ocaholic.ch.english Updated:
2011-07-30 22:20:29
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With the HX850W - this time with a blue writing - Corsair renews the high qualitative HX-series. Therefore the Power supply which delivers 850W Watts shines with a very high efficiency near 90 percent, a single-rail power design and highly durable soli...
With the HX850W Corsair presents a very solid product. The claimed efficiency of 90 percent was reproducible in our test and features like cable management and a silent fan make this a very good power supply unit. Generally practical is a cable managem...
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Today we will review the larger and more promising of the two newly released models - the HX850W, a product loaded with features and boasting some very strict specifications.
The exceptional build quality and the outstanding electrical performance are the primary selling points of the HX850W. Corsair truly built this unit like a tank, choosing one of the latest base designs and some of the most reliable components currently...
Unfortunately the use of such small heatsinks made the HX850W a little louder than the rest of the HX series units we reviewed in the past. It operates silently under nominal load, but as the load rises above 60% the unit will become increasingly more...
Corsair released the HX850W to fill the gap between their highly successful HX620W and HX1000 units, both of which were famous for their superlative reliability and awesome electrical performance. With its exceptional overall performance and build qual...
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In the highly competitive power supply market, cheap products are a dime a dozen. For the last few years, Corsair has shown us that well-priced power supplies can still perform above and beyond our expectations on a regular basis. In this review we t...
Classleading voltage regulation ripple suppression, Great efficiency, Generous cable selection & lengths, Quiet, 7year warranty, Price...
PCIE cable train wreck...
Considering just a few short years ago Corsair was a newcomer to the power supply market, it is truly amazing to see how far they have come. When you look on any forum across this great expanse we call the internet, you will see their units being recom...
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£140 (GBP) (At time of review)The HX Series has been a mainstay for Corsair over the years but today sees the series receive a facelift from 80 Plus Silver Efficiency to 80 Plus Gold Efficiency. It’s quite clear that Corsair have been pleased with the...
Corsair have been on a mission revamping their most successful and popular offerings as of late and the HX series has been one such product to experience a facelift – the results are very pleasing. We tested the PSU at just under 50% and 80% load and...
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If you ask an enthusiast user to recommend a high grade power supply you can be sure that Corsair will normally get a mention in the shortlist. The company have worked diligently with several leading partners in the production of their power supplie...
Excellent load regulation, high efficiency, good quality of finish, quiet, modular, 7 year warranty...
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Corsair launched their HX range of PSUs quite some time ago and earlier models received rave reviews both here and across the web. As well as noting the great performance of the unit reviewers also praised the build quality and overall design as Corsair o...
Given the success of the last generation of HX PSU from Corsair it comes as no surprise that the 2012 version is built to a high standard. The CWT based design is packed with quality components including 105°C capacitors and where appropriate adhesive and...
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If you're looking for a high-quality PSU with plenty of power and lots of flexibility, then the Corsair HX850 could just be the model that you're looking for. This 850W power supply has an 80 Plus Gold certification, which means that it's at least 88 p...
Excellent efficiency, very quiet and extremely flexible - an excellent PSU...
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If you're planning on using two graphics cards in your desktop PC, and perhaps even try your hand at overclocking those along with your processor, it's advisable to get a PSU of between 750 and 950 watts. There are a huge number of these on the market...
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Back in 2009, Corsair launched the HX850. The power supply quickly became a favorite amongst gamers and builders as it performed very well with great options and was available at a very competitive price. Add in the seven year warranty and for many i...
Our load tests utilize a couple of FAST ATE active load testers and a variety of other equipment such as an oscilloscope, power conditioner, temperature probe and a power consumption meter. You can read more about our standard testing approach . The t...
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A few weeks ago an email popped into our inbox from Cooler Master's European HQ at Venlo in the Netherlands asking if we would like to go and have a look around their facility, and also offering us the use of their very extensively (and expensively!)...
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A little while ago we previewed Corsairs HX750 and HX850 PSUs, introduced to fill the void in the companys professional line-up. Before the two new PSUs were made available, Corsairs HX-series included 450W, 620W, and 1,000W supplies, and having n...
a solid, well-engineered 850W PSU thats backed up by a decent warranty and priced just about right to tempt users looking to power a high-end PC...
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Overclockersonline.net Updated:
2011-07-30 22:20:28
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Corsair power supplies have long since been a favorite among computer enthusiasts, overclockers and casual users alike, and have built quite the reputation for being affordable, yet top-tier performing power supplies. Corsair’s HX series of power supplies is a rather long standing family including units from 450W to 1000W, today we’ll be looking at the 850W variant. The HX series, or the prof...
The HX850W power supply for Corsair is truly amongst the best. More units than I can either recall or count have passed through our hands here at Overclockers Online and perhaps only one, or two are at all comparable to Corsair’s HX850W unit. While Co...
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xbitlabs.com Updated:
2011-07-30 22:20:29
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The Corsair HX850W has no serious drawbacks. Its voltages are stable and there is low output voltage ripple. It is highly efficient and offers a lot of connectors with which you can connect three graphics cards and about ten hard disk drives using no adapters. The only thing I can find fault with is that the fan is...
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Closing a gap in its lineup of enthusiast-class power supply units (PSU), Corsair recently introduced new 750W and 850W models, bridging its existing 620W and 1kW variants. Not only has the company waded into a very lucrative high-end segment with thes...
Justifying its premium branding, the Corsair HX850 comes with a seven-year warranty from local distributor Corbell. It's not cheap however, with an online retail price of around US$195. For that price though, you know what you're in for and the HX850 c...
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Computerpoweruser.com Updated:
2011-07-30 22:20:29
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4 Over the past few years, Corsair has slowly but surely expanded its power supply lineup, with products ranging from the affordable CX400W to the high-end HX1000W modular PSU. Corsair’s latest offering, the HX850W Professional Series, isn’t quite as po...
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& Specs A little over a month ago Corsair announced two new PSU's to join their extremely popular HX line-up. The HX750 and HX850 are two models designed to bridge the rather large gap between the original HX620W unit released in 2006 and the HX1000...
They say that some things get better with age, and in the case of Corsair's HX series at least I'm inclined to agree. The HX620W was a great PSU, the HX1000W even better. But when it come to designing and building the HX850W Corsair have realy pushed the...
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Corsair HX850W is a power supply with modular cabling system and high-end components promising up to 90% efficiency, launched to compete with Antec Signature series and Seasonic M12D series. Let’s see if it survives our tests.It is very important to no...
Corsair HX850W is an impressive power supply, being to this date the power supply with the highest efficiency that we’ve ever tested, beating Seasonic M12D 750 W and Antec Signature 650 W. The reason why these three models achieved efficiency above...
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Good day, my loyal readers. Once again, it seems that Corsair has sailed their latest and greatest into my harbor, and I intend to give it a good run through the load tester to see what it's all about. This time, I'm looking at the HX850, the newest o...
fantastically efficient, 12V ripple suppression second only to a very few high end units, very, very stable regulation, good value...
loose heatsink screws yet again...
The long wait for a modular 850W unit from Corsair is at last over, and I do hereby declare that this unit was worth waiting for. Not only is this the most efficient Corsair I've ever looked at, it's also the best performing. Now, all Corsair needs is...
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Corsair has been known among enthusiast circles as a premier supplier of high performance memory for quite some time and has recently risen to become one of the most talked about power supply brands around. Corsair was able to establish such an amazin...
The Corsair HX850W represents the newest edition to Corsairs flagship line of power supplies and it along with the TX750W plug the obvious gap that had previously existed. In filling this void Corsair had a lot to live up to as the HX620W was probably...
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Six years ago Corsair first entered the PSU market with the HX520W and HX620W, both of which products were marked as a great success for the company. Today the company offers six series of power supplies, but the HX series remains alive. In fact, Co...
The Corsair Professional Series HX850W Power Supply proved to a solid power supply and was able to meet the 80Plus Gold efficiency ratings!...
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CMPSU-850HX ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supply (850W)Lowest Price:$165.99High Price: $203.00View 11 sellersCorsair continues to bring a full line of high quality power supplies, memory components, cases, cooling components, SSDs and accessories to mar...
The most notable upgrades to the Corsair Professional Series HX850 power supply are increased efficiency (80 Plus Gold versus 80 Plus Silver) and the ability to run in silent, fanless mode when the load is ≤20%. The HX850 PSU delivers very good efficiency...
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Greetings once again, good peoples of the Interweb. As you can see, today I'm revisiting a Corsair power supply I first saw back in 2009, the . Back then, the HX850 boasted 80 Plus Silver efficiency; being based as it was on the CWT DSG platform. As...
easily passed Gold efficiency in the hot box, excellent ripple control, excellent overall voltage stability, tons of modular cables...
initial cost is looking a mite on the high side...
Corsair's update to the good old HX850 has been a good move. The new unit performs a little better, offers higher efficiency, and is still that same excellent build quality we've come to expect from Corsair. It's not perfect, but there are very few thi...
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Even though the original Corsair HX850 power supply received the 80 Plus Gold certification, Corsair decided to downgrade it to the 80 Plus Silver certification, as the manufacturer felt the 80 Plus Gold levels couldn’t be sustained at high temperature...
The new Corsair HX850 Gold performed slightly better on our tests than the original HX850. Efficiency was higher at full load (at other loads it remained about the same), but the biggest advantage of the new version is that we didn't see the high noise le...
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Corsair has many PSU lines these days, it is a large chunk of their business. Amongst the product lines there is the Corsair Professional Series HX PSU. Slightly overhauled, the SKUs are re-injected into that line-up being all updated, one of them...
Final Words & Conclusion The new HX850 definitely belongs where it is positioned, in the professional series. The power supply does what the doctor ordered, it's really silent (unless you put 100% load on it) and the efficiency was very respectable...
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Corsair is known in enthusiast circles as a premier supplier of high performance memory and has risen to become one of the most talked about power supply brands around. Corsair was able to establish such presence through rigorous design standards, excelle...
The Corsair HX850 Gold is another very good product among Corsair's power supply lines. However, the unit that this unit is set to replace was a really good product and that makes it really difficult for this product to stand on its own. Indeed, while thi...
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Corsair has been a major player in the power supply market since 2006. The release of their two first PSU products, the HX520 and HX620, proved to be a great success at the time, quickly making Corsair one of the favorite brands amongst enthusiasts. Today...
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