Corsair Announces New Enthusiast Series Modular PSUs

Good news for system builders and hardware enthusiasts, Corsair has announced the Enthusiast Series™ Modular line of power supplies which are basically TX V2 PSUs with modularity. These SMPS' will be 80+ bronze certified.

The full range is as follows:-

*www.hardocp.com/images/news/1311258007UI8XO9IH96_1_1_l.jpg

Looks pretty good to me. A 550W modular PSU at 5k with 80+ bronze certification with good performance and build quality - killer combo.

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Thanks for the share. Will be nice to see the insides.

Should be like TX V2 models.

wow when it will be released & arrive India

it makes more sense than HX & AX series.

oops I found a link Corsair Announces New Enthusiast Series Modular PSUs

Yeah, that's the original press release.

It should be available here within a couple of months max.

Wait: It has 2 8-pin sockets and 2 6-pin ones for all the modularity, will this be sufficient? Check the pics here:-

*corsair.sharefile.com/d/s58141c4c755492bb

A hybrid of non modular and modular psu imo...lets see what the prices will be like when it arrives locally...

Yeah, everything will depend on price. A GS600 is 4k now, so the TX550M has to drop within 5k IMO.

The first review has come from the stable of Hardware Secrets:-

Corsair TX750M Power Supply Review | Hardware Secrets

Here's the conclusion:-

The Corsair TX750M can really deliver its labeled power at high temperatures, its voltages are closer to their nominal values than required (3% voltage regulation), and it has very low ripple and noise levels.

Efficiency is very good if you pull up to 80% of the unit’s labeled wattage (i.e., up to 600 W), between 83.1% and 86.2%. When delivering 750 W at high temperatures, however, efficiency drops a little bit below the 80% mark.

The TX750M is a good power supply for the average user that won’t be pulling close to 750 W. But if you are the kind of user who demands only “the best in class,” you will be better off buying a different power supply.

At USD 130, the price for the Corsair TX750M is right. Our most common recommendation for a 750 W power supply with modular cabling system for the average user, the XFX 750 W Black Edition, is currently discontinued, but some places still carry it for around USD 150. A better option for this segment, however, is the Enermax NAXN 82+ 750 W, which provides similar features with higher efficiency and lower price point (USD 120).

Look like with a price tag around 6.5k for the 750W unit, these should sell well in India.

Not bad for the certification it carries. Also at the lower ranges, it maintains decent efficiency. Nice share.

80 plus bronze certification and modular CPU, great!!! But this may reduce the amount of sell for TXV2 series.

Or this may bring down the prices of TX V2, and in the process render the GS series non-existent. Or even better, the GS series comes down to the price level of CX series.

^^ But quality of GS series is very good, specially not as bad as CX series (specially V1). But now we can expect modular version of GS series.

^^ thanks for the great news and this just opened up the door of whole new possibilities - now we can afford better quality modular PSUs with reasonable price - if this brings down the price of CX line up as a end result then more people will consider buying quality PSUs which is better than vanilla variants of many companies out their in the market ;-)

And people like me will be able to save some more money for other parts

Another review kicks in:-

Corsair TX750M 750W Review

^^ Thanks for the link. From the review it looks very good indeed & worth the price.

any news on the availability - I can't seem to find it anywhere - all of our distributors/sellers still have only HX model.

Wait another month.

So, thats good for BD users. They can pair a real VFM and high wattage PSU with BD

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^^ That is good news assuming the fact that tx-m came to Indian market within next 1 month.

Another review, if anyone's still interested:

Corsair TX750M Power Supply Review - Introduction

Hope reviews of other models will be online soon, these look good.

^^ These would look better if the modular cable design were for all the cables, not only for some cables.
Just my 2 cents.

Still not bad IMO. Ultimately you are going to use at least some connectors, so whether the are modular or not doesn't matter. If these units are priced right, they should bring down the prices of the CX, GS and TX models. That's more important IMO.

Skud said:
If these units are priced right, they should bring down the prices of the CX, GS and TX models. That's more important IMO.

To be very honest, I'm expecting the same. Specially price drop in GS series. If the price of GS series drops considerably, then with GS800 added to high end rig, one can have some amount of extra money to buy other more expensive components.

Exactly. And price drop in the CX range means, you can at least add a quality PSU to your rig at a cheaper price.

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Nice ... But GS serires is better .... Its just that its not modular ...
The Bling-Bling LED fan makes up for it ... :-D

^^ Well, if you think more carefully then you will find that LED fan in GS PSU counts for nothing. Nowadays in the cabinets where psu slot is at the bottom, we can't even see the LED fans in the PSU in normal cases. The only way to see them is to fit the PSU in reverse direction which will make a mess in cable management. Right? So, where is the advantages of LED? :unsure:

And performance wise, TX series is a bit better than GS series.

d6bmg said:
^^ Well, if you think more carefully then you will find that LED fan in GS PSU counts for nothing. Nowadays in the cabinets where psu slot is at the bottom, we can't even see the LED fans in the PSU in normal cases. The only way to see them is to fit the PSU in reverse direction which will make a mess in cable management. Right? So, where is the advantages of LED?

I do like LED fan in a PSU - i you can go behind your computer case it really looks nice from behind - personal choice ;-)

BTW, will corsair stop manufacturing VX550 or we will see a price drop ?? the price of TX550M and VX550 is almost same and TX550M is better and will create less mess inside of the cabby ;-)

topgear said:
BTW, will corsair stop manufacturing VX550 or we will see a price drop ??

Now TX-M series is here I can't see the reason behind supporting VX series any longer. Hopefully, VX-V2 is coming. Fingers crossed.

My guess is it will be like this:

CX V2 -> GS -> TXM -> TX V2 -> HX -> AX

May be some modification in the GS range, who knows.

I'm saying again, either wait for corsair to stop production of GS series or GS-M is coming in our way.

Review of the 550W unit:-

Corsair TX550M Modular Power Supply Review :: TweakTown USA Edition

^^ Excellent psu. Must buy at that price and even comes with 5 years of warranty.

The modular design is like an icing on the cake. When its coming to india?

No news. Sooner the better. These should sell well.

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The new Corsair TXM series are semi-modular PSUs, the price is set just about right. Seasonic's S12II 520 80+ Bronze costs round about 3.55k. If cabling is not an issue, then its a killer deal.

Edit: Although Seasonic's X Series is priced a bit higher here at India, but still check out X650 Gold, its a 80+ Gold rated, fully modular costing just $20 more at Newegg.

Seasonic PSUs are superb value, not to mention top notch performer. But availability is an issue.

JohnnyGuru gives the 550M a thumbs up:-

Corsair TX550M 550W Review

TX650M priced at $109.99 on newegg which is roughly the same price of TX650v2 in here and if we can get the TX650M at the same price of TX650v2 in here it would be really a great deal ;-)

Be advised: Certain brands/series will ditch getting 80Plus sticker on it to lower the cost. They would prefer to get them tested by other (proper) reviewers and let the results will speak for itself.

Is it a bad thing or good?

Skud said:
Is it a bad thing or good?

Why would it be a bad thing if the cost is saved by the certification but if the reviews indicate that the units are 80% efficient atleast?

Hmmm... so that means we are also paying for the 80 plus certification.

^^ The companies are- yes (I thought people knew). No certification comes for free unless they are putting their own stickers on their own products.

The Sorcerer said:
Why would it be a bad thing if the cost is saved by the certification but if the reviews indicate that the units are 80% efficient atleast?

Then it is good, as most of the cases reviewers do not test them in 'lab temperature'.

^^ Nothing wrong with lab temperature but it should be realistic.

40 degrees celcius is least prefered in a hot box. It will also be nice if they can have some methodology where they can pretty much scale a lifespan of the product. Better quality components, more slower it takes to degrade during days/months/years of usage.

That 'lab temperature' variable varies all over the world. In India, due to hotter ambient temperature, efficiency & life span tend to get sorter by a descent margin, resulting in lots of difference between actual result & reviewed result, which is confusing to most of the people thinking that good review means good product. It is true in 95% of cases. But in rest 5% cases, it differs a lot.

Two more TX550M reviews ;-)

Corsair TX550M Power Supply Review | Hardware Secrets
Corsair TX550M Power Supply Review by VR-Zone.com

priced $100 on newegg ;-)

I am getting a feeling these PSUs will be good for HTPC cases, particularly the 550W one.

more than 3 months has passed but still it's not available anywhere here though TX650 is easily available ;-)