New Zalman 400w psu installed...shhhhhhhh

[Gravity]

It's quiet in a word. I put a rheabus in at the same time and the system is very, very quiet. At the lowest fan settings, the only sound is the drives.

I paid $82.00 and it was well worth it.

Just thought I'd let you know!

 

[shiftomnimega]

Does it have a fan on the bottom of it too?

I did a pricewatch search the biggest the sell is 400 W. I want more .

 

[Ikonomi]

Congrats on your purchase. I use a Seasonic PSU that's also completely silent. I plan to get a Sunbeam fan controller some day soon, probably whenever I upgrade my case. Then I can have an almost entirely silent PC (eliminating even the gentle "whoosh" of my Panaflo 80mm L1As).

 

[Nebor]

Welcome to the club, there's only about 5 of us here with this PS. The others will tell you a Fortron is quiet, but they just don't know.

No, it's a single fan PS, and it does get hot, and it does warm up the rest of your case as a result.

 

[Gravity]

I have noticed the heat. I have a HD cooler with 2 small fans on one of my drives, 1 TT 80mm case fan for intake, 1 generic 80mm and 1 TT on exhaust near the psu.

I also have the TT volcano 9 on my chip keeping it a nice, warm, 53 c.

I have pretty good airflow but now I have quiet airflow.

I'm not sure how much this psu can stand but i"m running 7 drives on an MSI board with 512 mem and an amd 1700.

I hasn't blinked in a week.

 

[Nebor]

Er... all those fans, and you think you can hear those drives? Heh... I don't think those fans can be turned down that low.

 

[shiftomnimega]

Maybe one could mod one of these so it'll have some dual fan action... but that might defeat the whole silent thing.

 

[GnomeCop]

I pre-ordered this PSU when it first debut and it is the finest PSU I have owned.

I have a fairly large case that is ventilated well so this single fan design is cool, the ultraquiet NMB fan that they used is excellent.

The only other power supplies I would consider would be a PCPower and cooling, nexus, or maybe a season with the 120mm fan.

 

[HGC]

Where did you guys buy this? Newegg only carries the 300w model. Thanks!

 

[HGC]

Where did you guys buy this? Newegg only carries the 300w model. Thanks!

 

[klah]

There are two different 400W models. The original ZM400A-APF and the new ZM400B-APS. You can read about the differences in this REVIEW, but the main differences are more SATA connectors and a higher rated 12V rail.

The new model is still hard to find, but the old one is widely available:

http://www.monarchcomputer.com...Product_Code=100545
http://store.yahoo.com/directron/zm400a.html

 

[GnomeCop]

I must go back and read the reviews on the new model again but just from reading the conclusions, the new model seems to be having poorer reviews than the non sata A unit.