Corsair CX Series, 80 Plus Bronze Certified 450W Modular Power Supply

I originally purchased the Corsair GS 700. They bill that model as a gaming PSU. Once installed, the PSU made a chirping noise (like a hard drive read/writing, but at a higher pitch). After searching youtube and reading more on the Corsair forums, I found this was a widespread "issue" with the GS 700. The GS model "features" a "smart" fan, which only runs when the load/temperature demands it. What I found is the fan was confused if it should run or not (attempting to kick on, chirping noise, kicking on and it running fine, then back to attempting to kick on and chirping).When asking about this on Corsair's forums, they recommended an RMA for the same unit. Based on the many youtube videos documenting this noise and the numerous posts around this, I simply returned my unit to Best Buy for a full refund.In looking into the Corsair models more, the CX is a lower model PSU. Anything above the CX model has the "smart" fan, which I did not want. This led me to this model. - Great power supply - Features a constantly running fan (at variable speeds depending on load/temp) - Modular cabling, which allows for clean cable runs and reduces unneeded wires - Low noise even with fan constantly running, even at higher loads/tempsWhile they tout the "smart" fan as a feature, for a gaming rig, I look at it as a drawback. The more airflow, the better.I have been impressed with CX series and have not had any issues with the PSU. It is structually sound and appears solidly built. Highly recommend this unit to anyone looking for more power in their PC.My rig:Dell XPS 8100Intel i716 GB RAM250 GB Samsung SSD3 TB Seagate HD2 DVD/CD-ROMsnVidia GTX 660 Ti (requires dual PCIe power adapters)Dell 23" LED Monitor (DVI)Sony Bravia 32" LCD TV (HDMI)

I owned this PSU ever since the beginning of the pandemic and it still works and satisfies my needs

Dell Inspiron 3670 i7 8th Generation are sprightly mid-range business machines that offer very good bang for buck as far as performance but, and it is a big BUT, Dell really, really don't want you to extend their use outside of business.My need was for a machine that would happily work Davinci Resolve video editing. I used a Geforce 6GB GPU for the video crunching, but to do so I had to add an external power supply and ditch the on-board PSU for the Dell. There are NO spare power taps on the 3670 - no supplementary power for cards or additional drives. The ATX mobo connection is also special which means you can't use the 24-pin ATX connector that comes with the Corsair.You must separately get a 24-pin to 8-Pin adapter to power the mobo, and then take the 6-pin CPU connector from the Corsair to the CPU socket on the mobo. This worked for me: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A210HKO and there are others availableThen you have power to the GPU, and power for a second drive (so I could switch to an SSD plus the original HDD as a data store) plus power to a USB3 card for my external data stores..The new PSU sits on top of the case, and snakes in through the remaining slot access - not to everyone's taste - but it all works very happily and is almost silent. I retained the original PSU and connectors so I can reverse this out for a vanilla machine at a later date. It voids the warranty from Dell, of course, but if you cared about that then you wouldn't be here. Good luck.

Bought this power supply to replace the one currently in my computer. I needed a bit more power to keep my computer from occasionally drawing a bit too much power and the video card crashing when that occurred. I don't know if this fixed the problem yet but I am hopeful. When I put this into my computer and first turned it on, I was quite surprised at how quiet this is. I did not realize before that virtually all of the noise coming from my computer (which was not a lot) was from my old power supply and the fan on it. This one seems great, the modular cabling is interesting, and in some ways a great idea, but when you have to plug a whole cable in just to use one of the plugs it is kind of a waste. The only other thing I would say is the way the cables are setup they do not go in and out of the back of the plugs, instead they go through it top to bottom, so if you have multiple plugs that need to go almost directly on top of eachother (think 2 SSD's right on top of eachother) then these cables are not exactly the easiest to use, still possible but not as easy. All in all, I would say 5 stars and the price is great too!