This is one of the quieter power supplies we have tested this year, and even at a constant 450 watts of power delivery when gaming, the fan did not make itself heard over a few system fans. If you need a constant 500 watt+ power delivery you really should be looking at a higher capacity power supply anyway. The 550W unit we are testing today ships with 6+2 pin PCIe connector to power a single graphics card. All of the lengths are perfectly suitable for a unit of this capacity. Semi-Modular Cabling: Lets you connect the cables you need for a cleaner build with easy cable management, while dual EPS12V connectors ensure wide compatibility with modern graphics cards and motherboards.

Just as the TX750M did, the Corsair TX550M fills our chart for features. This is a great list of features to find in such a low wattage power supply and we will find a few things that you wouldn't expect. Most notable are the 50C power rating and over temperature protection. These features are typically reserved for units of higher output and usually incur a little bit more of an impact on the wallet too. Credit is provided by Novuna Personal Finance, a trading style of Mitsubishi HC Capital (UK) PLC, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Financial Services Register no. 704348. The register can be accessed through http://www.fca.org.uk Corsair have partnered up with Great Wall for this unit. It adopts a Resonant LLC topology with DC to DC conversion. It is very impressive to see Corsair using high grade Japanese 105C Rubycon capacitors in the primary stage – two rated 450V 270uF for a total of 520uF output capacity. There are several rows of heatsinks inside the unit to aid with cooling from the fan above. Soldering on the PCB is decent across the board.Its probably fine to use a single cable but if you have two cables in the box and have room in the case for both cables i would both just in case A 120mm fan is seen behind the vents on the top of the power supply. We will take a closer look at the fan when we open the unit later in the review. Rounding out our results are those for the efficiency of the TX550M. Being an 80Plus Bronze rated power supply, the unit must be 82%/85%/82% efficient at 20%/50%/100% loads respectively. While our first test is well above the 20% mark, the test does show that the unit is well above the 82% mark already. The unit also achieves over 85% efficiency during Test 2 and manages to hang in there during the full load test with 83.1% efficiency.

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CPU: 5800x | GPU: RX6800 | RAM: 16GB 3200mhz CL16 | Monitor: Samsung 4K 65 inch TV | Monitor: Pixio PX276 27inch 144Hz 1440p | Audio: Sound Blaster z + 5.1 home theater The Cybenetics organization measures efficiency and noise levels across the PSU’s entire operational range, using more than 1,450 different load combinations.