New Seasonic 80 Plus Gold Power supplies

[cbn]

http://www.seasonic.com/new/twevent20100525.htm

Notice the 400 and 460 watt fan-less designs listed.

 

[cbn]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=4415315&postcount=9

Here are some pictures of the 460 watt passive unit.

I like the Gold rating for such a small unit, but how good is the airflow to cool components? Does this product have taller than normal heatsinks?

What would be the best location to mount this type of PSU?

 

[yh125d]

Likely gonna be too expensive to bother (the 400/460 fanless)

I mean, why would anyone buy them over say a 450VX? or 400CX? Those are about as near to silent as it gets, and the difference between 85 and 90% eff at 450w DC is only 30w

 

[PCTC2]

Likely gonna be too expensive to bother (the 400/460 fanless)

I mean, why would anyone buy them over say a 450VX? or 400CX? Those are about as near to silent as it gets, and the difference between 85 and 90% eff at 450w DC is only 30w

Because we want to? Why does anyone spend more money on a similar product?

I would buy one of the 460W units for my home theater pc.

If I had the money, I'd replace most of my sub-par PSUs with Seasonic X-series. I use their X750 for my main machines.

 

[thegimp03]

I have an X750 that I bought recently and couldn't be happier with it. I don't see myself buying another PSU for a long time.

 

[frostedflakes]

Likely gonna be too expensive to bother (the 400/460 fanless)

I mean, why would anyone buy them over say a 450VX? or 400CX? Those are about as near to silent as it gets, and the difference between 85 and 90% eff at 450w DC is only 30w

This stuff is obviously pretty subjective, different people have different tolerances for PC noise. The CX400 is hardly what I'd consider to be silent, though.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1008-page5.html

Fanless PSUs have always carried a price premium. The kind of people who are that picky about PC noise usually don't mind paying more to get rid of the fan.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Very excited to see reviews at the 'Guru' about these 🙂