Packaging
The power supply comes in a large box and is embedded in plastic foam that covers the whole power supply and secures it nicely against damage during transit. There is a big bag shown, lying in front of the power supply, which contains all of the cables that can be attached to the unit. The box itself has a lot of information for potential buyers in retail shops.
Appearance
The power supply comes in black as is usual with Corsairs units. The surface has a rough texture, as if it was sandblasted before painting. The front has a perforated opening, two-thirds of the width of the unit, to exhaust the air and the last third contains the AC jack and a large power switch. On looking closer at the opening, it reveals black plastic foil covering half of the holes, mostly those in the bottom part, which is behind the fan. Corsair does this to direct the airflow through the coils and capacitors located directly in front of the holes. There is a little bit of the side blocked as well behind which the rectifier bridge is located. Not that it would really matter to have the lower parts blocked as the fan is located behind it and the air would not exhaust at this point anyway. Both sides are covered with a thin blue sticker that shows the name of the power supply.
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Powervano - Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - link
Oh, my bad :-D Sorry Cristoph. But your new reviews are way better and I even think best of all :)Powervano - Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - link
Thank you! :)piroroadkill - Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - link
Sweet jesus, I did certainly not expect those graphs for the 3.3 and 5v lines, with even slight increases, and as for the 12v, well, it stays bang on target.Corsair, even though they've entered the market late, have seen issues with other PSUs and created the best PSUs in every segment - it seems they can do no wrong.
Corsair, I salute you.
ineedaname - Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - link
Don't forget that corsair PSU's are actually rebranded Seasonic PSU'sDrMrLordX - Thursday, May 1, 2008 - link
Isn't the HX1000 a CWT unit?Christoph Katzer - Thursday, May 1, 2008 - link
Yes it is. Corsair buys from several companies...Calin - Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - link
Assuming a 500W draw on the wall socket, a change from 85% to 86% efficiency, the power lost inside the power supply unit (as heat) changes from 75W to 70W. While this isn't an important figure by itself, this can make is run cooler or be a bit less noisy.If you take into account the power delivered to the internal components (not the one drawn from the wall socket), this improvement in efficiency is (a little bit) better than that: for a 500W internal load, you would use 588.2W from the wall with the 85% power source, and 581.4W for the 86% unit. While the total difference is small (7W or so), it is still there.