A Detailed Look
The Cyonic AU-450x power supply enclosure is painted matte black with purple lettering and measures only 140mm (5.5”) deep. The back panel includes an On-Off switch and AC receptacle along with an open honey comb grill for good airflow.
The power supply uses a 120mm cooling fan made by Hong Hua (HA1225M12F-Z) that is rated for 0.45A at 12V. The fan incorporates a Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) for quiet operation and long life. The Intelligent Fan Control System keeps the fan speed relatively low throughout much of the operating curve, resulting in very quiet operation at low to mid power levels.
The front panel incorporates eight modular connectors for the power cables, all nicely labeled.
(Courtesy of Cyonic)
The AU-450x comes with a standard assortment of modular cables and connectors. All of the cables are the black, flat ribbon-style except for the 24-pin ATX cable, which is sleeved.
Its always nice to see
Its always nice to see Seasonic being rebranded over some junk brand.
The problem is, like the article says, you can buy a Seasonic branded PSU or even an Antec thats also a rebranded Seasonic(some of them have lit fans to differentiate them from Seasonics standard models) for about the same price.
If they want to charge a lot, they should have Seasonic build their with differentiating features. Custom paints, cable sleeves, monitoring sensors or software like Corsairs Flextronics rebrands, or something to entice people to buy it.
Someone informed enough to know its good BECAUSE its a rebranded Seasonic probably wont buy it over a standard Seasonic without some incentive like that.
I use Antecs Seasonics since they go on sale a lot. Thatd be a good reason for this PSU too.
Cyo-who?
“The more the
Cyo-who?
“The more the merrier”, I guess. I just hope that more competition brings prices further down across the globe.
Since it is a rebranded
Since it is a rebranded Seasonic PSU and is 20mm shorter (quite cool actually) I would probably buy one, but it NEEDS to come in cheaper than a ‘known’ brand to sell any units.
As long as more competitors
As long as more competitors on the market outright FORCE Corsair to cut down prices for their GODLIKE RM, HX, and AX PSUs, I’ll be absolutely fine with this.
I hope you realize that a lot
I hope you realize that a lot of the decent Corsairs are just REBRANDED SEASONICS too. The AXi is rebranded Flextronics.
Most Corsairs are rebranded CWT junk and they DONT MANUFACTURE ANY PSUs. They just rebrand.
I know a lot of people trust Corsair since some of their older PSUs were rebrands of good stuff but i usually tell people to stay away from them. Its like G.Skill with memory. No reason to use them and theyre kind of a ripoff since theyre just rebrands of other companies stuff lol.
It’s not “rebranding”, it’s
It’s not “rebranding”, it’s just OEM’ing. These are not same thing. “Rebranding” is when a company either makes a “new” line of products which is essentially re-badged older line (in other words – AMD), OR gets a batch of reference units from some party by default (in example – reference video cards) so that it can sell it under it’s name. Corsair’s relationship with SeaSonic is nothing like that, because Corsair DIRECTLY OEMs from SeaSonic under the long-=term contract. It’s a very well known fact that Corsair OEMs from SeaSonic, and been doing so for many years, this really can’t be called “rebranding” simply because SeaSonic makes units DIRECTLY for Corsair, under Corsair’s supervision and with Corsair’s specific vision on PSUs. This could’ve been called “rebranding” only in the case if SeaSonic was making ABSOLUTELY THE SAME PSUs for EVERYONE out there to whom it OEMs, but they’r NOT doing it in regards to Corsair because they’re working DIRECTLY for Corsair under the long-term contract, so this is not “rebranding” in all actuality. Also, no, Corsair doesn’t OEM 100% of all of their PSU units. Only AX, HX, RM, CS and CX lines. If my memory is correct, TX/VS/VX were in-house products.
Corsair VS is made by Channel
Corsair VS is made by Channel Well Technology.
TX and VX were discontinued, so I have no info on those.
But I am fairly certain that Corsair has never made their own power supplies. Even the Corsair CX that is currently made by Channel Well Technology started out in 2009 as a Seasonic made unit.
Corsair
AX / AXi series 760w – 1200w Seasonic (AX) / Flextronics (AXi)
AX1500i Flextronics
HXi Channel Well Technology
RMi 750w Channel Well Technology
RM 850w Channel Well Technology
CS Great Wall
RM Channel Well Technology (450w – 650w, 1000w) / Chicony (750w)
VS Channel Well Technology
Corsair CX / CXM Channel Well Technology
Corsair SF600 (unknown manufacturer)
So based on that info, only the AX series is now made by Seasonic.
I just bought these PSU and my fan is constantly working in around 1000 RPM. I bought because of silence and quality, but l am not sure now, it seems to be something is not OK, can you please help. I thought fan just start in 50%+ usage and can be regulated by own sensors with silence in mind, but that is not the case here, how come is that? My complete PC at full load need 250-300W ( not gaming, its business build, graphic card is R5 230 2gb with passive cooling), daily use is probably 150max, and l bought this AU450 version? What could be the case here? Thank you very much