The Corsair SF1000 is among the strongest SFX PSUs available in the market today, offering top performance, high efficiency and it is also ATX v3.1 compliant.
The Corsair SF1000 will be included in my best ATX v3.x & PCIe 5.x PSU picks article.
It was high time for Corsair to enrich its SF line with stronger and ATX v3.1 (SFX12V 4.1) compliant members. The long wait was because Corsair wanted to ensure that the new SFX units would continue the legacy of the previous models, which were among the best in this market segment. The SF1000, besides being one of the strongest SFX PSUs available in today’s market, is also the best performing.
To increase efficiency, make the platform more reliable, and save money, Corsair decided to ditch the -12V rail in these PSUs. This was a wise move since no PC part requires this rail anymore, which is a remnant of the past. Every PSU manufacturer should eliminate this useless rail as soon as possible.
I have evaluated so far the following SFX and SFX-L PSUs:
- Corsair SF850L SFX-L PSU Review – The BEST SFX-L PSU
- Corsair SF1000L SFX-L PSU Review
- Asus ROG Loki SFX-L 850W PSU Review
- Thermaltake Toughpower SFX 750W Gold PSU Review
- Thermaltake Toughpower SFX 850W Gold PSU Review
- Thermaltake Toughpower SFX(L) 1000W Gold PSU Review
- Cooler Master V1300 SFX Platinum – The STRONGEST SFX PSU!
- Cooler Master V1100 SFX Platinum
- Lian Li SP850 SFX PSU Review – High Performance Through Hell(y)fire?
- Raijintek Ermis 450B Review. A Highly Affordable SFX PSU
- Corsair SF850 ATX v3.1 PSU Review
- Manufacturer (OEM): Great Wall
- Max Power: 1000W
- Cybenetics Efficiency: [115V] Cybenetics Platinum (89-91%) [230V] Cybenetics Platinum (91-93%)
- Noise: Cybenetics Standard++ (30-35 dB[A])
- Compliance: ATX v3.1, SFX12V 4.1
- Operating Temperature (Continuous Full Load): 0 – 50 °C
- Alternative Low Power Mode support: Yes
- Power 12V combined: 1000W
- Number of 12V rails: 1
- Power 5V + 3.3v: 130W
- Power 5VSB: 15W
- Cooling: 92mm Fluid Dynamic Bearing Fan (NR092P)
- Semi-Passive Operation: ✓
- Modular Design: Yes (Fully)
- High Power Connectors: 2x EPS (2x cables), 3x PCIe 6+2 pin (3x cables), 1x PCIe 12+2 pin (600W)
- Peripheral Connectors: 8x SATA (2x cables), 3x 4-pin Molex (1x cables)
- ATX Cable Length: 310mm
- EPS Cable Length: 410mm
- 6+2 pin PCIe Cable Length: 400mm
- 12+4 pin PCIe Cable Length: 410mm
- Distance between SATA / 4-pin Molex: 100/115mm
- In-cable capacitors: No
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 125 mm x 65 mm x 100mm
- Weight: 0.99 kg (2.18 lb)
- Warranty: 7-years
- Street price (excluding VAT): No info at the time of the review
Power Specifications
| Rail | 3.3V | 5V | 12V | 5VSB | ||
| Max. Power | Amps | 20 | 20 | 83.3 | 3 | |
| Watts | 130 | 1000 | 15 | |||
| Total Max. Power (W) | 1000 | |||||
I’m so glad I found your reviews! One thing you could do to improve your reviews is to include frequency response PSUs (or anything that can emit noise). This would help to visualize if there is nasty coil whine or other undesirable noises coming out of fans/electronics/whatever. I’m asking for this because people have different hearing ability and you might not perceive noises that other people do. Such graph would be an objective measurement and thus easily comparable and outside of our subjective variances in ear hardware 😉
I could do that yes, but the problem is that it takes sooo much time 🙁
Amazing work with these review articles! I especially like the noise performance graph at various loads, that is extremely helpful for me. Could you please make the affiliate link prominent? I would like to support your testing.
Thank you!
Would you recommend SF1000 over lower wattage models if my average load is around 600W? From the tests, I see it should be quieter at that load, but I wonder if there’s any downside to running this PSU at a half-rated load.
Downside is it will probably pull more power from socket when your computer is idle or your doing light tasks because this is way outside it’s optimal operational efficiency.
On corsairs website they are still referencing 80 Plus Platinum for the new SF750/SF850/SF1000
https://www.corsair.com/us/en/explorer/diy-builder/power-supply-units/sf750sf850sf1000-platinum-atx-31-everything-you-need-to-know/
-80 PLUS Platinum efficiency ensures lower energy consumption, noise, temperatures, and your power bill.
Yes, Corsair marketing seems to screw up this. In Computex the PSU PM assured me that no 80 P from now on.
Some MOSFET model name in the list is wrong
Do you want to elaborate, to help me fix it?
Hi aris, thank you very much for the review!. can you elaborate on the OCP triggering points? What are the risks of being set too high? Any risks to other pc componants ?
They can kill the PSU if too high, especially at high temperatures.