Active Blogs | Popular Blogs | Recent Blogs Have you always wanted to know what your 'alim but were afraid to ask. Well you meet with his Corsair Link system, available on some of its power. Let's see what it's worth with this AX760i on the test bench. And out of this gadget is that a good block?
The American firm Corsair offers for two months its new power of 760 Watts 80Plus Platinum certified (see the report) in the AX range with particularity,Dell XPS M1530 electronic management controllable by the user. This is indeed what will stand out from the other power blocks competition. But before discussing this subject, presented in outline this alim Corsair AX760i.
To provide this power, the block is a little larger than standard ATX lower power blocks with 15 cm and 16 cm to 8.6 cm. Fully modular, this model offers a variety of removable plugs on one side as the ATX connector for the Latitude E5500 motherboard, both ATX EPS taken for the CPU 8-pin (one being divided into two), six taken for a PCI-Express configuration with three graphics cards such as 6 +2 pin and eight Molex taken and twelve SATA connectors, plus two floppy connectors that will connect everyone on a Molex connector.
Inside, there is a proposed Flextronics circuit composed of a DSP to ensure the delivery of different voltages 3.3, 5 and 12 volts as it should. But that's not all because we are talking here of an extended version that can be controlled from Windows. Corsair effectively provides a block of a special connector included in the box that you will plug into a free USB port on the XPS M2010 internal motherboard.
A simple interface
At first glance, we feel that the attention was not focused on the design of the aptly named Corsair Link application. However, everything is there, whether the monitoring data block as its temperature or the real-time consumption on the EDF input jack and output to the components. In addition, there are other sensors on the
Vostro 1400 battery motherboard or CPU supported by the application to also see all the action on its configuration. Note that we met values display a small problem when the CPU is at 100% charge. The real-time graph is indeed no longer updated in a big load in OCCT. However, it is possible to create an automatic log file on the hard drive that you can see from his or other benchmarks. I bet still a future update will fix this app.
Corsair also has the power of another function, and not least, the cutting of the 12V rail. Initially, the supply behaves as if it has a single 12V rail to provide Latitude d630 power to all the components of the configuration. But taking care to note the numbers plugged into the graphics card cables, it is possible to activate the multi-track mode. Corsair did not want to explain in detail how it works. But our test results, the consumption measures and change relatively little modification can be carried out hot without affecting the operation of the computer.
To cool all these people, Corsair did not really wrong here. Indeed, with 80Plus Platinum certification in hand, the VGP-BPS14 power supply is not going to remove that 76W maximum. Thus, the 12 cm fan positioned above can be off up to 20% load. Above, it will start to reach full speed after 80% load. As stated on the box Corsair, ventilation is silent whatever the situation.
For 20 € more ...
This version does deserve the most requested € 20 on average compared to not having the suffix "i" (not multi-track without settings via Link)? Hard to tell, and each attempt to evaluate the Dell Studio 1558 usefulness of this additional investment depending on their needs and expectations. Needless to say, for the average user, it will have no interest, while for serious overclockers, and enthusiasts of hardware, the extra ticket can be justified.
However, we note the absence of some small unnecessary features, but essential for the self-respecting geek, as inlay on-screen printing of a value or more, or the Latitude e6400 battery ability to display a value in the state to reduce the window of Corsair Link bar ... This would avoid having to constantly keep the window open wide to check the values software. If you are a little disappointed by the application, it is still usable. And finally, in this power range, this 80Plus certification and at this rate, it is estimated that the additional cost required for the USB dongle and the application and the ability to switch between mono-rail system is the multi more than reasonable.
Tags: Latitude E6510 , HP 484170-001 , Pavilion DV5
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