Ok. This is how it went down. Here's is my old thread. Here are my results:
I ended up buying the Tagan 480W PSU, XP-120 from thermalright w/ a Panaflo 120MM L1A, Artic Ceramique and a few Zalmann ZM-MC1 multi-connectors. Here is my old and new setups:
Old
Antec P160W w/ 2Antec 120mm Case fans
Antec 430 TruPower
FX 5200 (Upgrade after Christmas)
Seagate 80GB
8x Dvd R/RW
16x DVD
Floppy
Audigy 2
P4P800 Deluxe
3.4c w/ Spark 7+ from Thermaltake
1GB Mushkin 3200 Dual Channel
New
Antec P160W w/ 2 Antec 120mm Case Fans
Tagan 480W TG480-U01
FX 5200 (Upgrade after Christmas)
Seagate 80GB
8x Dvd R/RW
16x DVD
Floppy
Audigy 2
P4P800 Deluxe
3.4c w/ XP-120 w/ Panalfo 120mm L1A
1GB Mushkin 3200 Dual Channel
From reading some of the reviews about the XP-120, I thought it would be difficult to install. I got it installed in less than 5 minutes, with no problems whatsoever. The only issue I had with it, was the fact that as I installed it, some of the capacitors on my motherboard bent ever so slightly. Other than that it was a cinch. This baby cools like a dream and with the L1A installed and connected to the 5V connector on the Zalman multi-connector it is virtually silent. I mean I have to stick my face next to it to hear it.
When I first installed everything, it sounded like a tornado in my case. I couldn't figure out what was wrong, I thought for sure it was the Tagan and that I should have listened to everyone who said get the SeaSonic. Oh man there goes $87, but then I realized that it was my case fans making the loud racket. I couldn't understand it, they were never that loud with the Antec TruePower. Then I realized that the TruePower comes with molex connectors that are made specifically for the fans and the Tagan lacks these. I assume that the fan molex connectors were either 5V or 7V connectors which reduced the speed and the noise.
So I disconnect the case fans completely and see what my temps would be @ idle. This is when I discovered that the Tagan is virtually silent, cool. Well my temps turned out a little higher than with the fans on (38C cpu and 39C ambient, compared to 30C and 31C before), but the noise was drastically reduced. This is so cool, I'm going to by a couple more L1A's and run them at 5V, to replace the Antec fans and then the hunt for silence will be complete for me, until I get my 6800GT and Artic Silencer, which should be here next week.
Thanks for all of the help everyone gave me, I and my ears greatly appreciate it. Now I can enjoy a movie or two before I hit the sack and not have to worry about getting up to turn off my PC.
Thanks again,
DelVonte
Oh and I highly recommend EndPCNoise.com and HeatsinkFactory.com, they both have excellent silent solutions and HeatsinkFactory has the XP-120 for about $40 cheaper than newegg.
I ended up buying the Tagan 480W PSU, XP-120 from thermalright w/ a Panaflo 120MM L1A, Artic Ceramique and a few Zalmann ZM-MC1 multi-connectors. Here is my old and new setups:
Old
Antec P160W w/ 2Antec 120mm Case fans
Antec 430 TruPower
FX 5200 (Upgrade after Christmas)
Seagate 80GB
8x Dvd R/RW
16x DVD
Floppy
Audigy 2
P4P800 Deluxe
3.4c w/ Spark 7+ from Thermaltake
1GB Mushkin 3200 Dual Channel
New
Antec P160W w/ 2 Antec 120mm Case Fans
Tagan 480W TG480-U01
FX 5200 (Upgrade after Christmas)
Seagate 80GB
8x Dvd R/RW
16x DVD
Floppy
Audigy 2
P4P800 Deluxe
3.4c w/ XP-120 w/ Panalfo 120mm L1A
1GB Mushkin 3200 Dual Channel
From reading some of the reviews about the XP-120, I thought it would be difficult to install. I got it installed in less than 5 minutes, with no problems whatsoever. The only issue I had with it, was the fact that as I installed it, some of the capacitors on my motherboard bent ever so slightly. Other than that it was a cinch. This baby cools like a dream and with the L1A installed and connected to the 5V connector on the Zalman multi-connector it is virtually silent. I mean I have to stick my face next to it to hear it.
When I first installed everything, it sounded like a tornado in my case. I couldn't figure out what was wrong, I thought for sure it was the Tagan and that I should have listened to everyone who said get the SeaSonic. Oh man there goes $87, but then I realized that it was my case fans making the loud racket. I couldn't understand it, they were never that loud with the Antec TruePower. Then I realized that the TruePower comes with molex connectors that are made specifically for the fans and the Tagan lacks these. I assume that the fan molex connectors were either 5V or 7V connectors which reduced the speed and the noise.
So I disconnect the case fans completely and see what my temps would be @ idle. This is when I discovered that the Tagan is virtually silent, cool. Well my temps turned out a little higher than with the fans on (38C cpu and 39C ambient, compared to 30C and 31C before), but the noise was drastically reduced. This is so cool, I'm going to by a couple more L1A's and run them at 5V, to replace the Antec fans and then the hunt for silence will be complete for me, until I get my 6800GT and Artic Silencer, which should be here next week.
Thanks for all of the help everyone gave me, I and my ears greatly appreciate it. Now I can enjoy a movie or two before I hit the sack and not have to worry about getting up to turn off my PC.
Thanks again,
DelVonte
Oh and I highly recommend EndPCNoise.com and HeatsinkFactory.com, they both have excellent silent solutions and HeatsinkFactory has the XP-120 for about $40 cheaper than newegg.
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