Enermax Power Supply Decibel Level

[kcbass]

I'm trying to get my system a little quiter, so I'm researching the decibel levels on my fans. I have an enermax 115V switching power supply, model number EG351P-VE. I checked the enermax website, and they no longer have this model listed...i guess it's too old, or something. Does anyone know a specs link or the decibel level on this power supply model?

I'd appreciate any help

 

[CoBRaXT]

review here.

it doesn't specify the noise level on this thing but the review says that its "noiseless"
i have this same psu and have to say that I agree with them...

 

[Cerb]

Likely they are too old. All the newer ones are E365 and E465. Even the lower end single fan Enermax PSUs are extremely quiet, BTW. If you want to quiet the thing down, the fan(s) in it may be an issue after running too long (most fans last 4-8 months here in middle Georgia, no matter what they are, before they start to whine--I think it's a climate thing), but if so that would be cheap to replace.

 

[kcbass]

For the longest time, the noise didn't bother me, but it's starting to get to me. It may indeed be a climate issue since I have had this power supply for about two years now. I'm considering switching to a thermaltake silent purepower, which lists a decibel level of 21-25 db, so I needed to compare with the enermax since I'm not really sure what 25 decibels sounds like.

 

[OulOat]

Lol Thermaltake. Don't waste your money, get an Antec or even cheaper, replace the fan with a panaflo.

 

[Cerb]

Ditto OulOat. Replacing the fan or getting another Enermax or Antec (not treupower unless it's one of the high-wattage ones--the 330 and 430 I know are loud to me) would be good ways to go.
Thermaltake is a bit too generous with the db ratings on all of their products.
Personally I'd say get an L1A or similarly quiet (Enermax Whisper) with your next order from whereever and see if it is your hearing or the fan. If the fan, replace it (several hardware sites have guides for doing this with relative safety). If not, you can never have too many 80mm fans around , so chances of it being a waste are low.

Edit: note that the Panaflo fans do not have 3-pin connectors on them. A wire nut is the easy way to deal with this, but even a crappy soldering job will do the trick as well.

 

[kcbass]

ok...not getting real positive responses on themaltake products...let's forget the power supply for a moment. I'm planning on eventually putting in a thermaltake aquarius water cooling system to cut down on the noise from the cpu cooling fan. any remarks/reviews on the aquarius system?

 

[Amorphus]

funny, I have that PSU... my 3.3v line is unusually low... 2.8v or so... I don't like it much, but it works. thats about the only one thats dipping, though - the rest is strong. might be an amperage deficit.

 

[kcbass]

Any comments/reviews on the thermaltake aquarius II?

 

[kcbass]

ok...this happened in my last post about the aquarius II...no one gave me any info. Can anyone at least point me to a website that might have a review of the aquarius II?

Also, looking for an 80mm case fan. Can anyone suggest a quieter/cheaper fan than this?:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=P261-4202

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: kcbass
ok...this happened in my last post about the aquarius II...no one gave me any info. Can anyone at least point me to a website that might have a review of the aquarius II?

Also, looking for an 80mm case fan. Can anyone suggest a quieter/cheaper fan than this?:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=P261-4202[/q

What, is google broke on your computer or something? If you read around the forum, you will discover that the general consensus is that Thermaltake's products is overpriced and underperforms. Thus, go get some other water cooling kits, like from Danger Den or Innovatek. Finally, like I mentioned before, get a Panaflo L1A fans, they are quiet and performs better than that fan you have listed. There is a post in the forum about where you can buy panaflos.

 

[mste456]

my enermax 550w psu kicks ass!!! the fans increase rpm as the psu is put under stress and decrease when they arn't. thats what u get for 125 notes.

 

[Jhhnn]

Nice how-to on reducing the noise from any dual fan enermax, here- super easy-

http://www.silentpcreview.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=9&page=1

You really don't need to change the fan so much as to move the thermistor and remove the 92mm fan...The specs for the 351 model are the same as for the 365....

The single most important factor in achieving noise reduction is to properly identify the loudest noise source, deal with that first. If your box is typical, the noisiest items are the cpu fan, vidcard fan, and chipset fan, if your board has one. Maybe the HDD, if it's older...

Shut down, open up the side of the case, disconnect all the case fans. hold the cpu fan so that it can't spin up. Boot up, listen, then let the fan run to compare the before and after. Give all the fans the same treatment- won't hurt anything, if done for relatively brief periods of time.Never try to stop a spinning fan. I like to boot from a floppy for this- makes the on/off cycling simpler and easier...

 

[kcbass]

Ironically, I've been listening to my system recently, and the noisiest items are my dvd drive and my cd burner. They completely drown out all of my fans combined. I took the Tt grill off of my volcano7, and it made the thing a lot quieter.