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Does this power supply have all the PROTECTIONS:OPP, OVP, UVP, OCP, OTP, SCP
Corsair CV Series CV650 80 PLUS Bronze, 650 Watt, ATX, Power Supply, EU Version
 
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That is a good PSU as you can't go wrong with Corsair. Yes it has the protections and quality capacitors. It is not the high end Corsair PSU but it is good enough pretty much for any system unless you plan on throwing a 3080Ti in there which I doubt you are as it is not even out plus it will be expensive. 80+ Bronze rating is good enough for a 9900k or a 10900k or AMD variant of a 3900x or 3950x. However your video card comes to play as the ampage on the 12v railing should be high enough to withstand the abuse from the video card and what not.

In closing that is a good budget PSU that will do great with your rig even tho I have no idea what your parts are. If you can mention your parts but with 650watts you will be ok as the...
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That is a good PSU as you can't go wrong with Corsair. Yes it has the protections and quality capacitors. It is not the high end Corsair PSU but it is good enough pretty much for any system unless you plan on throwing a 3080Ti in there which I doubt you are as it is not even out plus it will be expensive. 80+ Bronze rating is good enough for a 9900k or a 10900k or AMD variant of a 3900x or 3950x. However your video card comes to play as the ampage on the 12v railing should be high enough to withstand the abuse from the video card and what not.

In closing that is a good budget PSU that will do great with your rig even tho I have no idea what your parts are. If you can mention your parts but with 650watts you will be ok as the most draw you will get when doing intensive stuff or gaming will be 450watts or so avg. Good Luck 👨🏽‍🦲😜
 
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Turtle Rig said:
80+ Bronze rating is good enough for a 9900k or a 10900k or AMD variant of a 3900x or 3950x. However your video card comes to play as the ampage on the 12v railing should be high enough ...
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You're conflating the efficiency certification with the maximum power output. A 750 watt 80+ Bronze PSU is going to run that 3080Ti far better than an 80+ Gold that's only rated 450w. Admittedly, the efficiency rating is a proxy for the quality of the components within, but a somewhat imperfect one. Looking at the MTBF, # of rails, customer ratings, etc is equally important.
 
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Turtle Rig said:
That is a good PSU as you can't go wrong with Corsair. Yes it has the protections and quality capacitors. It is not the high end Corsair PSU but it is good enough pretty much for any system unless you plan on throwing a 3080Ti in there which I doubt you are as it is not even out plus it will be expensive. 80+ Bronze rating is good enough for a 9900k or a 10900k or AMD variant of a 3900x or 3950x. However your video card comes to play as the ampage on the 12v railing should be high enough to withstand the abuse from the video card and what not.

In closing that is a good budget PSU that will do great with your rig even tho I have no idea what your parts are. If you can mention your parts but with 650watts you will be ok as the most draw you will get when doing intensive stuff or gaming will be 450watts or so avg. Good Luck 👨🏽‍🦲😜
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Turtle Rig said:
That is a good PSU as you can't go wrong with Corsair. Yes it has the protections and quality capacitors. It is not the high end Corsair PSU but it is good enough pretty much for any system unless you plan on throwing a 3080Ti in there which I doubt you are as it is not even out plus it will be expensive. 80+ Bronze rating is good enough for a 9900k or a 10900k or AMD variant of a 3900x or 3950x. However your video card comes to play as the ampage on the 12v railing should be high enough to withstand the abuse from the video card and what not.

In closing that is a good budget PSU that will do great with your rig even tho I have no idea what your parts are. If you can mention your parts but with 650watts you will be ok as the most draw you will get when doing intensive stuff or gaming will be 450watts or so avg. Good Luck 👨🏽‍🦲😜
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But the official website of the corsair does not mention that it has all the protections: OPP, OVP, UVP, OCP, OTP, SCP
 
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These are the obvious tho that is why. So long it is Corsair as I said it is quality and meets standards and has quality capacitors. Also as long as it says 80+ bronze that is good enough for a 9900k 2080Ti system or a 3950x 5700XT system. Also as I said 650 watts is the sweet spot but not for the future tho. If you want a 3080Ti or a 4080Ti that PSU might cause damage to the cards because they require a lot of ampage and lots of watts to run properly and really task the PSU. I mean you could probably get one of those cards above and survive but for the long term I don't recommend it. TLDR 😜

For a current system build do your fine as I said. It will do just fine. Now you ask why not try a 80+ Gold Rating well simply put people are not rich here at Tom's and there is nothing wrong with going budget PSU so long as it is from a good vendor and not a cheapo Thermaltake or couple others I don't want to mention to not start a PSU war here. Have fun with your new system and make sure to use a power surge and you will be good to go. Also in the beginning if you get static on you like taking off your shirt or you sorta smell a smell, that is ok as the PSU is powerful and it can do this no worries and the smell is a good smell actually meaning they cleaned off the internals of the PSU and its a fresh smell coming from capacitors and what not. So once again good luck and have fun and don't worry about something that is not relevant to worry about unless as I said you get a cheapo PSU from a unkown vendor or a known one but cheapo builds and what not. 🙉💯👍
 
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Turtle Rig said:
These are the obvious tho that is why. So long it is Corsair as I said it is quality and meets standards and has quality capacitors. Also as long as it says 80+ bronze that is good enough for a 9900k 2080Ti system or a 3950x 5700XT system.
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everything you've said is quite debatable. 80+bronze has nothing to do with being "good enough" or "not good enough" for a 9900k+2080Ti. it's just a matter whether it reaches 83/85% efficiency or not. doesn't tell you anything about the unit except that. a Seasonic S12II or an EVGA B is also 80+bronze but since it's a group regulated PSU I'd highly dispute that it's "good enough for a 9900k+2080Ti" since those kind of crossloads can cause issues.

Furthermore: as long as it's Corsair it meets quality standards???? Ever seen a Corsair VS? or the old TX? the CV450/550 are allegedly identical with the VS but pushed to 80+bronze.
the CV650 is a bit better, using a DC-DC design, some 105°C Teapo SC, 105° Elite ED and 105°C Teapo PS caps. not the highend stuff but better than expected for a HEC-made unit.
3 years warranty in today's market doesn't look particularly good either.

Temport said:
Does this power supply have all the PROTECTIONS:OPP, OVP, UVP, OCP, OTP, SCP
Corsair CV Series CV650 80 PLUS Bronze, 650 Watt, ATX, Power Supply, EU Version
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I see OCP, OVP, UVP, PG shifting through data sheets.
I do not see OTP for this PSU

I would not use it for any rig that comes close to 650W power usage, and certainly not for an i9+2080Ti as someone indicated, but it's fine for entry level and budget rigs
 
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80+ Does not mean anything about the quality of the PSU. The brand name doesn't really mean the PSU is good either. Saying "Its good since its Corsair" is misleading.

The Corsair CV650 is not amazing, but you could do far worse. It's better than a Corsair VS or the lower wattage CV versions, but it's not even as good as a Corsair CX. Only a 3 year warranty and sleeve bearing fan.

It will work for a 1650 super, but It will not handle a high end system very well.
 
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NightHawkRMX said:
80+ Does not mean anything about the quality of the PSU. The brand name doesn't really mean the PSU is good either. Saying "Its good since its Corsair" is misleading.

The Corsair CV650 is not amazing, but you could do far worse. It's better than a Corsair VS or the lower wattage CV versions, but it's not even as good as a Corsair CX. Only a 3 year warranty and sleeve bearing fan.

It will work for a 1650 super, but It will not handle a high end system very well.
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It is a low end PSU. But all I was saying was your better of with this at bronze 80+ rating and yes components are better as you go up in price of CPU and higher models. This is a low end model but 80+ bronze rating if its a good brand which Corsair is should be fine. He can get the AX series but I doubt he wants to spend that much money. Even a nice EVGA G5 650w 80+ bronze rating is a good PSU for any of todays systems unless its a server or a HEDT and what not. 👍🙉
 
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Turtle Rig said:
It is a low end PSU. But all I was saying was your better of with this at bronze 80+ rating and yes components are better as you go up in price of CPU and higher models. This is a low end model but 80+ bronze rating if its a good brand which Corsair is should be fine. He can get the AX series but I doubt he wants to spend that much money. Even a nice EVGA G5 650w 80+ bronze rating is a good PSU for any of todays systems unless its a server or a HEDT and what not. 👍🙉
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there is no EVGA G5 80+bronze. The B5 is an unreviewed unit. But at least made by FSP. Also it's positioned towards the Corsair CX, which is still a budget unit but still a step up from the CV for the most part.
whether it complies with an arbitrary efficiency standard isn't a strong indicator of quality unless you're at the very high end. If you were to say any 80+ Titanium PSU is excellent I'd tend to agree with you. but 80+bronze says nothing. There's a bunch of 80+White and non-80+ PSUs that are pretty decent actually. it comes down to the design and the parts used. Now the CV650 seems to be halfway decent. The CV450/CV550 however are basically a VS with bronze efficiency. Meaning double forward design with group regulation (big no-no in 2020 imho), medicore caps and judging from the review by Aris of the VS650 OCP @12V allows for operation @11.1V which is out of specs.

other 80+ bronze units like the EVGA BR (or BT? always confuse the two) for example that are rated for output at 30°C can't deliver their promised power by a long shot when you're getting towards 37°C operating temperature. Something that can happen quite easily especially with a somewhat powerful system in a hot summer.

80+Bronze & a brand name isn't an indicator of quality. is a Corsair CV better than "Chairman Mao's fireworks power delivery system" or a Diablotek? Yes, most definitely. But I'd much rather have a PowerSpec 650GSM in my build than a Bronze Corsair although they're the more reputable brand and there's a couple of 80+white OCZ units from the good old days I'd rather have than some of the low end EVGAs

and yes an Evga G5 while not a great PSU is adequate for next to all builds, I agree. an EVGA 600b? Not so much. There's more to a PSU than brand and efficiency rating.
 
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Isokolon said:
there is no EVGA G5 80+bronze. The B5 is an unreviewed unit. But at least made by FSP. Also it's positioned towards the Corsair CX, which is still a budget unit but still a step up from the CV for the most part.
whether it complies with an arbitrary efficiency standard isn't a strong indicator of quality unless you're at the very high end. If you were to say any 80+ Titanium PSU is excellent I'd tend to agree with you. but 80+bronze says nothing. There's a bunch of 80+White and non-80+ PSUs that are pretty decent actually. it comes down to the design and the parts used. Now the CV650 seems to be halfway decent. The CV450/CV550 however are basically a VS with bronze efficiency. Meaning double forward design with group regulation (big no-no in 2020 imho), medicore caps and judging from the review by Aris of the VS650 OCP @12V allows for operation @11.1V which is out of specs.

other 80+ bronze units like the EVGA BR (or BT? always confuse the two) for example that are rated for output at 30°C can't deliver their promised power by a long shot when you're getting towards 37°C operating temperature. Something that can happen quite easily especially with a somewhat powerful system in a hot summer.

80+Bronze & a brand name isn't an indicator of quality. is a Corsair CV better than "Chairman Mao's fireworks power delivery system" or a Diablotek? Yes, most definitely. But I'd much rather have a PowerSpec 650GSM in my build than a Bronze Corsair although they're the more reputable brand and there's a couple of 80+white OCZ units from the good old days I'd rather have than some of the low end EVGAs

and yes an Evga G5 while not a great PSU is adequate for next to all builds, I agree. an EVGA 600b? Not so much. There's more to a PSU than brand and efficiency rating.
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Its new, Im not sure if its out in stores. But its their new PSU. I believe it is out but maybe not I certainly haven't checked. Probably because of covid-19 there could have been a delay. However there is such model its new like I said brand new just came out. I was just thinking of that so I mentioned it and I know you can find it but dont take my word. Its a great PSU for a good price. PSU's are so expensive now a days and always have been. But I guess it is important lol, Without it you don't have a computer to power up and use lol... 👍
 
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