Wednesday, March 31st 2021
Corsair Refreshes RMx Series PSUs with Magnetic Levitation Fans, Upgraded Warranty
Corsair on Wednesday refreshed its RMx series premium power-supply series with new 2021 models. Available in capacities of 1000 W, 850 W, 750 W, 650 W, and 550 W, these PSUs succeed the previous generation RMx series by featuring a new 135 mm "Magnetic Levitation" bearing fan that's designed for extremely high durability. This design change, along with other minor updates to the internals, allow Corsair to give these PSUs 10-year warranties. The PSUs continue to offer Cybenetics Gold switching efficiency with Acoustic A- rating, full modular cabling, and include two 4+4 pin EPS connectors on all models except 550 W. Prices should be on-par with the outgoing RMx series.
29 Comments on Corsair Refreshes RMx Series PSUs with Magnetic Levitation Fans, Upgraded Warranty
Not everyone is solely concerned with noise. It's the most common concern but mtbf is a thing too.
That, and again, Corsair ML/ML Pro and the fan in RM-x 2021 are different, they have different impellers, that's the most important part of the fan, general purpose fans for the most part are tuned somewhere in between of good airflow and good static pressure, all you need for PSU fan is as high static pressure as you can get. And, again, RM-x 2021 performs in this review as it performs not because the fan is loud (as in noise to performance) but because the RPM curve is not as relaxed as on previous version, plus as Aris mentioned in the review, when there's high load on minor rails PSU ramps up RPM even higher, skewing the average noise chart, it's really not representative of the noise output of PSU in regular conditions, you need to look at that colorful 2D graph with 12V and minor rails on X and Y axis and the noise represented as color. Also, Jon have already stated that they've relaxed the RPM curve in production, the one in the review was pre-production sample.
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Additionally, the fan reviews on this very site, very meticulously made, show the same picture.
Corsair ML Pro :
Noctua P12 :
You can see that they're nearly identical for radiator use with ML actually being slightly better, only topped by Noctua A12x25 which is unsurprising, it's a very good fan indeed.
An additional magnetic plate of less magnetic strength this is placed at the back of the impeller so to pull-up the rotor when this is working HORIZONTALLY.
Most DC fan are made for vertical positioning, they do not need any product design help (additional magnetic back plate).
I did note over a PSU with Magnetic Levitation Fan, Pin out with markings (+) and (-) and (P)
The I did research about electrical connectivity compatibility with other DC Fan, and I did discover the magical detail, a low cost additional magnetic back plate, which made Corsair that happy, so them to use the name of NASA.
Sorry world, a bit of magnetic force in use as weight counter balance for a horizontal placed (rotor - blade), this is not true magic.
But it is a smart: Product design idea.