A quiet PSU

[Kenny]

Want less noise from my system, the PSU is making most of it, any ideas for a powerful, (very) quiet, but reasonably priced PSU?

Cheers

Kenny

Also, any hints for good AMD HSF units, whats the Thermaltake Cool Tower like???

 

[floppybootstomp]

Antec Truepower series is very quiet, although there are PSU's dedicated to qietness on the market, but they tend to be expensive.

Thermalright SLK-900, SLK-800 or SP97 are all good for AMD CPU's.

 

[Reefsmoka]

There is a fanless PSU, so in theory its 100% silent! But it only goes upto 300w, so i dont know if you'd be intrested maybe?

If so have a look at www.coolercases.co.uk , they are extremely reliable, friendly and helpful.

 

[ChristopherP]

you might look at the X-pro 400w PSU - has all the goodies. Think it's going to be pretty quiet as only has 1x 120mm fan so low rpm...heres the spec.

- 12cm Blue-LED Cooling Fan Doubles Airflow with Half the RPM & Noise.
- Ultra Ventilation (Honey Comb Structure) Maximize Ventilation & Minimize Air Resistance. - Serial ATA HDD power connector
- 8x gold-plated connector for 5.25" device + 2x gold-plated connector for 3.5" device
- PFC Environment Friendly Technology improves Energy Utilization to cut your Electric Bill in Half.
- Cable Management Kit makes your PC Tidy & Neat and Smoothes Airflow to improve Cooling.
- Anti-Corrosive Titanium-plated casing
- Over Voltage Protection
- Short Circuit Protection
- 100% Full Load Burn-In

£43.48 including VAT from Novatech.co.uk. Theres also a 460w version retailing at £55.23.

hope this helps, Chris

 

[Kenny]

Hey! how is goin? thanks for the tip. Have seen the X-pro stuff on `sites, but had never heard of them before. Always wary of companies I`ve never heard of.... heh heh. U may just have tilted the balance in X-pros favour tho....

Cheers

kenny

P.S. Still not bought a Mobo, but have been eyeing an Asus A7V8X-X..... Any thoughts?

 

[ChristopherP]

Well i have never heard of X-Pro either BUT it has all the qualities of a say Antec PSU and i read a review written by a guy who bought one and he said that it was of extremely good build quality.

I think i will get one for my next system - i like the cable managment stuff.

Whats your budget on a motherboard - i'll have a scout round a few sites see whats going.

 

[Kenny]

Hey. (again) its not that I aint got the time to look for a mobo myself, its just that I dont really know much about them. It`s the multiplier and AGP lock that i`m looking for, on a stable board that dont cost much. My budget is... realistically as little as possible because I`m a destitute student....


As for an X-pro PSU, If you`re willing to buy one for yourself, recommendations (sp?) don`t come much higher than that!

 

[ChristopherP]

As for an X-pro PSU, If you`re willing to buy one for yourself, recommendations (sp?) don`t come much higher than that!

The way i look at it is... If it has all the funky voltage protections and Active PFC then its got to be better than your average generic. I have used 420w (very) generic supplies in 3.0GHz P4 systems, XP2500+ systems perectly fine so this one can ONLY do the job better! I would definatly use one because of the features it boasts - the features are pretty much the same as my Antec Tru power 400w and that works flawlessly...

Hey. (again) its not that I aint got the time to look for a mobo myself, its just that I dont really know much about them. It`s the multiplier and AGP lock that i`m looking for, on a stable board that dont cost much. My budget is... realistically as little as possible because I`m a destitute student....

Its not that i meant you did not have the time - i was just going to have a look around and see what the best board you can get is for your money although i guess some of that would be down to opinion. For AMD i would reccomend anything from a good company (Abit, Asus, Gigabyte, Diamond Flower International [DFI]) and that utilises an N-Force2 Chipset.

One i was looking at for my friend earlier was the "DFI Infinity N-Force2" - aparently its as stable as a house... I would assume as standard you get the AGP/PCI lock - even the cheaper Abit KV7 has that and it also has the multiplier option. KV7 uses some VIA chip though.

The DFI board is about £61 inc vat...

some other options are the Abit AN7 and also the Abit NF7-S...

need a budget to work with though!

 

[Kenny]

just seen an Enhance 460W ENS-0246 PSU on Tekheads.co.uk for... £38.78, postage £5.60.

http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=601984

 

[Kenny]

I`ll say... £50. It`s a pretty pathetic budget, but i`m on the somerfield `makes sense` beans and the cheap imitation jack Daniels to get that far!!!


Thanks for helpin me out tho!

 

[ChristopherP]

i like the look of the X-pro better but if the enhance fits your budget thn so be it - im sure it would do ya fine.

will have a look see what you can get for £50 - that have to include delivery?

 

[Kenny]

I`ll push the boat out and say that I can afford separate delivery!!!

 

[ChristopherP]

haha lol

well the KV7 has everything that you need but i dont think the via chipset is as fast as the N-Force 2...

if you are happy with that its cool. Has all your funky features (USB2, LAN, Sound, SATA etc etc)

 

[Kenny]

Was on ebuyer and saw super flower PSU`s. A few owner comments that the quadruple fan models take up to 8 degrees off their CPU. That might be a good compromise for me seein as i`m lookin to cool my CPU a bit more... kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Well... 1 and a half. 4 fans cant be that quiet.....

will check out the KV7 and if I buy it, i`ll buy u a pint should we ever meet.

 

[psd99]

a pint? just 1 pint? im suck a keen fan on quiet pc's ive got an Enermax psu its brill. v v silent cant even tell that the pc is on!

let us know if the fans ne good, so that we could all invest in this little beauty.

 

[ChristopherP]

make that an orange/tomato/pineapple juice... cant stand the beer and besides not legally allowed to drink in pubs for year and a half

 

[ChristopherP]

dont know if it matters to you, the KV7 has no dual channel memory support.

good lil board though, am RMA'ing my nans tomorrow.

 

[Kenny]

nah dua-channel memory dont bother me, an orange juice it is

 

[ChristopherP]

Then i think you would find the KV7 is quite suitable for your needs. Beware its a little tricky to set up a single SATA drive though, have to download the driver from Asus's site as it happens!! works like a treat once its going though.

 

[Kenny]

I was lookin at reviews and pics of the KV7. its "alternative" dimensions make me worry a wee bit. Have you got one? Is it as awkward to connect/ disconnect cables as it looks? S-ATA is something i`ve still to discover. i`m maybe more into mass storage than small, high-speed access disks. maybe one day i`ll see what the big deal is....