PC Power Cooling Power Supplies: Any Opinions?

[Doobu]

I was wondering if any of you have PC Power Cooling Power Supplies and what do you think of them? How silent are the silencers? How efficient are the Turbo Cools? Should I get a Silencer or Turbo Cool? Any opinions would be appreciated.

 

[HD2GO]

They are too expensive. Go get a Enermax.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

They're overpriced remarked power supplies.


Mike

 

[Jhhnn]

PCPower&Cooling sells good stuff, the same stuff you can get for less elsewhere. They also offer excellent service; again, you pay for it.

Check this link, I'v posted it many times and have never had anybody offer contradictory info. Some of the best info anywhere on PSU's in general, and a definite opinion as well.

NETEX

I've never bought from them, a little out of my league.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

We can't post contradictory information to that, because it is correct.

But I can't honestly recommend PCPOwerCooling power supplies. I'd rather get a zippy-emacs by itself for half the price, or an enermax unit.

For example, you can get a sparkle 300W for under $50, whereas a turbo-cool 300W(same exact power supply) will cost you $84.


Mike

 

[subhuman]

Too expensive.

I like the Antec PP303x (and Anandtech seems to like it, too). It's pretty quiet with an autospeed fan that slows down under lighter load. Although I wouldn't suggest it for the unexperienced, it is pretty easy to open up a PowerSupply and change the fan out for a Panaflo to make it even quieter.

 

[GiZzO]

The big question for me is, as its quietness.. I haven't seen the dB specs on Evermax "Whisper" power supplys by what they saying something quailfies as "Whisper" is Less > 26db
See this sound chart by Enermax what im talking about (sweet ducting case over here too)
As the PCP&C "Silencer" at 34dB would be going to there chart falling in the Silent range, refering to the product name Silencer...i dunno i guess that fits...lol but wonder how quiet these Enermax units are to my current Silencer power supply cause im building a new system soon with the arival with the new AMD's and my current system gets passed down. The airflow and the extra power and the quality of these power supplys would be a great improvement over my PCP&C and at probably half the price!

 

[OC-Freak]

I've a Enermax EG651PVE, 550Watt PSU. I love it!!! My 12dB 8 x 8 Papst fans is louder(I've 3 of them in my Addtronics 7890A Case)!!

Papst 8 x 8cm specs: Model 8412NGL: 33m³/hr, 1500 rpm, 12 db(A). You are going lo love these fans......panaflos is loud compared to these.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Enermax Power Supplies(the dual-fan versions) are extremley quiet. As quiet as the PcPowerCooling Silencer 80mm fan, if not more so quiet.



Mike

 

[GiZzO]

Those are some nice fans OC-Freak where did you buy them from? ebm?

Whats different about the dual faned non-Whisper power supplys and the Whisper series? Do they use different fans? Cuase that 550 watter looks pretty tasty, if i can get away with that and be the same quietness as the Whisper series (330 max) that would be sweet, have enough extra power for a peltier in one PS.

Check this out my fan spec site

 

[Mikewarrior2]

whisper mode either disables, or slows down the fans to near-stop when the computer is in sleep-mode.

During computer operation, the whisper and regular enermax units should be the same noise level, very quiet.



Mike

 

[GiZzO]

Hmmm anyone have any idea what RPM the non-whisper Enermax run at. The 80mm in the whisper series goes as:
85C - 3100 RPM
65C - 2600 RPM
45C - 2100 RPM
25C - 1800 RPM

At 1800 Rpm that should be somewhere about 21~ db and 26~ cfm. Have no idea what the 92mm are doing. I know the PS gives RPM info on the fan(s) you don't get info on both fans do you, then that would require 2 fan headers? If ya are, can ya please tell me what RPMs your getting so i can kinda guess what those fans specs might be.

 

[Midnight Rambler]

PC Power & Cooling = remarked SPI (Sparkle Power) p.s.