Help choosing between two PCP&C PSU's

[sbex55]

Need some help selecting between two PCP&C psu?s ? the Silencer 470ATX and the Turbo-Cool 510 SLI. I?m building the following rig:

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
AMD Athlon64 3000+
1GB DDR400 CL2 (probably corsair)
2x 200GB Seagate SATA drives (RAID 0)
2x 250GB Western Digital SATA drives (RAID 0)
2 x GForce 6800GT 256MB
NEC ND-3520A (DVD DL)
Lite-On Combo Drive (CD Burner, DVD ROM)

The 12V for the 470w is 28a with a price of $99 with a 3 year warranty. The 12v for the 510 is 34a/38a with a price of @239 with a 5 year warranty. Also, I?d like the psu as quiet as possible (hence my interest in the 470). Thanks in advance!

 

[drewdogg808]

easy decision if you want as quiet as possible. stay away from the turbo-cool 510. while reasonable at idle speeds, when the fan speeds up it's pretty loud.

 

[Arcanedeath]

For about 20 bucks more you can get them to add a quiet fan to the 510 SLI, for that rig I'd do w/ the 510 SLI unit to be safe. the 470 is a great unit but youve got 2 6800GT's and a bunch of other power hungry stuff and to be safe you should go w/ the 510

 

[Mudbone]

Originally posted by: drewdogg808easy decision if you want as quiet as possible. stay away from the turbo-cool 510. while reasonable at idle speeds, when the fan speeds up it's pretty loud.

Originally posted by: Arcanedeath
For about 20 bucks more you can get them to add a quiet fan to the 510 SLI, for that rig I'd do w/ the 510 SLI unit to be safe. the 470 is a great unit but youve got 2 6800GT's and a bunch of other power hungry stuff and to be safe you should go w/ the 510

Both of these statements are false. PCP&C changed the fan they are using in the Turbo-Cool 510 series. It is more quite now. In just about every thread about PCP&C PSUs you will see some one post about how loud they are. These opinions are based on outdated information. Still, it should not considered a quite PSU when compared to those that are specifically built to be quite. Because they have gone to a quiter standard fan, they no longer offer an upgrade to a more quiet fan. I tried to find out if they were now simply building them standard with the upgrade fan or if they were using a different fan altogether. I was unable to get this info.