Corsair AX1600i PSU is it worth to buy it/? for futureproof?

[dannyz]

i am interesting to buy the Corsair AX1600i PSU is it worth to buy it/? for futureproof?

AX1600i Digital ATX Power Supply — 1600 Watt Fully-Modular PSU (EU)
The CORSAIR AX1600i is the ultimate digital ATX power supply, built using only the best components and state-of-the-art gallium nitride transistors to deliver more than 94% efficiency. www.corsair.comi will built new pc such us new cpu, include oc and custom watercooling in all the pc , gpu 4080x or 4090 lovelace , new motherboard next year with ddr5

for this i am asking is it it worth to buy it/? for futureproof?also the Corsair AX1600i PSU is very good psu;

what is your opinion for the Corsair AX1600i PSU??

will the Corsair AX1600i PSU handle the new upcoming stuff next year??

the only thing that i am afraid is that Intel is trying to push that new 12v atx thing.what it will happen to all psus in that moment??

if this happen the Corsair AX1600i PSU will not be futureproof?



the only thing that i am afraid is that Intel is trying to push that new 12v atx thing.what it will happen to all psus in that moment??

if this happen the Corsair AX1600i PSU will not be futureproof?



if i will buy the AX1600i. will be fail when the ATX12VO will come out??

and all these people who bought new psus all these months?? what they will do?? they will have to buy again new psus with ATX12VO??

 

[phill]

I'll just ask one question at this point, as there seems to be a little copy and paste going on, but what system will you be using, that would require a 1600w PSU?

 

[simlife]

no x 1000 the gtx 3090 only suggest a 750 psu the 3070 550 and newer cards moving to a lower die size are more power effiecnt ie uses less power so a 1200 psu is probably even crazy overkill unless your making a server or something crazy beyond normal pc enthusiast

 

[wolf]

I run a 5900X and RTX3080 from a SFX 600w gold rated PSU, and I've never pulled more than 500w from the power socket, so an absolute monster high-end system with even more hungry components, lots of fans, drives etc, you'd likely be fine on a 750w, but it would be acceptable to go 850-1000w if you like, 1600w is way overkill.

What sort of specced system do you intend to power?

 

[The red spirit]

I would say that it's not worth it. It's simply so expensive that it will never pay off. And who knows, maybe after decade we will have another ATX standard or maybe connectors will change.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Future proof idea with anything DIY computers is dumb. It doesn't exist. Get what you want and/or need now and don't think to much about longevity, future proof-ness, etc.

 

[eidairaman1]

1600 watts is overkill.

There is nothing wrong with future proofing on a PSU however I know my 1250 Gold is 7 years old and has been hardly used. I anticipated running a crossfire setup but AMD and Nvidia put it on game studios to implement a generic MGPU scam. So I know It will last for several more builds, (AM5/Whatever TR is at that point)

Besides no one has been able to review it or verify if it is a reputable design by an OEM...

 

[bobbybluz]

I just ordered a 1300 watt Seasonic Prime Gold from Newegg for $249. 12 year warranty. I actually need that much power (and Seasonic's guide confirmed it) to run all the server grade hardware including Delta fans, 6 spinning rust hard drives and other things in that rig. I have no idea what you're planning to use a 1600 watt PSU in but I'd like to know.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

I just ordered a 1300 watt Seasonic Prime Gold from Newegg for $249. 12 year warranty. I actually need that much power (and Seasonic's guide confirmed it) to run all the server grade hardware including Delta fans, 6 spinning rust hard drives and other things in that rig. I have no idea what you're planning to use a 1600 watt PSU in but I'd like to know.

What exactly does that mean?

I used to work in Microsoft data centers and majority of systems ran 750w power supplies. Running 2 procs minimum, sometimes 4, and 12+ SAS drives, up too 1TB worth of RAM.

What server grade hardware you running that is using up to 1300w?

 

[dannyz]

I just ordered a 1300 watt Seasonic Prime Gold from Newegg for $249. 12 year warranty. I actually need that much power (and Seasonic's guide confirmed it) to run all the server grade hardware including Delta fans, 6 spinning rust hard drives and other things in that rig. I have no idea what you're planning to use a 1600 watt PSU in but I'd like to know.

if i will buy the AX1600i. will be fail when the ATX12VO will come out??

and all these people who bought new psus all these months?? what they will do?? they will have to buy again new psus with ATX12VO??

this adapter https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categ...r-Supplies/ATX12VO-Adapter-Cable/p/CP-8920272 is for ax1600i??#

are there online shops which i can buy this ATX12VO-Adapter?

 

[Selaya]

No. ATX12VO simply means that the board will be responsible for generating the 5V and 3.3V rails instead of your PSU. They're undersized as-is.

In any case, if you do not have a workstation nor ever plan on having one, a 1,600W PSU is a fucking waste. SLI is dead and not coming back, and GPUs have already hit the TDP wall. A known good 750W like a Prime is all you'll ever need, now and for the (foreseeable) future.

 

[dannyz]

No. ATX12VO simply means that the board will be responsible for generating the 5V and 3.3V rails instead of your PSU. They're undersized as-is.

In any case, if you do not have a workstation nor ever plan on having one, a 1,600W PSU is a fucking waste. SLI is dead and not coming back, and GPUs have already hit the TDP wall. A known good 750W like a Prime is all you'll ever need, now and for the (foreseeable) future.

this adapter https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categ...r-Supplies/ATX12VO-Adapter-Cable/p/CP-8920272 is for ax1600i??#

are there online shops which i can buy this ATX12VO-Adapter?

 

[FireFox]

this adapter https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categ...r-Supplies/ATX12VO-Adapter-Cable/p/CP-8920272 is for ax1600i??#

are there online shops which i can buy this ATX12VO-Adapter?

Why are you insisting to buy that PSU after all those good advices you got, or are you just ignoring them?

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Sure,
Only future proof is having less money than before you bought the 1600w psu

 

[Bill_Bright]

Future proof idea with anything DIY computers is dumb. It doesn't exist.

I agree - with the exception being if you are buying today with the full knowledge (and a concrete plan) that you absolutely will be upgrading to something specific in the very near future that will require that product.

That said, very few systems need a 800W PSU, let alone one twice that size.

 

[Ahhzz]

I think the common consensus here, @dannyz , is that you really don't have a need for that much power supply, and there's nothing that any of us are aware of that would make you need a 1600W before the power supply actually fails from age. I would recommend the same as most here: save some money, come down about 50% to a 750-800w P/S, and you'll be fine. Good luck!

 

[dannyz]

I think the common consensus here, @dannyz , is that you really don't have a need for that much power supply, and there's nothing that any of us are aware of that would make you need a 1600W before the power supply actually fails from age. I would recommend the same as most here: save some money, come down about 50% to a 750-800w P/S, and you'll be fine. Good luck!

this adapter https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categ...r-Supplies/ATX12VO-Adapter-Cable/p/CP-8920272 is for ax1600i??#

are there online shops which i can buy this ATX12VO-Adapter?

 

[mstenholm]

Do you have or have plans of buying a 12 V only mother board? if not then forget about the adaptor. Do you have plans of runing 3 3090 GPUs? No, then buy a 750-850 W PSU and you are covered.

 

[GhostRyder]

Not for any normal build. They really were meant for configurations involving multiple GPU's (Or similar) not for a single GPU build. If you really want to go big, I would say maybe a 1000 watt unit but even that is overkill.

 

[Space Lynx]

Entropy exists, so futureproof does not exist.

Go mid-tier and upgrade every 5-10 years. It's that simple.

 

[delshay]

1600 watts is overkill.

There is nothing wrong with future proofing on a PSU however I know my 1250 Gold is 7 years old and has been hardly used. I anticipated running a crossfire setup but AMD and Nvidia put it on game studios to implement a generic MGPU scam. So I know It will last for several more builds, (AM5/Whatever TR is at that point)

Besides no one has been able to review it or verify if it is a reputable design by an OEM...

Yeah, I use a 1200 watt for my old classic computer, but I just love I can throw anything on it knowing it will work. It should last longer too as it has little work to do. My PSU must be at lease 9 years old with no sign it's going to break down anytime soon.

 

[dannyz]

one system like.. 5950 x, , one custom watercooling ,, 2 rtx 3090 gpus and oc the cpu example what kind of psu is needed? more than 1200 watts??

 

[phill]

Well I'll just put my experience in here...

More or less what you are saying about building, I run from a 1200w unit. 1300w would give you a bit more headroom if you want overclocking but trust me with 3090's when I say, undervolt/core clock locking, you do not want these things running at 100%+ power for the simple reason... They are just too heavy on the juice for no extra reason. I run mine at 80% power limit, so that's about 300w for the MSI card I'm currently using.

My rig with folding running and WCG crunching on the CPU too, I've seen pull about 500w. That's with custom water install, no spinning drives in this one yet, but 4 SSDs, optical drive.

What makes you want to run two 3090's? What is the machine/PC going to be used for?

 

[dannyz]

Well I'll just put my experience in here...

More or less what you are saying about building, I run from a 1200w unit. 1300w would give you a bit more headroom if you want overclocking but trust me with 3090's when I say, undervolt/core clock locking, you do not want these things running at 100%+ power for the simple reason... They are just too heavy on the juice for no extra reason. I run mine at 80% power limit, so that's about 300w for the MSI card I'm currently using.

My rig with folding running and WCG crunching on the CPU too, I've seen pull about 500w. That's with custom water install, no spinning drives in this one yet, but 4 SSDs, optical drive.

What makes you want to run two 3090's? What is the machine/PC going to be used for?

i said one example .. for one system with 5950 x, , one custom watercooling ,, 2 rtx 3090 gpus and oc the cpu

so for one sustem like this one psu with 1600 watt is plenty?

i will build one new system next year.. and i dont attend to use 2 3090 gpus./.

i will use only one 3090/.

lets say that you do oc ,,undervolt/core clock locking the cpu and the gpu ,, 1600 watts are plenty for oc ,,undervolt/core clock locking the cpu and the gpu??

lets says that you have one system such as

5950 x

gpu 3090

custom watercooling in cpu and gpu

oc ,,undervolt/core clock locking the cpu and the gpu

3 ssds

4 internal hardisks/../

soundcard..

what psu you need for that kind of system??

 

[phill]

As above 1200W or less is more than enough, 1000w I would say would have enough spare for a single 3090. I mean again, what are you wishing for it to do that you need a 3090?

What will the rig be doing or being used for?