it impulse buying; you certainly did your homework. Good on you!

bigmck said:

I just looked on Newegg at my PSU and the price is $15 higher than when I purchased. I always knew that impulse buying was good. :)

Now that's just wrong, I generally see lower prices after I buy.