very quiet PSU's

vonfeldt7 · 07-05-2008, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by fortyways

Oh, you think so? That's nice. You're wrong though. How, exactly, did you come to the conclusion that your Thermaltake is quiet? By comparing it to the rest of your system that you acknowledge to be "crazy" loud? Thermaltake has a reputation for making the loudest power supplies around, and they've never made a quiet anything.

The reason my system is so loud is because I have all of the fans all of the way up. However, when I turn off all of them, I still can't hear the psu...I guess not audible is still not quiet enough for some people.

fortyways · 07-05-2008, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by vonfeldt7

quiet enough

OP wants a quiet power supply, your willingness to settle for less is irrelevant.

StrangleHold · 07-05-2008, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiteFireDragon

which PSU's are really quiet? i have narrowed it to corsair's HX series and antec's earthwatt series. are there any other manufacturers that carry really silent PSU's? and how about corsairs TX and VX series? or OCZ PSU's?

The best thing you can do is just ignore fortyways, internal problems.

What size P/S are you looking for in watts? Seasonic/Silverstone and PC Power & Cooling make some pretty quiet models.

WhiteFireDragon · 07-05-2008, 05:14 PM

watt size does not matter. i'm going for just quietness first, then quality, then watts. my earthwatts is currently pretty good with noise, as it is inaudible over the stock CPU fan. but once i switch to WC soon with S-Flex fans for the rad, i might want a near quiet PSU. anyways, thanks guys i think i'll go with a corsair PSU based on what everyone said and the reviews in that link i put up earlier

Kornowski · 07-05-2008, 05:50 PM

I have the Corsair HX520, and like Paul has said, this thing is as close to silent as you're going to get, honestly, it's great!

The fan on puts out a higher RPM when the PSU gets hot, which doesn't really happen

StrangleHold · 07-05-2008, 06:00 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817151056

vonfeldt7 · 07-05-2008, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by fortyways

OP wants a quiet power supply, your willingness to settle for less is irrelevant.

Are you kidding me? I said it was not audible, and you say that's settling for less? Not audible = you can't hear it, which is exactly what the T/S was looking for.

Anyways, we're getting off topic

fortyways · 07-05-2008, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by vonfeldt7

Are you kidding me? I said it was not audible, and you say that's settling for less? Not audible = you can't hear it, which is exactly what the T/S was looking for.

Anyways, we're getting off topic

Well, you obviously didn't mean literally inaudible, because that would make you either severely hearing impaired or retarded. There's no such thing as a 0dB PSU, not even the fanless ones.

Any Thermaltake or Xclio PSU is guaranteed to be much louder than his EarthWatts.

diduknowthat · 07-06-2008, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by fortyways

Well, you obviously didn't mean literally inaudible, because that would make you either severely hearing impaired or retarded. There's no such thing as a 0dB PSU, not even the fanless ones.

Any Thermaltake or Xclio PSU is guaranteed to be much louder than his EarthWatts.

I do not have personal experience with Thermaltake PSU's, but they do have a reputation of making loud everythings. As for Xclio, my friend has one and its fricken loud. Even my Coolermaster Real Power Pro is quieter.

Anyways, I believe Seasonic made PSUs are extremely quiet.

WhiteFireDragon · 07-06-2008, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by StrangleHold

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817151056

that's also a very good PSU, probably better quality than the corsair HX but i'm gonna go with the corsair instead because seasonic has 2 rails and 500w max as opposed to the corsair having 3 rails and 520w max, with better amps for each rail

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