Corsair TX850 850W Power Supply Review

by Michael "SKYMTL" Hoenig     |     July 20, 2009

Voltage Regulation


+12V Regulation (CPU Connector)



+12V Regulation (PCI-E 8-pin Connector)


Let’s take this one thing at a time since as you can see, even though this is a single rail unit the voltage regulation between the two connectors we tested is quite a bit different. The voltage running to the PCI-E connector was amazingly stable, beating even the two higher-end units it was pitted against. Meanwhile, the CPU connector proved to be a little more lively but its fluctuations were still well below the ATX-specified norm. Looks like the TX850 passed this test with flying colors.


+3.3V / +5V Regulation Notes

As our system does not draw much power from the +3.3V or +5V rails, the Corsair TX850 displayed next to no voltage fluctuations on either of these two rails. The maximum variance we saw was +/- 0.05V for each.
 
 
 

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