Corsair RMx Series 1000 W

crmaris · Nov 17, 2015

Corsair adds to its portfolio with yet another PSU line, the RMx series - the RMi line without the digital interface or an FDB fan in order to reduce cost. Today, we will test and compare the RM1000x to the competition in its category.

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sith'ari · Nov 17, 2015

Corsair has done a fantastic job with the new RMi / RMx lines and in all wattage categories as well, from the 550 watt model to the 1000 watt model.
Seems like a platform that can directly compete with Superflower's Leadex platform and this is great achievement from Corsair.

Folterknecht · Nov 17, 2015

Thanks - but the lower wattage models would be much more interesting.

Joss · Nov 17, 2015

Folterknecht said:
Thanks - but the lower wattage models would be much more interesting.

yeap, and yes

that said, if manufacturers do have to give us fanless experiences give us also the option to tweak the curves granularly (including having them spinning all the time) and give us proper software, not the depressive and buggy greyness of Corsair's fancy.

crmaris · Nov 17, 2015

Will ask for some lower wattage PSU reviews in the future.

Folterknecht · Nov 18, 2015

crmaris said:
Will ask for some lower wattage PSU reviews in the future.

Thank you. A decent 550W PSU is enough for every single GPU Skylake build, but judging from the amount of reviews (in general) dealing with 750W+ PSUs one would think that 550W are only good enough for builds with iGPUs/APUs and everyone should be running these mostly "useless" 1KW monsters.

Assimilator · Nov 18, 2015

So RMx is newer and better built than RM, but costs less. Can't argue with progress!

System Name	Order66
Processor	Ryzen 7 3700X
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING B550-PLUS
Cooling	AMD Wraith Prism (BOX-cooler)
Memory	16GB DDR4 Corsair Desktop RAM Vengeance LPX 3200MHz Red
Video Card(s)	GeForce RTX 3060Ti
Storage	Seagate FireCuda 510 1TB SSD
Display(s)	Asus VE228HR
Case	Thermaltake Versa C21 RGB
Audio Device(s)	onboard Realtek
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Software	Windows10 64bit

System Name	Karl Arsch v. u. z. Abgewischt
Processor	i5 3770K @5GHz delided
Motherboard	ASRock Z77 Professional
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer 240
Memory	4x 4GB 1866 MHz DDR3
Video Card(s)	GTX 970
Storage	Samsung 830 - 512GB; 2x 2TB WD Blue
Display(s)	Samsung T240 1920x1200
Case	Bitfenix Shinobie XL
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Cougar G600
Mouse	Logitech G500
Keyboard	CMStorm Ultimate QuickFire (CherryMX Brown)
Software	Win7 Pro 64bit

System Name	Karl Arsch v. u. z. Abgewischt
Processor	i5 3770K @5GHz delided
Motherboard	ASRock Z77 Professional
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer 240
Memory	4x 4GB 1866 MHz DDR3
Video Card(s)	GTX 970
Storage	Samsung 830 - 512GB; 2x 2TB WD Blue
Display(s)	Samsung T240 1920x1200
Case	Bitfenix Shinobie XL
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Cougar G600
Mouse	Logitech G500
Keyboard	CMStorm Ultimate QuickFire (CherryMX Brown)
Software	Win7 Pro 64bit

System Name	Firelance.
Processor	Threadripper 3960X
Motherboard	ROG Strix TRX40-E Gaming
Cooling	IceGem 360 + 6x Arctic Cooling P12
Memory	8x 16GB Patriot Viper DDR4-3200 CL16
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ventus 2X OC
Storage	2TB WD SN850X (boot), 4TB Crucial P3 (data)
Display(s)	3x AOC Q32E2N (32" 2560x1440 75Hz)
Case	Enthoo Pro II Server Edition (Closed Panel) + 6 fans
Power Supply	Fractal Design Ion+ 2 Platinum 760W
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Razer Pro Type Ultra
Software	Windows 10 Professional x64

Corsair RMx Series 1000 W

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