Corsair Gaming Series GS800 800W Power Supply review

1. Introduction2. Corsair Gaming Series GS800 800W (Bundle & Cables)3. Corsair Gaming Series GS800 800W (Exterior)4. Corsair Gaming Series GS800 800W (Interior)5. Corsair Gaming Series GS800 800W (Super High Res Gallery)6. Testing Methodology & Results7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

The Corsair Gaming Series GS800 800W is an attractive, well designed power supply which has been built to appeal to the fashion conscious enthusiast user base. I have to admit that I am not stimulated with the inclusion of a lighting switch on a power supply, however for the audience with a windowed panel case and LED strips, it may well prove a worthy addition.

Corsair have galvanised this concept idea with a removable ‘ring' section which may be swapped out with different coloured versions. Arguably this is a superficial addition, however it seems unfair to be too critical when it is an aspect of the design you can ignore completely, if you wish.

Technically, the CWT design is solid and capable but not quite at the same level as the best models we have tested in recent months.

Load regulation is above average and we only experienced some droop from 12.05 to 11.87 when we hit the unit quickly with 60A of power on the +12V rail. Noise suppression is good, falling well within the rated tolerance levels, peaking at 10 mV on the +3.3V output and 25 mV on the +5V output. The +12V output peaked at 55mV which is well within the rated guidelines of 120 mV.

For an 80 Plus Bronze Certified unit, efficiency levels are quite strong, peaking at 85.74 percent at 50 percent load. Noise levels are more impressive, with the unit generating very little, until the last 100W of load. We can't imagine anyone buying this power supply will be demanding 700W+ on a constant basis. If you are then we would recommend aiming a little further up the food chain – at a 1000W supply.

The Corsair Gaming Series GS800 800W power supply will be ideally suited to gamers who run a single, or dual graphics card system and who want to enhance the appearance of their windowed system build with additional glowing lights. As a design concept we think it makes a worthy addition to their range.

Sadly the non modular design may alienate some of the audience contemplating a new 750W-850W supply, as they may well be left routing additional cables they don't actually need.

This power supply is available from Scan for £83.76 inc vat.

Pros:

• A lot of work has went into the appearance.
• Lighting switch.
• Technically it is a sound design.
• Quiet until around 700W of power output.
• Decent noise suppression.
• Efficiency is good for 80 Plus Bronze.

Cons:

• Non modular.

Kitguru says: A good purchasing decision if you want to focus on the appearance of your system. Technically it is a stable, reliable design at a good price.

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