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Old 20-May-06, 11:26 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Anyone have experience with this PSU that can tell me their impressions? I currently have an Ultra X-Infinity 600w, way too loud for my tastes.

For background insight, I'm trying to fix the crappy cooling in my system. I picked up an Xclio 3060 (the one with 250mm side exhaust). I put Zalman VF700-CU's on my 2x6800 GTs and a CNPS7000B -CU on the AMD64 3700. Also trying to kill the harendous (sp?) noise in the process. I'm left to decide a PSU.

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Old 20-May-06, 12:38 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I have the 520 watt OCZ SLI, and it is probably the quietest part of my system...do you work in a Library or something?

J/K...Customer reviews seem pretty positive
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Pros: This is very quiet, much more than I thought it would be, great construction and it looks very slick


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the reviews are somewhat great a few complain about stiff cables and short for full towers, just read up on newegg most of there reviews are pretty trusty

I was gonna buy one, but i found a better deal in the trading post
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I used one of these in a build last year and my only complaint was that about the stiff cables. The cables didnt seem short to me but then again I was building in a Super Lan Boy so there wasnt much space. It was however very quiet,very pretty, and as far as I could tell was rock solid(it was powering 2x6800GTs, 1Gb Ram,tv tuner, 2x 74GB Raptors, and a tvtuner.) If I get the chance Ill try and check out the voltages for you.
All around though I was very happy with it.
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For quiet power supplies, the Antec NeoHE is the quietest power supply i've EVER used. My 550W setup never makes any noise, even when I turn off all the other fans in my system. It also has 54 amps on the 12 volt rails, and it's 550W rating as at 50 degrees Celcius!
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For quiet power supplies, the Antec NeoHE is the quietest power supply i've EVER used. My 550W setup never makes any noise, even when I turn off all the other fans in my system. It also has 54 amps on the 12 volt rails, and it's 550W rating as at 50 degrees Celcius!

but compared in price the NeoHE is a little more expensive,

I'm liking the TTGI 550 Modular that im hoping to buy in the trading post but its a used deal, still for 25% cheaper than retail its all i can afford

asked almost the same question a little while back and purplediamond found some pretty nice around 500W PSU's for me
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That's a good one too Ator, but I'm trying to cut down on the price a little. Anyone know how quiet the Hiper Type-Rs are? The 580w black one looks nice. I'm torn between the OCZ or the Hiper, because I only use 1 molex in my whole system (for the 250mm fan), and they have cables with a single connector, for the ultimate in cable hiding.
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The Modstream is considered a quiet PSU. The Hiper is a quiet one too.
My TTGI 550W modular PSU ($79) sports a 140mm (yes that's no typo) fan that is absolutly silent. It powers my overclocked system very well an if I need some extra cooling the PSU has a speed control button that changes the fan speed. At low spedd it cannot be heard even when you are right next to it.
The most silent non-passive cooled PSU is the Seasonic S12 series, but they are not cheap (about $110 for the 500W model and $130 for the 600W one).
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I ordered the Hiper Type R in black, something kept calling me back to it
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