Corsair AX1200W Professional Series Gold 1200W

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Based on 9 expert reviews

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Pros:

Up to 1,200W DC output.
Rated at 50°C.
Excellent efficiency (80Plus Gold certified).

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Last revision on September 18, 2015

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Up to 1,200W DC output
Rated at 50°C
Excellent efficiency (80Plus Gold certified)
Stable voltages with good voltage regulation
Clean DC outputs with low AC ripple
Quiet during normal operation (below 600W output)
Lots of connectors
Fully modular

Expert reviews and ratings

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Quality (30% of the total score) The quality of both the manufacturing process and the components of the AX1200 are remarkable. The work of Flextronics is not just good; they wrote the book on how precision and quality soldering should be and the...

By VR-Zone on May 26, 2011

Corsair introduces the latest power monster: the AX1200 fully modular PSU. Corsair has been making power supplies for many years and has always been a leader in design, reliability and efficiency, making it the benchmark for quality products. Some...

By APC Magazine on January 21, 2011

The Corsair Professional Series Gold AX1200 is ideal for any high-end gamer or those who simply want to power a vast array of high-end hardware, because it will happily deliver power to a range of system components including the most demanding...

By TechRadar on September 28, 2010

Redefines the high end...

By Kitguru.net on July 20, 2010

Just when it looked like the rest of the PSU market was finally catching up to the highly acclaimed HX series, Corsair have come out with yet another PSU range that moves the bar even further out of their sight. Without any shadow of doubt the AX1200...

By Overclock3D on June 25, 2010

There is a whole lot to like about the new Corsair AX1200, and very little indeed to hate. Lots of power, lots of connectors, and all of those connectors come off if you want them to. And we can't forget about the efficiency, which just about...

By JonnyGuru on June 05, 2010

Corsair usually makes a ton of noise when they launch new products, but for some reason the company silently launched a new product line on Facebook yesterday that went unnoticed by most tech sites. Corsair has announced individually sleeved...

By Legit Reviews on January 21, 2012

Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a perfect 1200W power supply in this review. Each of the four tested products has certain downsides. Each of them fails to some extent in keeping one of the auxiliary voltages (+3.3 or +5 volts) stable when the +12V...

By X-bit Labs on November 28, 2011

We were very impressed by the Corsair TX550M power supply, which proved to be a flawless product, with high efficiency between 83.6% and 86.1% at high temperatures, voltages closer to their nominal values than required (3% regulation), and extremely...

By Hardware Secrets on October 26, 2011

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By OverclockersQH on October 13, 2010

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Corsair AX1200W Professional Series Gold 1200W

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