FSP Aurum CM Series Gold 650W PSU review

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell January 26, 2012 Featured Announcement, Power Supplies

Rating: 6.5.

FSP have been creating power supplies for other companies for many years now, but today we are looking at their latest self branded 650W unit, a modular design which is 80 Plus Gold Certified. At around £100 it is firmly targeting the high end enthusiast sector, but can it deliver the goods?

Features:

650-WATT | ATX 2.3 | EPS 2.92 | SLI Certified
Compatible with Latest Intel/AMD CPUs
SUPPORTS Intel® Core™ i3/ i5/ i7
ATI CrossFireX™ Certified
80 PLUS Gold Certified | Efficiency > 90%
120mm PWM Controlled Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) Fan
Modular Cable Management System
Low Profile Flat Cabling System
4 +12V Output Circuits
Industrial Grade Components
105 °C Japanese-Made Capacitor
Arrow-Shaped Ventilation Holes
Unique Rugged Granite-Touch Finishing
Thermal Coated (Black) with Gold Crown
Energy Saver Standby @ 1-Watt
Safety Approvals: : CE, FCC, CB, UL, TUV

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8 comments

Brian Oconnell
January 26, 2012 at 10:14 am

Just bought a new XFX branded power supply for £80, works great. Loads of choices as reviewer says.
Raymond
January 26, 2012 at 10:16 am

ouch, not much of a deal. Corsair make such good supplies too for no more than this at the same output.
grok23
January 27, 2012 at 11:45 am

Good to see this review today. I was beginning to lose faith in the site, but seeing as this actually raises a few critical points about the PSU and doesn’t just rubber stamp it and give it an award for having turned up for the review I figure there’s still hope.
Zardon
January 27, 2012 at 12:09 pm

Beginning to lose faith? im actually surprised you stuck it out so long Grok23 😉 Id give you an award for turning up to comment so often, but you might not like that either 🙂
grok23
January 27, 2012 at 6:50 pm

hehe

I’m way too old and stubborn to just move on and give up on something I like and I’ll be the first to admit that I can get a bit “passionate” about things. Well hopefully we can move past previous misunderstandings and get back to the important stuff, ie: tech stuff and reviews of new kit. 😉