Corsair Announces New Line of Gaming Power Supply Units

[FiXT]

Corsair a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the Corsair Gaming Series? Power Supplies. These PSUs are an ideal price-performance solution for building or upgrading a gaming PC.

The Gaming Series PSUs feature a single +12V rail, providing up to 65A of reliable, continuou... [ Read full article ]

[sswilson]

Hrmmmm......

Is this just marketing, or did they think it was time for a product line refresh?

I'm always suspicious when a company with a reasonably well reviewed product decides to release a new product at the exact same price point. Makes me wonder if it's not driven by profit generation through lower quality parts. Anybody know what the guts of these things are?

[Kommie986]

Non modular by the looks of things?

[_dangtx_]

the gs naming scheme reminds me of bfg's one :)

still, looking forward to a decent review.

[fishingfanatic]

While they look like a "colourful" addition to a gaming system, I would much rather spend my money on the AX series, as price seems a bit high to me. If they perform up to Corsair's reputation then it's an alternative for some people, just not me.

[Zero82z]

Originally Posted by sswilson

Hrmmmm......

Is this just marketing, or did they think it was time for a product line refresh?

I'm always suspicious when a company with a reasonably well reviewed product decides to release a new product at the exact same price point. Makes me wonder if it's not driven by profit generation through lower quality parts. Anybody know what the guts of these things are?

Corsair will most likely be phasing out the VX550 along with most if not all of the TX line. These units are based on CWT's PSH-II platform.

Originally Posted by Kommie986

Non modular by the looks of things?

No, not modular.

[martin_metal_88]

Originally Posted by Zero82z

Corsair will most likely be phasing out the VX550 along with most if not all of the TX line. These units are based on CWT's PSH-II platform.

Ok so almost the same unit with a led in the fan? Seriously, where is this bad idea come from? and if I don't want a led? ok I'll buy a seasonic...sorry corsair

[Zero82z]

Originally Posted by martin_metal_88

Ok so almost the same unit with a led in the fan? Seriously, where is this bad idea come from? and if I don't want a led? ok I'll buy a seasonic...sorry corsair

The PSH-II is a modified and lower-cost version of the original PSH platform. They are not exactly the same. The PSH-II is supposed to perform better, so we'll see how things are once reviews start to come out.

[Reyzac]

Corsair has amazing PSUs already for everyone, they don't really need to introduce this. Somehow, I think Corsair is getting into too many things lately, they're gonna choke eventually...

[0o0]

Originally Posted by Reyzac

Corsair has amazing PSUs already for everyone, they don't really need to introduce this. Somehow, I think Corsair is getting into too many things lately, they're gonna choke eventually...

my thoughts exactly... they even have their own headset now. What is this, yamaha?