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Best silent 500W PSU?

Not cheaper, but the Corsair HX520W is very quiet. It has high quality components, modular cables and 5 year warranty too. You can read the review at SPCR.
 
Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
Seasonic. Get the S12 if you can stand the cabling.... If you must have modular go for the M12.
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I have heard some people say the seasonic is not all that silent anymore compared to other brands!!
 
Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
Seasonic. Get the S12 if you can stand the cabling.... If you must have modular go for the M12.
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I have heard some people say the seasonic is not all that silent anymore compared to other brands!!
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Can you substantiate your claim with some reviews? So far, every review that I've read concludes that the Seasonic/Corsair PSU's are extraordinary quiet. Silent PC Review, a site dedicated entirely to PC acoustics, even says that the Seasonic/Corsair PSU's are the quietest fan-cooled PSUs they have tested to date.
 
My new Seasonic M12 500 is very quiet. Quiet enough that I can't hear it over the 120mm exhaust fans in my case.
Can't really compare it to other PSU's on the market today, but its much quieter than my old Antec TruPower.

 
My S12 600W is quieter than my case fans. My case fans are quite and I know the PSU is running by the warm air exiting in back.
 
Maybe they're not as quiet as they used to be, since they use ball bearing fans now instead of Yate Loons, but the "old" ones with Yate Loons were very close to inaudible. I mean my old P80 Samsung with a Nidec Motor (maybe the quitest 3,5" HD to date) is louder than my old Seasonic.
 
Why the switch? They cheaping out? I mean, why decrease quality and give their competitors a chance to catch up and take market share?
 
Originally posted by: Skyguy
Why the switch? They cheaping out? I mean, why decrease quality and give their competitors a chance to catch up and take market share?
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I don't believe the new fans cost less to produce and use in the PSUs. It's a quality control thing - the performance of the old sleeve-bearing ones was too inconsistent, according to Seasonic (IIRC).
 
Sleeve bearing fans do not tolerate heat very well. Ball bearing fans do quite well with thier feet to the fire.
I imagine ceramic bearing fans tolerate heat well also.
PSU and HS fans should be ball or ceramic bearinged.


...Galvanized
 
Yeah, sleeve bearing fans aren't as durable as ball bearing fans. The Yate Loons are actually used in most cheap PSUs as they're cheap themselves, but they're also very quiet... cheap is not always bad. And most users won't notice the difference. If your video card isn't passively cooled and your HDs aren't in some sort of enclosure I doubt you'll hear the difference.
 
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