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Seasonic top mount

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Does Seasonic make any top mount power supplies or are they all bottom mount?
This is in regards to the sata plug orientation.

I have a Corsair 650 pro which is only a few years old and it's aligned for top mount.
 
Not quite sure what you're asking. Don't you just flip it over so fan blows down instead of up?
 
I think he means the SATA plug line direction. Generally, they're oriented so that when you plug the first plug in the line, the second plug will be above it.

No, I don't think any good power supply does it in the opposite orientation. Either run the line to the bottom of the cage and then up if it's long enough, or use multiple cables. Or you can try to make your own custom cables.
 
Tsumi said:
No, I don't think any good power supply does it in the opposite orientation.
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My Corsair 650 Pro does and it's "good", maybe their top line AX does too?

Yes, orientation was what I was talking about and with a Seasonic you have to bring the line down to the bottom of the cage and then back up, looks dumb and the power leads are not that long, even in a mid tower.

Sure top mount cases are now rare so most current PSU's won't be aligned that way.

Modular though the manufacturer could throw in the correct orientation as as noted you almost have to make your own.
 
By good, I should have added modern to it. Due to nearly all modern cases using bottom mount, PSU manufacturers have followed suit.

The HX650 while being good isn't modern by today's standards. 5 years is fairly old in computer time.
 
True, the HX650 has been out for awhile, myself I've only had it for maybe 2 years to replace a HX520 with a blown fan.
In that sense that model line might be the last good quality designed for top mounting.
Manufacturers never specify this.

The issue, I don't need anywhere near 650 watts for a simple haswell system with onboard graphics.

Possible the lower end CXM line would suffice but reviews show the innards are medium to low grade, hence the cheap price.
 
The CXM series might be mediocre performers, but they are of good quality.
 
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