Corsair Builder Series Modular CX600M PSU Review

Considering the budget nature of the Corsair CX600M, the paintwork and finish is reassuringly good. We have reviewed many ‘budget' power supplies in the past which ship with substandard paintwork and rough edges. Not so, with the CX600M.

It also passed the ‘scratch test' which is our way of replicating a rough ‘real world' installation. We run the head of a Philips screwdriver down the side of the unit applying light to moderate pressure. When building a system, it is often possible to accidentally glance the head of a screwdriver against the paintwork of a power supply. In this case it didn't remove the paint.

The large fan resides behind a black grill, with the Corsair badge shown in the center. We will take a closer look at the fan, when we open the power supply later in the review.

The unit measures 150mm x 86 mm x 140mm (WxHxD).

One side of the unit has a power connector and switch, next to the honeycomb air venting.

On the other side of the power supply are four modular cable connectors which are labeled. One of the connectors is larger, to ensure you can only hook in the PCIe connector cable.

Both +3.3V and +5V rails can deliver 25A. The single +12V rail can deliver 46A, for 552W of the total output.

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