A great deal on Corsair's HX1000

[Osoloco]

Okay, Newegg had a really good deal on the HX1000 and, I bought one. Price I paid for the unit: $229.99 - 20%, free shipping. Also, there's a $20.00 rebate on the unit to boot. After everything shook out, I paid, after taxes: $197.33. And, as a reminder, there's still a $20.00 rebate to file. Here are a couple of thoughts that I'm wrestling with:

1. I should have paid the extra money to get the Antec SG-850

2. How much power will the Corsair HX1000 produce, maximum?

I've been trolling the web and, I can't find anybody that has the equipment to, or has been able to, do an extreme test to determine how many amps, and, the correlating watts, the HX1000 with put out before shutting down. I know that the unit is rated @ 1000 watts, so, please don't say: "it's 1000 watts". What I'm driving at is: will this unit produce 1,500 watts like the similar T.T. unit rated at 1,500 watts? However, in all truthfulness, a unit producing 1000 watts is far more than I need. So, my concern about parity with the T.T. unit is, at this time, academic. However, I'm still curious. :)

Also, after I bought the HX1000, I dug up this:


I sold my HX1000 review sample. I kept my Signature sample.

:wtf: Okay, it's no big deal, I guess.

But, I must point out, that, the fact that a couple of guys with strangely colored beards respond to threads, here, made the decision to buy Corsair fairly easy. Also, throughout the years, buying Corsair memory and another PSU (HX620), they've never screwed me on a rebate; unlike OCZ. As far as stealing money via the rebate system, yes, I never buy from that company again. However, that's a whole new topic for a whole new thread, sorry I mentioned it.

Anyway, no matter what, I know that Corsair's a top-flight company, never mind which unit is actually better.

Oklahoma Wolf, keep up the great work here, doing your reviews. I have a few comments for you, stay tuned. :D

Corsair, I hope that your commitment to excellence never falters. For me, I get behind your stuff, in our gaming forums, cheers! :beer:

Just thought I'd share some thoughts. ;)

Hmm... I wonder if I had a point? :wall:

[HOOfan_1]

Here is what Gabriel at Hardware Secrets had to say

In fact, internally Corsair HX1000W is identical to Thermaltake Toughpower 1,500 W – a model labeled 50% above the reviewed unit......We are very confident that HX1000W is really a 1,500 W power supply – since it is internally identical to Thermaltake Toughpower 1,500 W

[Travis]

Why do you want to "Overclock" it?

[Osoloco]

Here is what Gabriel at Hardware Secrets had to say

Yes, I read that and, this was said too:


"The power supply label states a 40 A limit for each rail. We configured our load tester to pull 33 A from the motherboard main cable and EPS12V cable plus another 33 A from the auxiliary video card cable for a total of 66 A being pulled from HX1000W’s +12V1 rail, but the power supply didn’t shut down."

Anyway, this has nothing to do actual functionality but perceived value. In essence, this is about the psychology of the purchase. Will I ever use the 1000 watts that this unit will produce? I highly doubt it. In fact, I'm not likely to pull more than 60% of Corsair's rating. Why'd I buy it? Well, I wanted something outstanding; I think I got it, with this unit. So, if I got a PSU that can produce more than I paid for, it adds a great deal of satisfaction to the purchase.

As far as what this unit is actually capable of, I'd like to see the rubber on the road, not conjecture. To be completely honest, and, as far as I know, Corsair could have added a "Flux Capacitor" (Back to the Future) limiting the unit's output. So, at this time, all I've read is speculation, from people that are supposed to be "in the know". With regards to my knowledge of PSU's, well, at this time, it's limited.

Bottom line, it's just fun to see, with regards to this PSU, what I actually bought/got, even if I'll never use it. ;)

**Edit**

Sorry, I meant to quote Hoofan_1 with his complete post.

[Spectre]

All of the PUC's are the same platform. It doesn't mean the OCP will allow it to do 1500w when it is sold as a 1200w or 1000w.