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Look up desk pads, I have one that covers the majority of my 5’x30” desk! My Corsair PSU is an old 750W and they were synonymous with accessible modular power

Look up desk pads, I have one that covers the majority of my 5’x30” desk! My Corsair PSU is an old 750W and they were synonymous with accessible modular power supplies for a while. Made them last longer by design when that wasn’t a given design choice. All in one heatsink units are more popular now, but they used to be the only option in that category too.

TylerE 6y ago
Wow, that seems kinda huge. I've got a "big" one that has served me well for a long time. Not sure of the exact size but it's like roughly 4x the area of a standard mousepad. Maybe 24" x 15", something like that? I actually have it oriented portrait because I actually don't need that much width. Basically just wanted coverage from the right edge of my keyboard to the edge of my desk.
genocidicbunny 6y ago
That was when Corsair was rebranding Seasonic PSUs, which were some of the best on the market at the time. I still have the 750W Corsair PSU I put into my first gaming rig over a decade ago. It's still perfectly usable and produces good power, even after years and years of heavy usage.
- ianai 6y ago
  Any idea on who’s the best psu manufacturer now?
  - genocidicbunny 6y ago
    Sorry no, my last PSU purchase was 8 years ago -- an 850W modular Corsair PSU, and since then I basically have had zero worries about PSUs. As such, I haven't kept up with the market. Back in the day I'd have told you to look at HardOCP PSU reviews, but that's long gone now.
  - philjohn 6y ago
    It varies by model, check out Johnny Guru's reviews, they dismantle them and figure out who the OEM is.
- ericd 6y ago
  Do you know if they make their own in-house now? For example: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supply-Units/axi-series-config/p/CP-9020087-NA https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supp...
  - esgwpl 6y ago
    As far as I know Corsair only design PSUs, the actual manufacturing are all outsourced to Chinese or Taiwanese OEMs. Edit: as for the unit you linked, it's manufactured by Flextronics[0] [0] https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-ax1600i-psu,5406-3.html https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-ax1600i-psu,540...
    - genocidicbunny 6y ago
      Don't think they ever manufactured their own -- they always rebranded OEM PSUs. The value add that Corsair had was their warranty and support. My anecdote of Corsair support: My northbridge memory controller (yeah, when those were a thing) died unbeknownst to me. I just experienced it as a huge memory error rate. When I contacted them asking if they had any idea how to test if it was the memory controller or the RAM, Corsair sent me a couple of sticks of validated (as in, they stress tested it to make sure it was good) RAM to test with, along with a free RMA label in case it ended up being the RAM itself. It ended up being the motherboard, and I returned the RAM, but the fact that they were willing to send me hardware to test with without any real obligation on my part to return it was amazing to me. This is partially why I am a little worried about a Corsair IPO. I know they've gotten bigger and more 'distant' as a brand in the years since my experience, but I can't help feel that once public, they will swing even further away from that experience, driven to chase profits and short-term success. And that saddens me, because to me Corsair has for a long time been one of the 'good guys' and I cannot help but feel that's going to go away.
codetrotter 6y ago
> Look up desk pads Here is the one I have: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Gaming-Mousepads/Cloth-Textile-Surface-Mousepads/MM200-Cloth-Gaming-Mouse-Pad-—-Extended/p/CH-9000101-WW https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Gaming-Mou... It has room for both mouse and keyboard and is plenty big enough for me :) Also, I found out which PSU it is that I have and I didn’t need to open the case to find out after all, because it is printed on the back and visible by looking at the backside of the chassis. My computer sits on the floor a way out from the wall, so I was able to read it by taking a picture of the backside of the case by reaching my arm out from my bed. The PSU I have is a Corsair one like I remembered. Specifically, according to the label, it is a HX650W. This one, I think: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supply-Units/Professional-Series™-HX650-—-80-PLUS®-Bronze-Certified-Modular-Power-Supply/p/CMPSU-650HX https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supp... There is a “gold certified” version of said PSU as well, but the color of the label on mine looks like the one in the link above so I think I have the “bronze certified” one.

TylerE 6y ago

Wow, that seems kinda huge. I've got a "big" one that has served me well for a long time. Not sure of the exact size but it's like roughly 4x the area of a standard mousepad. Maybe 24" x 15", something like that? I actually have it oriented portrait because I actually don't need that much width. Basically just wanted coverage from the right edge of my keyboard to the edge of my desk.

genocidicbunny 6y ago

That was when Corsair was rebranding Seasonic PSUs, which were some of the best on the market at the time. I still have the 750W Corsair PSU I put into my first gaming rig over a decade ago. It's still perfectly usable and produces good power, even after years and years of heavy usage.

ianai 6y ago
Any idea on who’s the best psu manufacturer now?
- genocidicbunny 6y ago
  Sorry no, my last PSU purchase was 8 years ago -- an 850W modular Corsair PSU, and since then I basically have had zero worries about PSUs. As such, I haven't kept up with the market. Back in the day I'd have told you to look at HardOCP PSU reviews, but that's long gone now.
- philjohn 6y ago
  It varies by model, check out Johnny Guru's reviews, they dismantle them and figure out who the OEM is.
ericd 6y ago
Do you know if they make their own in-house now? For example: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supply-Units/axi-series-config/p/CP-9020087-NA https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supp...
- esgwpl 6y ago
  As far as I know Corsair only design PSUs, the actual manufacturing are all outsourced to Chinese or Taiwanese OEMs. Edit: as for the unit you linked, it's manufactured by Flextronics[0] [0] https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-ax1600i-psu,5406-3.html https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-ax1600i-psu,540...
  - genocidicbunny 6y ago
    Don't think they ever manufactured their own -- they always rebranded OEM PSUs. The value add that Corsair had was their warranty and support. My anecdote of Corsair support: My northbridge memory controller (yeah, when those were a thing) died unbeknownst to me. I just experienced it as a huge memory error rate. When I contacted them asking if they had any idea how to test if it was the memory controller or the RAM, Corsair sent me a couple of sticks of validated (as in, they stress tested it to make sure it was good) RAM to test with, along with a free RMA label in case it ended up being the RAM itself. It ended up being the motherboard, and I returned the RAM, but the fact that they were willing to send me hardware to test with without any real obligation on my part to return it was amazing to me. This is partially why I am a little worried about a Corsair IPO. I know they've gotten bigger and more 'distant' as a brand in the years since my experience, but I can't help feel that once public, they will swing even further away from that experience, driven to chase profits and short-term success. And that saddens me, because to me Corsair has for a long time been one of the 'good guys' and I cannot help but feel that's going to go away.

codetrotter 6y ago

> Look up desk pads Here is the one I have: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Gaming-Mousepads/Cloth-Textile-Surface-Mousepads/MM200-Cloth-Gaming-Mouse-Pad-—-Extended/p/CH-9000101-WW https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Gaming-Mou... It has room for both mouse and keyboard and is plenty big enough for me :) Also, I found out which PSU it is that I have and I didn’t need to open the case to find out after all, because it is printed on the back and visible by looking at the backside of the chassis. My computer sits on the floor a way out from the wall, so I was able to read it by taking a picture of the backside of the case by reaching my arm out from my bed. The PSU I have is a Corsair one like I remembered. Specifically, according to the label, it is a HX650W. This one, I think: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supply-Units/Professional-Series™-HX650-—-80-PLUS®-Bronze-Certified-Modular-Power-Supply/p/CMPSU-650HX https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supp... There is a “gold certified” version of said PSU as well, but the color of the label on mine looks like the one in the link above so I think I have the “bronze certified” one.