Quiet

[monographix]

Hello

I am in search for a, realy and proven to be, Quiet PSU called to support the following, but within a price range of 70-110 USD or Euros (if possible) :

Opteron 146 ( @ 2500-2700 MHz )
2 x 6800 GT SLI @ 430/1100 MHz
2 x 1GB PC3200 @ 250 MHz 1T
2 x ATA133 80 GG HDD
1 x IDE DVD-ROM
1 x IDE DVD-RW

Αudigy 2 value
Gameport Joystick & Throttle
USB Sidewinder steering wheel / pedals
USB external USB2.0 ATA 133 HDD (has own power supply)
USB 2.0 Scanner
USB Inkjet
USB WebCam
USB Track IR (www.naturalpoint.com)
USB ADSL modem

maybe a com port Wacom Intuos tablet

2 x 80cm case fans
4 HDD cooler fans

Priorities are

• Lowest of noise
• Low idle / standby power and ofcourse
• Acceptable efficiency and reliability

The brands that i can find here are :

• Enermax
• Seasonic
• Hiper
• Tagan
• Heroichi HEC
• AKASA
  
  
• Zalman
• Thermaltake
• Coolermaster
• OCZ
• Sharkoon
• Silverstone
• Thermaltake
• Trust

I am aiming at an aproximate 500W class PSU, is there a chance that this wont be enough ?

I apologize for not using only the information already provided in this sector but i felt quite overwhelmed and unable to come to viable conclusions after an hour or so of reading, too much info. (too many PSUs....)

Thanks for any input in advance

 

[jonnyGURU]

Either a Seasonic or Silverstone with a 120MM fan.

 

[malicious]

Either a Seasonic or Silverstone with a 120MM fan.

QFT .. The seasonics in particular are known to be the some of the quietest...

check out silent pc review .com

mal

 

[jonnyGURU]

QFT .. The seasonics in particular are known to be the some of the quietest...

check out silent pc review .com

mal

QFT^2. SPCR may not be good for raw PSU data, but these guys even call what I consider QUIET PSU's loud! If you're looking for quiet, that's the place to go.

 

[monographix]

QFT^2. SPCR may not be good for raw PSU data, but these guys even call what I consider QUIET PSU's loud! If you're looking for quiet, that's the place to go.

sorry guys errr whats QFT^2 & SPCR ?

 

[[Spectre]]

sorry guys errr whats QFT^2 & SPCR ?

Quoted For Truth or there is a more colorful version
SPCR Is silentpcreview.com

 

[monographix]

thanks

 

[malicious]

Quoted For Truth or there is a more colorful version
SPCR Is silentpcreview.com

um... what the more colorful version? never heard of that


mal

 

[Dark Prodigy]

Cooler Master RS550 SLI 550w... I have 1 in my current setup and has put 2 others in other builds. I run and overclock much of the same as you do, 7800 GT's in SLI plus a dual core CPU 4200+, 2 raptors, 2 HDD silencer/coolers, 2 DVD DL Plextor burners, X-fi platinum, hauppage dual tuner tv card, 1 GB corsair RAM, 3 SilenX 11db 120mm fans, Swiftech 655 pump for watercooling, 2 12" ccfl's, Logitech Z-5500's and mad peripherals.

I am VERY noise sensitive and quiet is an understatement with this PSU...not to mention super stable and efficient.
It doesn't even give off that sometimes annoying 'whitenoise'. Only how you can tell its on is that your comp is on.....

 

[Bbq]

I would trust for powering my pc while being mostly silent:

Enermax Liberty 500-620w
Seasonic S12 430-600w
Hiper Type R 580w (120mm)
OCZ Modstream, powerstream (modstream 520, powerstream 420-600w)
Silverstone Strider (i don't think the fanless will be enough for a highly overclocked beast)

 

[monographix]

Οk, i thought i'd need definitely 500+ W for my SLI system, i guess according to what you people say i can get away with a 460-480W PSU? Especially since much later i will upgrade to SATA HDD (The plan is to get next year a second 6800GT, probably used, and one year later replace my PATA HDDs with SATA2)

So here are the price / Wattage candidates that can be found localy:

• THERMALTAKE PUREPOWER 460W - price 80
• AKASA PAXPOWER 460 - price 77
• TAGAN TG 480-U01 480W DUAL FAN (2xPCI-E. 21 dB(A)) - price 87
• HEROICHI ACE POWER 480PB SILENT PFC (2xPCI-E) - price 81
• HIPER HPU-4K 480 (peak 530. 14db) - price 81
• HEROICHI WinPower 550 - price 93-95
• COOLERMASTER RS-450-ACLY 450W - price 91

HIPER and HEROICHI (HEC) are used a lot here and haven't heard any negative coment or shortcoming so far, they are suggested around. The low noice spec of the HIPER (as much as this is true in real use ofcourse) combined with the price are aluring a lot but i would like some opinion regarding the SLI handling of this one (since 2xPCIe is not mentioned in its specs)

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[_Korruption_]

Remove the Thermaltake, they are very loud units.

 

[monographix]

thanks for the heads up
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Due to limitations in time and availability and budget the list finaly looks like its coming down to those two candidates:

• Hiper Type-R 480
• HEC Ace Power 480 (if i could find a Win Power 480 i would definitely got that one)

http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews/cases/HEC_ACE_Power_480UB_7.html
http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews/cases/Hiper_TypeR_480W_6.html

Dont know though which one to get. Seems that Hiper is quieter (dont know how much) and cooler (its a hot case and its Greece) but is lacking any PEGs. I wonder if the lack of those could be worked around with a molex (8 total) configuration like this :

molex 1 @ PCIe VGA #1
molex 2 @ PCIe VGA #1

molex 3 @ PCIe VGA #2
molex 4 @ PCIe VGA #2

molex 5 @ PATA HDD #1
molex 6 @ PATA HDD #2

molex 7 @ Optical #1 & 5v moded fans
molex 8 @ Optical #2 & 5v moded fans


any input appreciated


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[[Spectre]]

um... what the more colorful version? never heard of that


mal

Quite F***ing True

 

[kubebot]

I have a Seasonic S12 380watt in my old rig & an Antec NeoHE 500watt in my gaming rig. Both are quiet but the Seasonic might be a bit quieter, but then again its never really under load. The Antec is a modular PSU so the cable situation is cleaner. The Seasonics cables are ugly & a little short.