Helping to end the absolute dearth of high-quality modular PSUs in the 600w range, Corsair has just launched a 650w modular unit.

Dubbed the HX650W, the new unit features an 85%+ Bronze efficiency rating and all the necessary connectors for a modern SLI/CrossFire system.

“The Corsair HX650W is ideal for enthusiasts and gamers who are looking for a highly efficient, quiet, modular power supply, but don’t need the higher wattages offered by the other PSUs in the Professional Series” said Jim Carlton, VP of Marketing at Corsair.

We agree. Most do not need the 700w (or more) being flogged for those who happen to want modularity. The HX650W should offer tremendous price/performance with great convenience, which makes it a good idea for new enthusiast builds.

Corsair announced today that it now offers DDR3-1600 modules for AMD systems. The 4GB (2 x 2GB) kit runs at 6-6-6-18 1T timings and is only available from Corsair’s online store.

Corsair says the kits will be compatible with AMD’s Black Edition Memory Profiles which allows for the aggressive latency settings to be automatically configured in Windows using the AMD OverDrive software.

No word yet on the voltage requirements for these kits, but we think it’s safe to bet they’re above the limit imposed by Core i7s, otherwise we’d be seeing Intel friendly kits too. With this announcement they join G.Skill, Mushkin and OCZ; all three who already have CAS 6 DDR3-1600 kits on the market.

Corsair announced today they are bringing back the Dominator GT line of memory modules removed from retail sales earlier this month. Corsair says the issue came from bad batches of RAM and future Dominator GT modules based on Elpida Hyper ICs have been cured! Hallelujah!

“The issue with the Hyper RAMs was discovered with the help of the enthusiast community, and we worked closely with them to solve it,” stated John Beekley, VP of Applications Engineering at Corsair. “Our lab was able to correlate the failures to specific batches of early material, we worked very closely with Elpida to determine the root cause of the issue and to define the associated corrective actions to take. We are confident that every GT module using the Elpida Hyper IC Corsair ships from today will meet our strict quality and reliability standard.”

According to their @CorsairMemory Twitter account, part numbers are being updated and the new uber-RAM will be available again on the online store within the next two weeks.

OCZ Technology has joined Corsair in halting further production of DDR3 SDRAM modules based on Elpida’s MNH-E Hyper IC.

Corsair announced on Wednesday that DDR3-1866 and DDR3-2000 parts based on Elpida’s Hyper memory chips were suffering an abnormal failure rate. While customers were advised to continue using their products as normal, the firm opted to begin a recall of unsold products in the retail channel.

Rival memory firm OCZ Technology followed suit and announced today that though abnormal failure rates have not been observed, it would nevertheless offer support to customers with failed Elpida-based modules. Effected customers are eligible to receive their choice between an exchange of equal or lesser value or a cash refund.

In regards to the potential issues relating to Elpida Hyper IC’s, OCZ has not yet seen extended failures in the field, and the Elpida Hyper IC’s we have used came from earlier batches so we do not yet know if this is the reason why we are not seeing field issues but as a proactive measure based on the latest information from media reviewers like AnandTech we have officially held the use of any Elpida Hyper IC’s at this time. Any customers that are seeing issues are encouraged to contact us and we will absolutely take care of all customers that with a no questions asked refund or exchange for another OCZ product of equal value, whichever the customer prefers. We want to make sure that our customers have peace of mind and the confidence that we will take care of any and all issues related to modules that utilise Elpida Hyper chips.

Icrontic contacted OCZ for details on the Elpida situation, and we were informed that OCZ customers were at limited risk. We have confirmed that the preponderance of high-speed DDR3 parts from the company uses ICs sourced from companies other than Elpida.

Performance memory manufacturer Corsair has revealed an abnormally high failure rate amongst Elpida MNH-E Hyper DDR3 ICs featured in DDR3-1866 and DDR3-2000 kits from many of today’s biggest names in performance DRAM.

We have seen a number of reports across various forums about failures of modules (from Corsair as well as from other memory manufacturers) built with Elpida “Hyper” RAMs. Through lab testing, we have now been able to reproduce similar failures. We are continuing to test to determine the cause of these failures. Note that although a relatively small percentage of “Hyper” ICs appear to be affected, the rate of failure is not acceptable to Corsair or to our customers.

Existing owners of the afflicted Corsair products (TW3X4G1600C6GTF, TR3X6G1866C7GTF, TR3X6G2000C8GTF, TR3X3G2000C7GTF, and TR3X6G2000C7GTF kits) are advised to continue using their memory as usual. In the interim, Corsair is recalling stocks of these products from retailers until the trouble is resolved.

It is not yet known how other manufacturers will respond to this issue, but we can confirm that Elpida Hyper ICs are present in OCZ, G.SKILL and Kingston modules. As an alternative, DDR3 manufacturers can continue DDR3-2000 production with Micron D9GTR and Samsung HCF0 chips.

UPDATE 7/10/2009, 1:04 PM: Hexus.net has flagged Corsair down to learn more about the Hyper issues in a short interview.

Hexus says the Corsair HX850 power supply is a winner.

Brandtaxtic memory outfit Corsair has just unleashed extended cooling fins for DDR3 modules kitted with the firm’s Dual-path Heat Xchange (DHX) tech. The new hunks of metal promise better cooling while the GT version is coated in space-age marketing bullshit Corsair has dubbed a “phase–change thermally conductive polymer coating.”

The official Corsair store now offers the goods starting at $19.99 for black, or an extra five bones for the honor of red pai– er, phase-change thermally conductive polymer coating.

Baller, shot-caller, 20" blades on the Impala

Corsair hooked up with Asetek to make the H50 all-in-one water cooler. Looks like a contender to fight the CoolIT Domino ALC.

Tech Report compares six SSDs from Corsair, Intel, OCZ, Samsung, Super Talent, and Transcend.

Corsair has introduced TEC coolers for its Dominator GT RAM. Ice cold!

Corsair’s P256 solid state drive uses all Samsung-parts for the company’s latest foray into the SSD game.

Corsair’s TX850 850W power supply is a recommended buy at $140.