andyvr4 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Hi, I'm between buying a HX850 or a revolution85+ 850 power supply as both have wonderful reviews and appear that they would both do everything that I need them to. One thing that I like about the revolution85+ is the fact that it has a fan speed sensing wire so that I can confirm that the fan is indeed spinning and that the power supply isn't going to overheat without having to pull the side off the case. I was wondering what type of alert the corsair unit will give me if if the fan stops spinning? I was also curious how loud the 850HX is. I'm going for a nearly silent computer and was wondering if this PSU is going to be noticeable with sides on the case. Thanks, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 30, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 30, 2009 We use only high quality parts in our PSU; in fact, this PSU is tested at a 50 degree Celsius (approx. 122F) to guarantee continuous 850 watt output. I doubt the PSU would ever get up to 50C even without the fan spinning. To answer your question, no our PSU does not have a fan speed sensing wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyvr4 Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share Posted July 31, 2009 Thanks for the quick response. Can anybody else (preferably that's owned both the revolution85+ and the 850HX) chime in about the difference in the noise between the 2 units. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FEAR6655 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 From what I can tell both PSU's are relatively equal in all aspects, both of them should be pretty much silent. I'd say the decision is down to cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montysaurus Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 You might also want to factor in the length of warranty 3 years for the IMHO expensive 85+850 in contrast to the class leading HX 850 7 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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