Corsair AX1200 or Antec HCP-1200

kommanderkodiak · 05-04-11, 08:07 AM

As the title states, Corsair AX1200 or Antec HCP-1200

Nidor · 05-04-11, 09:47 AM

I´ve heard that Corsair makes some of the best PSU´s there is and I´m very happy with my AX1200. Never looked alot into the Antec ones though.

petteyg359 · 05-04-11, 11:16 AM

Corsair, because the warranty is 2 years longer.

EarthDog · 05-04-11, 11:16 AM

Corsair.

But I wonder why you are rocking a 1.2k PSU when your sytem wont break 500W overclocked.

kommanderkodiak · 05-05-11, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by EarthDog

Corsair.

But I wonder why you are rocking a 1.2k PSU when your sytem wont break 500W overclocked.

I plan on getting a second 580 and more fans and case lights harddrives and then overclocking

Mjolnir · 05-05-11, 05:29 AM

Even then you should be able to use a 750/850 quality PSU. (Thinking Corsair AX850/750 or HX750/850 here). 1200 is way overkill, even with overclocking. I personally, would go the AX850.

EarthDog · 05-05-11, 05:37 AM

Agreed. Corsair 850HX/AX850 or Seasonic X850 would be my choice. Fans and HDD's are really negligable outside of spinup.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforc...-sli-review/14

Maybe go 950W-1KW. But you dont need 1.2KW.

kommanderkodiak · 05-05-11, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by EarthDog

Agreed. Corsair 850HX/AX850 or Seasonic X850 would be my choice. Fans and HDD's are really negligable outside of spinup.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforc...-sli-review/14

Maybe go 950W-1KW. But you dont need 1.2KW.

lets keep to the point of this topic please.

AX1200 or HCP-1200

so far in favor of Corsair

besdies warranty period why the corsair over the HCP-1200?

EarthDog · 05-05-11, 06:53 AM

We are on topic. We are trying to help you save some coin in the same breath. Already gave you my choice above.

You want reasons, go read the reviews at jonnyguru on those PSU's. Both would be fine, but teh AX1200 from Corsair is slightly better.

AX1200 - http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...tory5&reid=189

antec 1200 - http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...tory4&reid=198

kommanderkodiak · 05-05-11, 08:27 AM

and harocp has the antec as being superior lol

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/...upply_review/9

the other bad thing ive read about the corsair (and it was echoed in the reviews on newegg) was it making a screeching noise or a whining noise i did some digging and apparently it has something to do with the following features enabled C1E, speedstep or Turbo Boost/Core.

so im really having a hard time deciding

EarthDog · 05-05-11, 08:33 AM

No clue my man. I dont own either of them. IMHO, you cant go wrong with either of them really as they are both great PSU's. Im a sucker for a Corsair though.

I cant go to the [h] link from work (websense blocks it as 'game'? wth?)...

kommanderkodiak · 05-05-11, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by EarthDog

No clue my man. I dont own either of them. IMHO, you cant go wrong with either of them really as they are both great PSU's. Im a sucker for a Corsair though.

I cant go to the [h] link from work (websense blocks it as 'game'? wth?)...

weird, its a review site want me to post some excerpts?

EarthDog · 05-05-11, 09:19 AM

Naaa, Im good. The differences between these two models you are set on seem negligable so.... Just grab one and dont make it any more difficult on yourself.

kommanderkodiak · 05-05-11, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by EarthDog

Naaa, Im good. The differences between these two models you are set on seem negligable so.... Just grab one and dont make it any more difficult on yourself.

ther numb3rs the numb3rs LOL

the noise issue i think is my tipping point the partial modularity its neglible as its all the connectors ill need any how. im just a tad sad i dont get an antec bag for my cords lol

EarthDog · 05-05-11, 09:23 AM

LOL... Corsair has a sack too I believe!

kommanderkodiak · 05-05-11, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by EarthDog

LOL... Corsair has a sack too I believe!

lol thats what i was referrencing

im gonna wait a little bit and see if any1 else wants to chime in before i hit that buy button

kommanderkodiak · 05-05-11, 04:00 PM

about to hit the buy button, speak now or forever hold your peace :P

Rich'[ard] · 05-14-11, 09:35 AM

am i too late?
i see the Antec in your sig already...so maybe i am.
i was just gonna say...the Corsair looks much tidier with cables which are sleeved all the way to the connectors

but if you're choosing purely on performance, it doesn't matter one bit lol

enjoy the new Antec!

kommanderkodiak · 05-15-11, 02:54 AM

Lol yeah I bought it and turns out it comes with 2 sacks one for the psu and one for the cabling. The pc doesn't shutdown now when the gpu hits 80c I didn't have to use any of the modular cables. The only con was the CPU pwr cable was short so I couldn't run it round the back then through the hole above the mobo. So instead I zip tied it to the strut of my rear fan.

Also the idiot friend of mine who assured me he was qualified to build my conputer because he was a+ certified left out motherboard screws, used 2 adapters to power my gtx 580 3 molex-5pin(missing wire and contact) 2 six pin-7pin(again missing wire and contact) I told him I wanted my ram in triple channel configuration he put the ram in slots 1 2 and then 5 he didn't do a very good cable management for a person I've known for the last 4 years working at a computer repair shop. Pics to follow

kommanderkodiak · 05-15-11, 03:31 PM

forgot to mention he also left on several twist ties! In this photo i put on this pic its to the right of the ziptie i attached before removing the twist tie. the other 2 pics i have are how it looed when he had done it and you can see on a different cable the second twist tie he left on.

05-04-11, 08:07 AM	Thread Starter #1
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05-05-11, 05:29 AM	#6
Mjolnir Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia	Even then you should be able to use a 750/850 quality PSU. (Thinking Corsair AX850/750 or HX750/850 here). 1200 is way overkill, even with overclocking. I personally, would go the AX850. __________________ \m/ OverClockers mATX L33T Club \m/ Motherboard - Asus Maximus Gene V Z77 CPU - i5 2500K @ 4.5ghz 1.3v /w Corsair H60 SE + GT AP-13 /w Scythe Kaze Master Fan Controller (GT AP-13/AP 181) RAM - 8GB G Skill Ripjaws 1600mhz. GPU - Asus GTX 670 DCUII Storage - Samsung 840 Pro 256GB + 2TB Seagate Cuda. Case - Silverstone TJ08-E PSU - Corsair HX650 OS - Windows 7 Ult 64 Peripherals - Leopold FC700R Graphite Brown MX + G500 Mouse Screen(s) - Dell U2711 Audio - Audioengine 5+ + Audioengine D1 + Wharfdale SW150 /w Shure SRH 840 Headphones
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05-05-11, 05:37 AM	#7
EarthDog Senior PITA Member Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stuck in Maryland...	Agreed. Corsair 850HX/AX850 or Seasonic X850 would be my choice. Fans and HDD's are really negligable outside of spinup. http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforc...-sli-review/14 Maybe go 950W-1KW. But you dont need 1.2KW. __________________ Should I R0 my SSD? / Sandy/Ivybridge Overclocking Guide / Haswell Overclocking Guide / AMD Overclocking Guide / Power Supply Guide SSD Reliability/Write Endurance / JOIN THE BENCHING TEAM! / Bulldozer Overclocking Guide Want to see your writing featured on the overclockers.com Front Page? PM me, I can help! "We have more information and more ways of accessing it than ever, yet seem increasingly less inclined to do so."- Michael Wilbon
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05-05-11, 06:53 AM	#9
EarthDog Senior PITA Member Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stuck in Maryland...	We are on topic. We are trying to help you save some coin in the same breath. Already gave you my choice above. You want reasons, go read the reviews at jonnyguru on those PSU's. Both would be fine, but teh AX1200 from Corsair is slightly better. AX1200 - http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...tory5&reid=189 antec 1200 - http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...tory4&reid=198 __________________ Should I R0 my SSD? / Sandy/Ivybridge Overclocking Guide / Haswell Overclocking Guide / AMD Overclocking Guide / Power Supply Guide SSD Reliability/Write Endurance / JOIN THE BENCHING TEAM! / Bulldozer Overclocking Guide Want to see your writing featured on the overclockers.com Front Page? PM me, I can help! "We have more information and more ways of accessing it than ever, yet seem increasingly less inclined to do so."- Michael Wilbon
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05-05-11, 08:27 AM	Thread Starter #10
kommanderkodiak Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: crapifornia	and harocp has the antec as being superior lol http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/...upply_review/9 the other bad thing ive read about the corsair (and it was echoed in the reviews on newegg) was it making a screeching noise or a whining noise i did some digging and apparently it has something to do with the following features enabled C1E, speedstep or Turbo Boost/Core. so im really having a hard time deciding __________________ i7-3930K C2 16GB @ 2133Mhz 9-11-11-28 1T Corsair H100 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme XIgmatek Elysium Antec HCP-1200 PSU OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SSD Samsung 840 Pro 512gb SSD Crucial SSD C300 2.5" S3 64GB (games drive) Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM 64mb Cache + 1tb caviar black + 2 TB green drive LG supermulti bluray reader/dvdrw w/lightscribe ASUS GTX Titan OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
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05-05-11, 08:33 AM	#11
EarthDog Senior PITA Member Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stuck in Maryland...	No clue my man. I dont own either of them. IMHO, you cant go wrong with either of them really as they are both great PSU's. Im a sucker for a Corsair though. I cant go to the [h] link from work (websense blocks it as 'game'? wth?)... __________________ Should I R0 my SSD? / Sandy/Ivybridge Overclocking Guide / Haswell Overclocking Guide / AMD Overclocking Guide / Power Supply Guide SSD Reliability/Write Endurance / JOIN THE BENCHING TEAM! / Bulldozer Overclocking Guide Want to see your writing featured on the overclockers.com Front Page? PM me, I can help! "We have more information and more ways of accessing it than ever, yet seem increasingly less inclined to do so."- Michael Wilbon
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05-05-11, 09:19 AM	#13
EarthDog Senior PITA Member Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stuck in Maryland...	Naaa, Im good. The differences between these two models you are set on seem negligable so.... Just grab one and dont make it any more difficult on yourself. __________________ Should I R0 my SSD? / Sandy/Ivybridge Overclocking Guide / Haswell Overclocking Guide / AMD Overclocking Guide / Power Supply Guide SSD Reliability/Write Endurance / JOIN THE BENCHING TEAM! / Bulldozer Overclocking Guide Want to see your writing featured on the overclockers.com Front Page? PM me, I can help! "We have more information and more ways of accessing it than ever, yet seem increasingly less inclined to do so."- Michael Wilbon
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05-05-11, 09:23 AM	#15
EarthDog Senior PITA Member Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stuck in Maryland...	LOL... Corsair has a sack too I believe! __________________ Should I R0 my SSD? / Sandy/Ivybridge Overclocking Guide / Haswell Overclocking Guide / AMD Overclocking Guide / Power Supply Guide SSD Reliability/Write Endurance / JOIN THE BENCHING TEAM! / Bulldozer Overclocking Guide Want to see your writing featured on the overclockers.com Front Page? PM me, I can help! "We have more information and more ways of accessing it than ever, yet seem increasingly less inclined to do so."- Michael Wilbon
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05-05-11, 04:00 PM	Thread Starter #17
kommanderkodiak Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: crapifornia	about to hit the buy button, speak now or forever hold your peace :P __________________ i7-3930K C2 16GB @ 2133Mhz 9-11-11-28 1T Corsair H100 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme XIgmatek Elysium Antec HCP-1200 PSU OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SSD Samsung 840 Pro 512gb SSD Crucial SSD C300 2.5" S3 64GB (games drive) Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM 64mb Cache + 1tb caviar black + 2 TB green drive LG supermulti bluray reader/dvdrw w/lightscribe ASUS GTX Titan OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
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05-14-11, 09:35 AM	#18
Rich'[ard] Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Melb, AUS	am i too late? i see the Antec in your sig already...so maybe i am. i was just gonna say...the Corsair looks much tidier with cables which are sleeved all the way to the connectors but if you're choosing purely on performance, it doesn't matter one bit lol enjoy the new Antec! __________________ яι¢н. Processor 3570K @ 4.5GHz 1.2v Heatsink Noctua NH-D14 Motherboard Gigabyte G1 Sniper-M3 Memory 8GB Vengeance C9 Storage Samsung 830 120GB + Seagate Barracuda 2TB Graphics Powercolor 7950 PCS+ Power Corsair HX650 Case Corsair 300R Windows w7 64bit Goodies Logitech z5400 5.1............G15\|G3 HP Folio 13 Ultrabook
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05-15-11, 02:54 AM	Thread Starter #19
kommanderkodiak Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: crapifornia	Lol yeah I bought it and turns out it comes with 2 sacks one for the psu and one for the cabling. The pc doesn't shutdown now when the gpu hits 80c I didn't have to use any of the modular cables. The only con was the CPU pwr cable was short so I couldn't run it round the back then through the hole above the mobo. So instead I zip tied it to the strut of my rear fan. Also the idiot friend of mine who assured me he was qualified to build my conputer because he was a+ certified left out motherboard screws, used 2 adapters to power my gtx 580 3 molex-5pin(missing wire and contact) 2 six pin-7pin(again missing wire and contact) I told him I wanted my ram in triple channel configuration he put the ram in slots 1 2 and then 5 he didn't do a very good cable management for a person I've known for the last 4 years working at a computer repair shop. Pics to follow __________________ i7-3930K C2 16GB @ 2133Mhz 9-11-11-28 1T Corsair H100 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme XIgmatek Elysium Antec HCP-1200 PSU OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SSD Samsung 840 Pro 512gb SSD Crucial SSD C300 2.5" S3 64GB (games drive) Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM 64mb Cache + 1tb caviar black + 2 TB green drive LG supermulti bluray reader/dvdrw w/lightscribe ASUS GTX Titan OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Last edited by kommanderkodiak; 05-15-11 at 03:33 PM.
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05-15-11, 03:31 PM	Thread Starter #20
kommanderkodiak Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: crapifornia	forgot to mention he also left on several twist ties! In this photo i put on this pic its to the right of the ziptie i attached before removing the twist tie. the other 2 pics i have are how it looed when he had done it and you can see on a different cable the second twist tie he left on. Attached Images __________________ i7-3930K C2 16GB @ 2133Mhz 9-11-11-28 1T Corsair H100 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme XIgmatek Elysium Antec HCP-1200 PSU OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SSD Samsung 840 Pro 512gb SSD Crucial SSD C300 2.5" S3 64GB (games drive) Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM 64mb Cache + 1tb caviar black + 2 TB green drive LG supermulti bluray reader/dvdrw w/lightscribe ASUS GTX Titan OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
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