Recent content by jonnyGURU

I am very much alive.

Well, the sales on the Corsair website has been HUGE lately due to the shortages at Newegg and Amazon. They simply don't have the manpower to process and ship so many orders. I've been told the quantities ordered exceed typical Black Friday - Christmas sales.

Yeah. Been gone pretty much since Kyle changed my title to "Technical Marketing Manager at Corsair Memory" so even stuff I posted BEFORE I worked for Corsair said "Technical Marketing Manager at Corsair Memory". Make me look like a shill no matter who I worked for at the time.

Because it might not be the PSU. If a PSU is overloaded, detects a short, has a voltage drop, etc. it shuts off. It doesn't "make your game go to a black screen". That's why I asked for more information.

Define: Crash You said you get a black screen, but can you still exit to the desktop? Or does the whole PC need a reboot? Which HX? What label color? Is it the newer Platinum HX with the gray label or one of the older ones (Blue and white accents or the really old one with the sails logo...

np... Also, keep in mind that the quote in the OP is completely out of context. I was responding to someone that was making the claim that Seasonic was "the best" and with no data available stated that CWT, Flex, GW, etc. RMA's were much higher. And coil whine RMAs make things worse...

HX650 has never been made by CWT. It's always been Seasonic. Latest "Gold" version: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Corsair-HX650-Gold-Power-Supply-Review/1705/1 An even sprinkling of all of the above. Coil whine and DOA or death within the first year. But to your point, the...

Nope. That's Newegg's wacky pricing formula. The M is supposed to be more than the non-modular, but because of Newegg's algorithm of sell through versus MSRP, they priced the non-modular at a higher price than the modular. Internally, they're both the same. And FYI: I have not been a...

Your statement makes it sound like Corsair just slapped a label on an existing CWT product. That's probably got about a half dozen Corsair engineers red in the face right about now as it's farthest from the truth. In actuality, Corsair engineers, in conjunction with CWT engineers, really did...

Fortunately, there are actually very few instances of dead LEDs with the Corsair keyboards. The problem is, Cherry can't make the switches fast enough for Corsair and they're perpetually out of stock. This makes it a horrible end user experience for those who do end up with dead LEDs and need...

The barrel connector is the same used on HP laptops. Just like the days before PSU reviews, there are many adapters that cannot deliver all of their power continuously. Stick with a brand name like Acbel, FSP or Huntkey and you'll do fine. Get a no name and expect the worse. ;-) This one is...

Yep. All magnetics have harmonics... it's just a matter of whether or not those harmonics are audible to the human ear and/or there's enough varnish, caulk, etc. to mask the sound. That's your motherboard, not the PSU. Software readings in programs like HWMonitor all come from the monitoring...

Wow. I don't get it. I generally like Enhance. Seriously. I'm a fan. They make some great stuff for SilverStone. And remember the BFG LX/MX (tooting my own horn here)? Group regulated? Sloppy soldering? And what's with swapping out the FDB fan for a sleeve bearing? It's almost like...

No no no.... It's just stupid software. Asus boards always tell people their PSU has "surged". Disable that in the BIOS or ignore it.

What UL, CB, CE, TÜV, Ecova, etc. when they certify a PSU is the label. Not the box. Not a manual Not marketing, but the label on the unit itself. The label is what they go by. The label is what a reviewer should go by.