• Reviews around noise (1.48 of 5)

    CORSAIR VS Series, VS650, 650 Watt, 80+ White Certified, Non-Modular Power Supply

    • Its working as intended, my old 600w power supply started making weird noises and i could not stand it
    • No smell of burning electronics, no noise, no noticeable fluctuation in power
    • The fan made loud noises until it finally stopped and the unit began to smell like hot electronics
    • The fan in my old power supply was making buzzing, grinding noises for a few months, so I bought this power supply as a replacement.
    • Corsair sources have largely defect known as Coil Whine (an annoying noise produced by the poor quality of its components).2
    • Quiet• Sufficient power at a low price• Modular• Good variety of cables/connections• SturdyCONS:• Electrical noise when under stress*Note: I bought this item off of Newegg, which is why this review isn't an Amazon Verified Purchase.
    • There is an annoying buzzing noise that it makes
    • Works as advertised, all is well no defects yet no noise that i notice
    • However last night I was working on my computer and suddenly I heard a weird noise, and then a short circuit burning smell.
    • The Power Supply works, but it has an awful rattling noise.
    • For some reason it periodically makes an awful noise, like it is a about to fail
    • Awful clicking/beeping noises from this unit under load
    • Makes a horrible noise under load.
    • When i put it in, for some reason it makes an awful noise, almost like the thing is about to explode
    • From my personal experience and from other users I've seen, it can develop an unbearably loud rattle noise.
    • Fan also made a horrible noise.
    • Works perfectly out of the box...low noise and stable.
    • Recently the PSU starting making weird noises on PC boot up, almost as if the fan was loose but after a few seconds after the fan reached idle RPM it would go away
    • It does not have any harsh noises, buzzing, or high pitched whining like my previous generic PSU but when running at top speed you do hear a bit of oscillation in the fan noise
    • That is if you are deaf or don't mind the sharp noise of coil whine when you are doing demanding tasks such as gaming or anything more strenuous than web surfing
    • Does the job but the noise is kinda annoying
    • Works as advertised, all is well no defects yet no noise that i notice
    • No coil nose, no whine, NO noise during idle!When the fan does come
    • I was getting a strange noise when it was put to work
    • Sure enough, the power supply was emitting the very annoying noise whenever the system was busy
    • It started making a rattling noise after two months!
    • I had a 750W that just started making some weird fan noise but not sure the fans can be replaced but needed a bit more power
    • Worked! silence and no noise
    • bought corsair cx 600w first and it was making a weird noise from the
    • As soon as any intensive thing happens such as a full screen game, this thing starts making horrible squealing noises
    • and then I noticed loud noises coming from the fan and a grinding noise that would come and go
    • fan making rattle noise as if broken and cant get any help.......
    • She doesn’t like fan noise either and her hearing is much better than mine
    • Once i turned that off it was still alittle loud but the terrible screeching noise was gone, until i loaded up a game, than the noise was back
    • When my computer is under heavy load, this thing make a very annoying coil whine noise.
    • Although, with the size of the power supply, I doubt you won't have other components that will have more than enough fan noise so that you will never know how good the low sound is of the Corsair
    • Either way it is a very annoying and disruptive noise that I could not ignore
    • Came damaged, made a really loud noise when I was connected
    • I ended up replacing this PSU with an XFX XTR modular power supply and the annoying noise went away completely as expected.
    • After 1 week of use the PSU started making loud whining noises when PC is under load
    • Superior O/U-Voltagage control and output is spot on per channel.