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Corsair SF600/SF450 [SFX PSU] - Owners' Club

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Official website: SF Series™ SF600 - 600 Watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified High Performance SFX PSU

Contents and Specifications

Package contents


SF Series High-Performance SFX Power Supply

Compatibility

6th generation Intel® Core™ processor Ready (Intel Skylake and Z170 motherboards)
ATX12V v2.4 and EPS 2.92 standards and is backward compatible with ATX12V 2.2, 2.31 and ATX12V 2.01 systems

Features

92mm thermally controlled fan with Zero-RPM mode
80 PLUS® Gold efficiency, delivering 90% energy efficiency at real world load conditions.
Fully modular cables for easy installation, less clutter, and helps maximize airflow through your computer's chassis.

Engineered to meet maximum power output at a 40°C temperature rating.
Over-voltage protection, under-voltage protection, short circuit protection, over power protection, and over temperature protection provide maximum safety to your critical system components.
Safety and Agency Approvals: FCC, ICES, CE, UL, CUL, RCM, TUV, CB, CCC, BSMI, EAC, RoHS, WEEE, RoHS (China), KC

SF600 cabling



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Released SFX PSUs:
  • SilverStone ST45SF-G
  • SilverStone SX500-LG
  • SilverStone SX600-G
  • SilverStone ST30SF
  • SilverStone ST45SF
  • SilentStorm SFX Gold 500W
 
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#5 ·
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Originally Posted by Synomenon View Post

Probably a long shot, but will SilverStone's short cable set work with this Corsair SFX PSU?

I'm ready to dump my SilverStone SX600 which constantly makes high-pitched and dive-bomb like noises.
I don't think so. By the looks of it, Silverstone uses a 24 pin on with side of the 24 pin cable and corsair uses an 18 pin and 10 pin on the PSU side of the 24 pin cable
 
#6 ·
I got this today but I can't recommend this psu. First I was like wuhuu at last silent power. Fan was still. But when I started gaming and stopped fan still spin. Now that fan is spinning about 50 minutes. Maybe this is not so silent what Corsair says. When fan is spinning it makes little brii noise.

I think that best power is SilverStone SX500-LG although it is SFX-L. Not making any weird noises and it is silent.
 
#11 ·
My old corsair rm650 psu is great for silent use, as the fan stays off even when hot, unfortunately it won't fit in my smallest cases.

My Silverstone 500-L and my EVGA 650 GS (only 150mm PSU will fit into small Lian Li Q10) continue to run their fans after gaming as it is too hot inside the case (fan seems to only turn off if under 30 degrees or something even lower as I can only measure my motherboard temp, not the psu temp).

The silverstone was noisiest for me, as it made weird high pitched buzzing and some other unpleasant noises. It went back. Be careful buying this one, as many many people have reported it can make strange noises that are very unpleasant. Thank god they took it back.

The EVGA is quiet, but isn't SFX, and the fan usually stays on (very quietly, I can hear it, but only just), so like all other PSUs besides the Corsair RM650 the zero mode kind of sucks.

I was really hoping to replace the EVGA with an actual SFX with a working zero rpm mode, but it seems that only the big corsairs have a great zero rpm mode again....

Please everyone continue to post if you can get the SFX Corsair to be quiet after gaming as well as on boot.
 
#13 ·
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Originally Posted by MasterOfMC View Post

I got this today but I can't recommend this psu. First I was like wuhuu at last silent power. Fan was still. But when I started gaming and stopped fan still spin. Now that fan is spinning about 50 minutes. Maybe this is not so silent what Corsair says. When fan is spinning it makes little brii noise.

I think that best power is SilverStone SX500-LG although it is SFX-L. Not making any weird noises and it is silent.
You are lucky, I gave up on the Silverstone ones. You should hear the recording i had of the sounds it makes.... Sounded like a explosive charging up for firing haha....
 
#15 ·
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Originally Posted by kooki89 View Post

Could you share a link of the recording? I was interested in those PSUs, but everyone seems to hate the noise.
Sorry I deleted the sound file after getting my money back. It made a steady beep noise with rising tone, randomly did that every few days. My brother laughed his butt off when it suddenly did that
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Also made scratching knocking noise. It was defective. Read newegg.com about that PSU and you'll see many with similar comments. Make sure you buy with an easy (free shipping) return policy on that one.

I was happy the Silverstone came with an atx adapter. Why corsair, why don't you include one? Such a bummer as there is no where I can buy that cheaply, so the Corsair price is too high if I want to put that in my Lian li case.
 
#16 ·
I have a RVZ02b Silverstone case and no standalone gpu. I originally got the Silverstone 500 SFX-L for it and found it made a slightly faint but audible rudder sound when the fan was on and it was on at idle which I thought shouldn't happen if there wasn't a lot of load. It was enough to be annoying. I know it was the fan too as I stopped the fan blade and it stopped making the noise.

I exchanged it through Amazon and the replacement did the same thing! By that time the SF 600 was for sale and I purchased it without any reviews just to see what would happen. I was wary of the size as I got the sfx-l because of reviews saying the bigger fan wouldn't be as loud and the smaller sfx would be louder by design.

Well, I haven't heard one thing from the SF 600 and it's been fantastic. Now, I don't know if the fan ever comes on as I haven't tried to stop the fan if it is. Completely silent and best of all no rudder sound. This may change if it kicks on or if there is more load with a future gpu but for now very satisfied.
 
#21 ·
Well, I'm a big fan of Corsair PSUs and when I seen the SF600 I asked myself "Why couldnt this have been available two months ago???" I recently built an itx build in the Silverstone FT03-Mini which requires a SFX PSU. (Or SFX-L if you are willing to sacrifice the slim optical drive cage, which I was)

Well, it sounds like I didn't miss out on much. I went with the Silverstone SG500-LG 500W SFX-L PSU and I have had zero issues. I have yet to hear this PSU. I actually popped my sides off to make sure the fan was even working. Which it wasnt at idle but I fired up furmark to max out my GPU and then it kicked in. I still couldnt hear it though. I also have not experienced any "electric noise" or "coil whine".

ALSO:
I did not and would not even consider the regular sfx offerings from Silverstone. I have heard numerous reports of noisy fans and coil whine. They clearly used poor fans / too small of fans in them. They just look cheap too. The only reason I went with their SFX-L PSU was because of all of the good reviews, looks much nicer than their regular SFX PSUs, and it seemed to be the best SFX PSU available. (Although slightly longer) It is also their newest SFX offering so I figured they would have learned from any mistakes / issues with the smaller ones.
 
#22 ·
Woohoo! Received my SF600. (My rig: 4690k@4,6GHz - R9290-DC2OC-4GD5)

I have to say it is far better than Silverstone ST45SF-G. Even my noctua fans are louder (2 @ corsair h100i + 1 @ airflow).
Tested it during "Division" play. Fan was not running all the time, just time to time.

Cons?
Cabling is quite stiff
High price as each SFX psu (140$ here in Czech Republic/EU)
 
#23 ·
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Originally Posted by Willius View Post

I got myself the 450w version, ive never had the fan spin up. Now i wonder if its just broken or not. Got a Pentium G3258 overclocked and a R9 Nano in the build. Even after heavy use it wont ever spin. What do you guys think?
When you first power up, you should see the fan do a quick spin to let you know that it's working.
 
#24 ·
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Originally Posted by jonnyGURU View Post

When you first power up, you should see the fan do a quick spin to let you know that it's working.
Hmm, i will try and see if it does, if not i will RMA it. Thanks for the info! +Rep!
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Edit: And yes, when i boot the system it gives it a slight bump. So i guess it should be working!
 
#25 ·


I'm using this motherboard: http://i.imgur.com/oFCojSr.png

I was thinking 20 cm for GPU power, 25cm for Mobo Power, 30cm for CPU power. (would those lengths be fine for sleeving)? in the ncase m1 + mini itx
 
#26 ·
Too bad i bought the SF450, this thread is not for me.
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