Thursday, August 30th 2012
Corsair Announces Availability of AX1200i Digital ATX Power Supply
Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the worldwide availability of the Corsair AX1200i Digital ATX Power, the World's most advanced PC power supply unit (PSU) for PC gamers and enthusiasts.
The AX1200i Digital ATX Power Supply was first announced at Computex Taipei 2012, where it won a prestigious "Best of Computex 2012" award from Tom's Hardware. Other recent accolades include the HEXUS.net Wish List award, TechPowerUP! Editor's Choice award, TweakTown Must Have award, Guru3D.com Best Hardware award, and many more. Maximum PC magazine in the US also selected the AX1200i for use in its Dream Machine 2012, a yearly feature that uses only highest-quality PC components to build the ultimate PC.
"We're hugely excited to announce that our award-winning AX1200i PSU is now available to enthusiasts and gamers worldwide", said Thi La, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the PC Components Group at Corsair. "This incredible power supply has created a huge stir in the market, winning numerous prestigious accolades, and securing Corsair's position as the leading manufacturer of premium quality PSUs."
The Corsair AX1200i's digitally-controlled power circuitry delivers incredibly stable voltages, and exceptionally low ripple and noise. The use of a Digital Signal Processor also results in a simplified circuit design, and incredible energy efficiency. The AX1200i easily achieves 80 PLUS Platinum certification, and can operate in a silent fanless mode until the PSU reaches between 30 - 40% of its 1200 watt power rating. In addition, the AX1200i's DSP-based design and Corsair Link technology provides real-time monitoring of temperature, current draw, and power efficiency, as well custom control of fan speeds and overcurrent protection settings.
Pricing and Availability
The AX1200i Digital ATX Power Supply is backed by a seven-year warranty and is available now from Corsair's worldwide network of authorized retailers and distributors. The suggested US retail price is $349 USD.
For more information on AX1200i Digital ATX Power Supply, please visit: www.corsair.com/ax1200i
The AX1200i Digital ATX Power Supply was first announced at Computex Taipei 2012, where it won a prestigious "Best of Computex 2012" award from Tom's Hardware. Other recent accolades include the HEXUS.net Wish List award, TechPowerUP! Editor's Choice award, TweakTown Must Have award, Guru3D.com Best Hardware award, and many more. Maximum PC magazine in the US also selected the AX1200i for use in its Dream Machine 2012, a yearly feature that uses only highest-quality PC components to build the ultimate PC.
The Corsair AX1200i's digitally-controlled power circuitry delivers incredibly stable voltages, and exceptionally low ripple and noise. The use of a Digital Signal Processor also results in a simplified circuit design, and incredible energy efficiency. The AX1200i easily achieves 80 PLUS Platinum certification, and can operate in a silent fanless mode until the PSU reaches between 30 - 40% of its 1200 watt power rating. In addition, the AX1200i's DSP-based design and Corsair Link technology provides real-time monitoring of temperature, current draw, and power efficiency, as well custom control of fan speeds and overcurrent protection settings.
Pricing and Availability
The AX1200i Digital ATX Power Supply is backed by a seven-year warranty and is available now from Corsair's worldwide network of authorized retailers and distributors. The suggested US retail price is $349 USD.
For more information on AX1200i Digital ATX Power Supply, please visit: www.corsair.com/ax1200i
26 Comments on Corsair Announces Availability of AX1200i Digital ATX Power Supply
Your H55...does not apply. Socket 1155 completely changes the game, and IVB CPUs just further that. Really, most old stuff truly does not apply, since the implementation of Turbo 2.0 on Intel chips. Before, you'd turn Turbo off...today, you OC with Turbo, using hte Turbo multipliers, and you don't set votlages manually...you set offsets. Those aren't my recommendations either..that's guidance provided by OEMs.
And again, TDP has no meaning except for cooling needed. Current CPUs are marked @ 77 W for IVB, and 130 W for SB-E..not because they draw anything close to that...but becuase they need cooling capable of removing that amount of heat in order to stay stable for the duration of the warranty period. SKT2011 CPUs don't evne come with a cooler, since 130W is too much for many coolers out there. INtel now sells AIO watercoolers for those chips. MY 3770K draw 2/3rds TDP at stock, my 3960X draw 20% more than TDP.
Plus, now Intel will replace chips you killed by OC, for a small fee...most commonly used chips are replaced for just $25.
It's truly a different ballgame now. I bloody love it!
AMD, yep, same old, same old. That's too bad, but whatever.
with 3c 7950, I wouldn't run an overclock without a 1200 W PSU, like this one. Hopefully I can convince Corsair to give me one, to go along with the ram, cooler, SSDs, and everything else of theirs I use to test with already. :p
EDIT: oh, my cards top out @ 75 C @ 1200 MHz, and that's with the default fan profile... at stock, they hit 60C or so, if that.