Corsair launches HX450W

[garson]

Corsair has today unveiled a new addition to its performance-orientated HX-series power supplies in the form of the HX450.

The unit, pictured below, slots into Corsair's professional series below the existing HX1000, HX620 and HX520.

Measuring in at 150mm x 86mm x 150mm, the Corsair HX450 offers the HX-series features that you'd come to expect - including flat modular cables and a super-quiet 120mm double ball-bearing fan that'll adjust its RPM in accordance to to temperature.

It'll offer up to 85 per cent efficiency and guarantees continuous power output at 50°C. In addition to a MTBF of 100,000 hours, it's backed by Corsair's seven-year warranty, and looks a solid solution for those who aren't planning multi-GPU systems.

No word on pricing just yet, but expect availability and a complete specification soon.

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=16229

http://www.benchmark.rs/forum/news/2008-11/4/Corsair_HX450_PSU_01.jpg

[jonnyGURU]

Strange to have that low of a wattage modular as someone that gave a crap about modularity would probably need all of the connectors a 450W could support.

[HOOfan_1]

I'm wondering why no HX850 or HX750....Something that can run high end SLi or Crossfire with a smaller form factor than the HX1000. I suppose that would probably require another OEM though, since Seasonic doesn't make a platform capable of that at 50C and the PSH is pushing it past 800W and the PUC is too big.

[Spectre]

CX400, VX450, HX450, HX520, VX550..............think that market might be saturated by now.

[SKYMTL]

They have a gap in the 750W to 1000W bracket.

[Lemmy]

Damn, where was this PSU last year? :(

jonny, you'd be amazed to see how many people only use one molex, one sata and one 6 pin PEG connnector, me included. Or two sata and one PEG.

[HOOfan_1]

They have a gap in the 750W to 1000W bracket.

Yeah, but like I said, they would likely need to find a third OEM to fulfill their needs in that bracket. Enhance or Impervio maybe.

[Travis]

Yeah, but like I said, they would likely need to find a third OEM to fulfill their needs in that bracket. Enhance or Impervio maybe.

Both of them have the capability to make a silent unit at 850W power range. That's nice.

[Yellowbeard]

They have a gap in the 750W to 1000W bracket.

;)

[spursindonesia]

The gap is already filled by BFG ES-800, gotta "spread the wealth" around, don't be greedy. :p

[MrWicked1968]

Damn, where was this PSU last year? :(

jonny, you'd be amazed to see how many people only use one molex, one sata and one 6 pin PEG connnector, me included. Or two sata and one PEG.

exactly, my first "real" PSU was a 450w OCZ Modstream, and even when I had two 36gb Raptors in a RAID array, two optical drives and an X800XL (which didn't need any external power) I wasn't using half of the available connections.

[Yellowbeard]

The gap is already filled by BFG ES-800, gotta "spread the wealth" around, don't be greedy. :p
Oh yeah? :mad:

Well we will just have to come out with an 801W PSU then.....that goes up to 11! :beer:

[Redbeard]

Strange to have that low of a wattage modular as someone that gave a crap about modularity would probably need all of the connectors a 450W could support.

It's going to be an EU/UK only product at first. The demand we see for low-wattage modular products is almost exclusively over there.

[burebista]

The demand we see for low-wattage modular products is almost exclusively over there.
Yeah, we are more refined here in Europe. :D