In simple terms it is a power supply where some or all of its cables and connectors are detachable.
Non modular psu cables.
Although they might look the same cables in both modular and semi modular psus can be incompatible.
Connection points are also in the back.
The fully modular psu has no cables attached to it giving you the ability to cable manage your build much easier have a cleaner overall look and get the best possible airflow your case can handle.
All of the cables come pre connected to the psu and cannot be removed.
Non modular the psu comes with all possible cables attached to it ready to go.
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One component that isn t always cable management friendly is the power supply standard power supplies come with a big bundle of cables and not all of them are necessary to use in every system.
The downside is that it s very messy for cable management.
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The ability to pick the cables you use has a lot of different uses some of which being less obvious than others.
I get this question a lot modular power supply or regular power supply.
The corsair cx550 is a non modular power supply.
To help decide which cables will work with your corsair modular power supply we ve assembled the chart below.
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This is different from a regular power supply where all its cables are permanently fused to the unit.
What is a modular power supply unit.
In the image below you can see the difference between a modular and non modular psu.
My psu is a cheap insignia 550w non modular cables are so ugly i was able to add those 2 and hide the existing ones in the back of my q300l case.
With non modular and the pre attached cables on semi modular ones you re stuck with what you got.
Trying to find a place for all the excess cables can be a nightmare.
Dangerous to attach the wrong cable.