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Enermax Noisetaker 470 Notes

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Well, my new PSU is finally here, and i've got a few things to note about it for anyone that is going to go buy one.

1. The blue one does *not* have the 24-pin ATX connector. I know at least one of the 470w models does, according to Enermax, but not the one I just got from newegg.

2. The sleeving is excessivley stiff and difficult to handle. It's well done, but still for a lot of cases it might be difficult to bend cables where they need to go (esp. with the 2u rackmount I got it for ;))

I'll have topless pics sometimes later this evening :D
 
A few more notes and pics
1. If you ever want to sleeve it differently, then you're going to have a helluva time. The ground wires aren't insulated, so you'll have to run new ones. And the metal below the tubing is also tied into the ground, sure it's great for shielding but I was never aware that it was an issue!

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Bah... stupid non-insulated wires

2. Only 5 regular molex connectors, it's got 2 SATAs, they're IDC-style so you can easily replace them w/ regulars if you've got IDC-style ones lying around... like me :p

3. The fans never run fast enough to adequatly cool the unit, sure they're quiet but still not doing their jobs

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Notice the large capicators and beefy heatsinks
 
3. The fans never run fast enough to adequatly cool the unit, sure they're quiet but still not doing their jobs
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Really? I was interested in getting one of the noisetaker psu's.
How hot does it get? By not cooling adequetly, does it cause any instability on the rails?
I know as a feature the fans remain spinning for 2 minutes after powered off.
What kinda load do you have on it and how are the rails?

Quiet isnt really a big thing for me, but it'd be cool to have the option of having a silent system eliminating the psu from the equation.
 
The caps are nicely sized, but the heatsinks aren't very beefy at all. Bigger than an average generic PS though.

Also a few people on Silent PC's forums reported coil whine from Noisetaker's, probably due to their passive PFC.
 
bleed3r said:
Really? I was interested in getting one of the noisetaker psu's.
How hot does it get? By not cooling adequetly, does it cause any instability on the rails?
I know as a feature the fans remain spinning for 2 minutes after powered off.
What kinda load do you have on it and how are the rails?

Quiet isnt really a big thing for me, but it'd be cool to have the option of having a silent system eliminating the psu from the equation.
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Well, I suppose i'm kinda asking a bit much of one of the +12v rails, but it's on a Dual MP2600 rig with 512mb of RAM, a FireGL 1 (hahahahah), (1) 15,000 RPM U160 SCSI drive, (2) 80/120gb IDE drives, a dvd-rom, a tv tuner, an Intel Pro 1000T, a 3c905CX-TX, LSIU160 controller, and ummm ~8 fans. I'm probably drawing near the 16a limit on +12v1 from the CPUs, but since I haven't had any stability problems on that system, which is a first, i'm happy. I just got the mobo back from RMA because it wouldn't run 133fsb, and so now everything is rock stable, primed for a day, memtested for a good long while.
To tell you the truth I haven't gotten out the meter yet and measured, so I can only go off BIOS, which was IIRC quite close to perfect, within 0.05v on all of them.

wow, I just had an ephiny... you can't measure +12v2 from the BIOS anymore, as there's no physical connection. Yet another reason to get out the multimeter.
But anyway, it's already having a bit of hotair drawn into it from the CPUs, so add that to slow ass fans that from what I can tell aren't really effected by the controller on the back, you've got a warm/hot PSU. My Vantec Stealth 520 that I used to have never got this hot, but then again it has 3 fans and sounds like a vacuum cleaner ;) It's still a fine supply, but I would strongly suggest replacing the fans unless you're going for absolute silence, in which case it's great because you can't even hear them when they run after the system is shut down.
 
well i was reading somewhere, someone was trying to trick the fans to run fullspeed without voiding the warranty, and the problem is the not so good thermostat. It was only a 4" wire so he couldnt trick it into running full by putting it like in hit cpu heatsink or someting, but apparantly you cn just remove it and they will go full.

you may wanna see if thats true and increase the fan speed a bit if its too hot
 
Hmm, haven't really looked closely for a thermisistor but I supposed if I remove that I should have some nicely running fans
 
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