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Hey everyone,

I have a spare Corsair CX600M that I am hoping to utilise with my new 1440p build.

My new build:

GPU - 2080ti
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600
RAM - 16GB 3200MHz
Hard drive - SSD

Is the PSU good enough for the build? Will I encounter any issues with power or connectors?

If I need to purchase a new one, can someone recommend one that I should buy from Amazon UK? It has to be Amazon.

Thanks!
 
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Karadjgne said:
Umm to be fair, depends on the review. When it was written. Who wrote it. Has it been revisited. Those old, colored label CX weren't half bad. At the time. The CX430 was a really good OEM replacement. Compared to units nowadays, yeah not so good, but at the time of review is a different story.
The CX line has historically suffered more abuse than any other series I can think of and mostly due to ignorance. They were never intended as gaming abuse psus, Corsair said as much on its website listing, but they were cheap, Corsair, so ppl used them in gaming pc's and they died. One bad word on the net and ten ppl never having owned a CX started a snowball, turned into avalanche about a pos psu. Next thing you know there's hundreds of word of mouth bs about failure rates. Well of course there is. A psu intended for grandma's youtuber pc is considerably less able than a full gaming intended psu.

Everybody knows you don't run in flip-flops. So don't gripe if you do, and they fall apart. Gpus of the caliber of a 2080ti demand a psu of similar caliber, if you want to run with the big-dogs you wear appropriate footware. A set of cheap flip-flops won't cut it for very long.

There's been several iterations of the old CX / CXM, some of which were EU only, so never made it Stateside. So it's kinda important to specify which when talking about them since there was. Green label CX-M that was nothing more than a modular version of the CX. In the EU market.
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The green CX's were fine for what they were designed for, OEM machines, office machines.

The real issue was people were putting them in gaming boxes, something they weren't designed to do in the 1st place. So combine bad advice from the budget gurus and people thinking they could get something for nothing you have a problem and it was/is a real issue. As you said running in flip flops.....

Not really Corsairs fault as they worked fine for what they were designed for.
 
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"what we have here is failure to communicate".....

And that's the biggest part of the issue I feel. There's plenty of decent reviews, reviewers, ppl who know stuff. And exponentially larger amounts of ppl who don't. But it's very easy to just say 'this is a great psu, good outputs, good reliability' or 'this is a piece of junk' etc but there's no real quantification. Nobody is really saying 'this is a good psu for a $1500 build with a 2070 but not for a $2500 build with a 2080'....
 
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remixislandmusic said:
The CX750m is a better unit, but not what we suggested.

We suggested the Corsair TX650m or 750w. Its a better unit overall.

Amazon.uk link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06X9K8TK6/?tag=pcp0f-21
AWD-it.co.uk link: https://www.awd-it.co.uk/corsair-tx...piry=1575739461&source=webgains&siteid=206719
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TX series, not CX.
You shouldn't rush, look around a little, you might find a good deal. if you can something like Seasonic Gold Plus 650w/750w is good, or as the others said, the TX series, the CX series have questionable capacitors.

This one not your one you can downgrade to a 650 if you want to get under that 75 budget, but this is the one you want, not what you linked. Never a good idea to cheap out on the psu, its what keeps everything working
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4745454b said:
To be 100% clear, they are suggesting this one.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Certified-Hybrid-Modular-Supply/dp/B06WVWXPVZ

Or get the 750W unit for ~£10 more. That goes over £80 however. Probably worth it though the 650W will work.

https://www.legitreviews.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-and-rtx-2080-benchmark-review_207896/13

That's sub 400W system pull from the wall with a 2080TI. A real 650W will handle that just fine.
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Thank you very much guys, saved me from making a silly mistake there!

This item seems to be out of stock across most Amazon sites - any idea why?

Is there an alternative that is in stock at Amazon Uk? I'm willing to spend up to £100 now, you guys have persuaded me.
 
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masty88 said:
Thank you very much guys, saved me from making a silly mistake there!

This item seems to be out of stock across most Amazon sites - any idea why?

Is there an alternative that is in stock at Amazon Uk? I'm willing to spend up to £100 now, you guys have persuaded me.
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The Link i sent should still be in stock, but otherwise Seasonic focus gold series is decent. The last two are over budget but have extra headroom for upgrades.

650W gold plus £91.20

750W gold plus £117.99

850W gold plus £111.54
 
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Darkbreeze said:
If you don't want to spend that much, then this would be absolutely fine. An exceptionally good quality power supply.

PCPartPicker Part List

Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£86.44 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £86.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-10 06:28 BST+0100
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I can only buy from Amazon as I'm currently working overseas & will get it delivered across Europe. Is this the correct one:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-RM...air+RM+750w&qid=1568135956&s=computers&sr=1-1

I can get the 850W for just a few £ more. Shall I go for that one so that it is a little more future proof?
 
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Yes, that is the same one. And if you can budget the 850w model in without spending more than you would have for the focus plus, then it's worth doing. Keep in mind, this recommendation was intended to get a good unit AND save a few bucks, so if the savings are not there then you might as well go with the Focus plus.
 
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No doubt the RMx is a good series, but it's also more expensive. The RM series is almost identical with only a few minor differences in component selection and performance. For somebody that needs to shave those extra bucks off, you are not really sacrificing that much. And at the price of the RMx, I'd opt for the Seasonic Focus Plus instead.

The Corsair RM750 power supply looks to be a reliable product. On top of that, it performs well, with its overall performance being less than 2% away from the, slightly more expensive RM750x. Its main downsides are its small differences from the RM750x, which comes with the top-notch NR135L fan and Japanese capacitors, the lack of an option to deactivate the semi-passive operation and the mediocre performance of the 3.3V rail in transient loads. On the other hand, it has tight load regulation, although at +12V there is room for improvement, low ripple on all rails, and the transient response at +12V is satisfactory. Moreover, the output noise is kept low even under high operating temperatures, while the unit's passive operation lasts long unless you push hard the minor rails (5V and 3.3V).
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If you can push it above the Instead of the £100 limit the Evga G3 750W for £101.5 would be a better choice than the considerably more expensive RMx. It performs a bit better than the RMx but with much noisier fans.

I'd say the Focus Gold is third choice after the RMx and the G3, if prices are similar. If it's more expensive, cross it out.

Otherwise, the RM750 would be the best choice hands down. Fully modular and performs slightly worse than the RM750x.
 
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I was all set to spend over £100 but then found the Corsair Vengeance 750M half price for £55 at Scan.

What do you guys think? Will it be ok? JonnyGuru has given the Vengeance good reviews.

My system for gaming at 1440p will be:

MSI B450 tomahawk max motherboard
AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600
ASUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti ROG Strix Gaming
16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport AT BLS8G4D32AESTK 3200 MHz

Thoughts? I wouldn't intend on upgrading the system again for 5-6 years except to maybe upgrade the GPU if needed for 1440p gaming.

Thanks in advance!
 
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jonnyguru said:
Actually, Jeremy @ jonnyguru.com gave it a good review. I haven't reviewed PSUs in about 5+ years. 😀

The Vengeance Silver is good too. It's an LLC+SR+D2D topology that can handle a 2080 Ti. And if it's half price, that's a hell of a deal.
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Wow, the legend himself! Thanks for all of your efforts on behalf of idiotic, ignorant newbies such as me. 😊

My name doesn't begin with J so I guess I will never be able to write for your website. 😉
 
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