Software

One of the big features that stood out to me when picking out the HX850i for our build was Corsairs link software, so once I got everything installed and setup I installed Link to check out the integrated features with the power supply. The first page that opens up has a list of all of the readable temperatures and fan speeds. Corsair has it split up into the motherboard, CPU, Each SSD and hard drive, video card, then lastly the HX850i. This is an impressive collection of all of the readouts all in one place and this was prior to getting our two GTX 1080’s installed as well as a few additional case fans.

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The HX850i is the only one with a configuration option. Clicking that opens up a page dedicated to just the power supply. Here Corsair is constantly graphing out the amount of power your PC uses as well as how much wattage you pull at the power plug, so no need for a Kill-A-Watt for this one. They also use this information to show the total power efficiency that the power supply is currently running at. For this build at close to idle it is running at 88% but if I crank things up that will go a little higher as I get into the sweet spot of the power curve. Of course on this page, we can still see the power supply temperature and the current fan speed as well as readouts on each voltage rail for volts, amps, and watts. There is also an option to be able to turn muli-rail mode on and off.

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Up top on the Configure page, Corsair has a cool layout that lets you find a picture of your case if it is a Corsair or you can upload your own. Then from there you can take any of the stats listed on the first page and drag them to their location in the case giving you a quick to read home base of temperatures or fan speeds. You can also open up the graphing page and over on the right another window will open up graphing out any information over an extended period of time. With the integration of your power supply and every other component you can put together some interesting information.

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The settings page for the Link software isn’t all that in depth, in fact, it opens up as a small popup. Here you can pick a different case image and change the accent and test colors of the software. I, for example, went with orange and the software starts red. You can flip between Celsius and Fahrenheit as well.

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #38242 18 Nov 2016 17:46
Today I check out the Corsair HX850i that we will be using in an upcoming project build.

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