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Some of you have suggested to review a few PSUs with 350W to 450W. Therefore we picked a collection of such units from well known and unknown manufacturers and tortured them with our overload tests. Read on to find out who delivers the best performance.
~400W is still plenty even for a midrange system, and with optimal efficiency generally coming at 50% load these power supplies should run closer to their "sweet spot" when idle as well as under load. There's still enough power on top to run a Core i7 or Phenom X6 processor and a discrete GPU.
Corsair CX430 V2 430W -1
fic2 Reply RE: Corsair CX430 V2 430W by Martin Kaffei on Tuesday, July 03, 2012 Corsair is always a good choice. Enjoy! 
Martin Kaffei Reply RE: Corsair CX430 V2 430W by esteinbr on Tuesday, July 03, 2012 I agree. I purchased one of these on a similar deal at NewEgg. They ended up sending the 600w version of the PS so I got an even better deal on it but it's been a good inexpensive power supply. I do agree that it definitely isn't silent when the fan really spins up but it's not horrible either.Newegg happens to have this PS for 25$ after 20$ mail in rebate right now.
esteinbr Reply RE: Corsair CX430 V2 430W by ImSpartacus on Tuesday, July 03, 2012 You got a competent 600W PSU for 17 bucks? You lucky SoB!I hope it found a good home in a nice machine.
ImSpartacus Reply RE: Corsair CX430 V2 430W by StevoLincolnite on Wednesday, July 04, 2012 I've had a Corsair HX 620 for about 6 years now and it has NEVER skipped a beat, "only" got 1 year left on the warranty, I've recently relegated it to another machine and grabbed a Corsair HX 850.The thing with Corsair PSU's though is that you always have peace of mind as all the PSU's they offer are good.
StevoLincolnite Reply RE: Corsair CX430 V2 430W by CeriseCogburn on Sunday, July 08, 2012 None of these power supplies in the article are CHEAP - save perhaps the one Sinan that almost nobody likely recognizes.These PS are low wattage near top of the line PS.
I'm not certain how the anand reviewer got that so wrong.
Whatever - it's one word but still... it's the concept, and being correct about what is spewing forth that counts.
These are EXPENSIVE power supplies.
I can show the never joe blows here some cheap power supplies - or the article writer - since the elitist smell of self aggrandization is all about...
I can't make it on 100K a year either...
CeriseCogburn Reply RE: Corsair CX430 V2 430W by nipplefish on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 uh... pipe down over there, guy. the most expensive psu is 55 dollars. most are around 30-40. what's cheap? 10 bucks? if you need a 10 dollar psu maybe you should reconsider your choice of hobbies. 
nipplefish Reply RE: Corsair CX430 V2 430W by JonnyDough on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Totally agree. Tom's wouldn't recommend low quality (cheap!) PSU's for two very good reasons:For one, you save money by spending more, especially if you leave your PC on all the time. Better efficiency at idle means you pollute less, and spend less money on energy.
Secondly, if your PSU dies, your motherboard can go too. Who wants to waste money and have the hassle of that? Buy quality. At least if your motherboard perishes it probably isn't your fault (as long as you pay attention to ESD. Also, although you can buy better grade motherboards too by doing your research, but you will still get the one that dies the second day you use it now and then).
If you want to buy an exploding toaster to power your PC have at it. That's one less ignorant poster online.
JonnyDough Reply RE: Corsair CX430 V2 430W by GeorgeH on Tuesday, July 03, 2012 You get what you pay for. I bought two of the V2 units - both exhibited coil whine across multiple builds and one failed to run reliably (standby power issues.) One I gave away and one is sitting on my parts shelf. It's anecdotal evidence but still enough to make me avoid them.Antec's EarthWatts 380D has been my default choice for awhile now, but I'll have to give some of these a shot.
GeorgeH Reply RE: Corsair CX430 V2 430W by Avalon on Tuesday, July 03, 2012 I don't think "you get what you pay for" always applies, because I bought a Seasonic X650 gold a while back, which is a fairly expensive and highly rated unit, and I get coil whine. It happens. 
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