Corsair Launches 650 Watt Professional Series Modular PSU

[FiXT]

Corsair, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer memory, power supplies and flash memory products, including solid-state drives, today announced the launch of the Corsair Professional Series HX650W modular power supply. The HX650W joins the multi award-winning HX750W, HX850W and HX1000W as part of Corsair's Professional Series of PSUs, all... [ Read full article ]

[geokilla]

So what's happening with the HX620? They're getting replaced?

[bojangles]

Pretty much. I'd much rather buy an HX650...single rail modular? I'm on it.

[MpG]

Well, technically the HX620 was single-rail as well even if they claimed otherwise on the packaging. I'm a little curious why it's only bronze, when it's bigger brothers are both silver, and approaching close to gold. Supposedly, it's the same DSG platform, with a few tweaks. Maybe the lower power rating drops the 20/50/100 power levels below what the platform is designed for.

Edit: I stand corrected, it's just a tweaked HX620. First source of info was in error.

[kiwik]

Only differences with the 620HX is the color of the label, the number of PCIE connectors and the warranty period? Oh well.

[Zero82z]

The HX650 is basically just an HX620 with slightly better efficiency and 30W of additional capacity. It's still made by Seasonic, not CWT like the HX750 and HX850.