[SOLVED] Will a Corsair CX 650 Gray be enough for the time being?

[Deleted member 2720853]

So I'm in a bit of a conundrum. Recently bought an RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio and Corsair RM 750x PSU. However, the RM PSU had very thick, unmalleable cables (especially the ATX one) which made me lose it and give up on that PSU entirely. Couldn't cable manage at all and the case would look horrid. So I just refunded and returned it.

I'm now using the RTX 3070 with a Ryzen 9 3900X on a Corsair CX Gray 650W 80+ Bronze Non-Modular for the time being until I can get a better PSU, although that may take a year or so.

Had this PSU since December 2019, bought brand new. It hasn't seen a stressful life, 60% of my time is spent on YouTube. This PSU has never given me problems and from what I can see online it's good enough and more reliable than the modular line of CX Grays. What do you guys think?

And another question, do you know if Seasonic makes PSUs with more malleable cables, especially the 24 pin ATX one? The PX or GX line of PSUs for example, both Focus and Prime? How are they?

Any other PSU recommendations? 850W would be nice, but with more manageable cables since the RMx cables made me wanna punch a wall.

 

[JadeHarley]

RTX 3070 with a Ryzen 9 3900X

60% of my time is spent on YouTube

LMAO, classic

Any other PSU recommendations?

Fractal Design Ion+
Deepcool DQ750
About cables can tell only about Seasonic Focus Gold, touched, cables really good and soft, 24 pin is perfectly fine

CX Grays. What do you guys think?

Gray one is really good, but it's not the best choice anyway, like for middle budget systems, kinda a bit overprice and capacitors is a bit ew

 

[Vic 40]

You could have gotten a sleeved cable kit from Corsair (or maybe cable mod) for that RMx and you would have been fine.

example in black,

https://www.corsair.com/eu/en/Categ...-Cables-Starter-Kit-Type-4-Gen-4/p/CP-8920215

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/psu-cable-compatibility

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

You could have gotten a sleeved cable kit from Corsair (or maybe cable mod) for that RMx and you would have been fine.

example in black,

https://www.corsair.com/eu/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-|-Parts/PC-Components/Power-Supplies/Premium-Individually-Sleeved-PSU-Cables-Starter-Kit-Type-4-Gen-4/p/CP-8920215

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/psu-cable-compatibility

... completely forgot about that. Thanks

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

LMAO, classic

Ikr. Luckily I found a game and now that's the only thing I do lol

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

I sure hope this solves some of the coil whine I have as well. Anyone know if these sleeved cables will deliver the same performance as the regular ones that come with the PSU, as in ripple regulation etc.?

 

[Vic 40]

The cable kit seems to have the same inline capacitors as the stock kit so there shold be no difference in performance and even if they weren't there is this a good psu which is capable enough to keep ripple and such within good values without those.

Looks btw good to me. 👍

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

Turns out the Corsair cable kit was awful. Worse than the stock cables... nothing fits in my case. The cable management would be awful if I had installed it... would have to remove the drive bay and even then it would not fit/look awful.

Any PSU recommendations for a Pure Base 500DX? Do Seasonic ones have more malleable cables and less clutter? I don't even know what to do anymore. Is Cablemod any good?

I want to remain on my CX Gray 650W even though my system is more high end than midrange, the PSU hasn't given me any problems apart from slight coil whine which isn't an issue. I don't overclock.

The problem is, when it dies, I don't know what else to replace it with. I've bought two Corsair PSUs and refunded them both so far.

 

[--SID--]

In the 500DX you need a psu with very flexible cables (at least a very flexible ATX cable) like Fractal Design ION+.

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

In the 500DX you need a psu with very flexible cables (at least a very flexible ATX cable) like Fractal Design ION+.

Interesting. Is the ION+ 860W a good PSU?

 

[--SID--]

Yes, that's a good one.

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

Yes, that's a good one.

I have ordered a ION+ 860P. Hope this won't be my third PSU refund of the month.