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Corsair GS800 800W Power Supply - Cabling Arrangement & A Look Inside

Corsair has proven to the masses it can deliver when it comes to high quality power supplies. Can the more mainstream positioned GS800 continue the trend?

| Other PSUs in Cases, Cooling & PSU | Posted: Nov 5, 2010 3:16 am
TweakTown Rating: 83%Manufacturer: Corsair

Cabling Arrangement

 

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Corsair gives you a modest amount of connectors for a mainstream power supply. Most importantly are the four PCI-E connectors that will allow you to fully power two GPU's. The GS800 also has eight SATA and eight Molex connectors which allows you to fill a case with just about everything and still be able to power it.

 

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Rail distribution is as simple as it gets here. There is a single 12V rail that feeds everything.

 

A Look Inside

 

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Opening up the GS800 shows that Corsair wasn't too worried about heat dissipation with the puny heatsinks. This does however allow excellent airflow through the power supply.

 

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On the primary side of things we can see the single large Samxon capacitor. Samxon's parent company is Man Yue Electronics Company Limited out of Hong Kong.

 

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The capacitors on the secondary are a mix of Japanese Nippon and Taiwanese Teapo caps.

 

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