pc power and cooling 1200 watt

[lavaheadache]

Just picked picked up one of these psu's for an insane deal ($80). Loads of connectivity and obviously incredible power supply. The only draw back aside from the sheer size and weight is fan noise.

It is definately the predominate noise maker in my rig. It's not totally unbearable but it definately lets you know it's there.

My rig only has a overclocked 7970 and 2600k with a dedicated GTX 285 for physx but I wanted a little extra power for when the oppportunity arises for more gpu power.

My "old" psu was a pc power and cooling silencer 750w and was a great unit while I used it. Served me well through 4870 tri fire and GTX 480 sli alike. I only upgraded because the deal was too good to pass up.

I guess the whole purpose of this thread is cause I cant get over the fan.... I don't know why there isn't a built in low power fan speed for light load applications

 

[gramboh]

Do you have a kill-a-watt? Curious what you are pulling from the wall, with that rig I am guessing 500-600W? if the GTX285 is loaded on PhysX?

I'd sell the 1200W and your 650W and use the money to buy an AX850 or X-860 if you want enough power for 7970 CF, and no fan noise issues 1200W is for 6-core CPU + 3-4 GPU all overclocked.

 

[Slugbait]

So where did you get this for $80? And is it a Seasonic?

 

[lavaheadache]

The most I've seen my rig (in it's current state) pull from the wall is 475w. Back when I was running trifire 4870's I would get into the mid 600's.

Clearly I am way under utilizing the PSU. I *want* to keep it so I don't have to worry about possible future endeavors but I think I would do quite well with a resale or trade possibilities that would better suit me.

My other psu is a 750w pc power and cooling which can actually handle spikes into the 800's. Actually this 1200w psu says it can handle spikes up to 1400

I want to keep it just cause it's so bad a$$ but it really is a bit too much.

My 750watter can most definately handle crossfire 7970's anyways if I was to go that route.

decisions, decisions

 

[jpeyton]

It's a PCP&C "Turbo-Cool", which is IMO far too noisy to be used in a desktop setting.

You got it for an amazing price, so sell it for a tidy profit (to someone who actually wants a noisy server-grade relic) and buy a Seasonic Platinum unit instead.

 

[theAnimal]

So where did you get this for $80? And is it a Seasonic?

The Turbocools were manufactured by Win-Tact.