Seasonic 400W Vewy Vewy Quiet PS Only $78.99 Thru 08/04

[Heinrich]

Anand did not review this brand new PS so here is a link for your enjoyment:

Seasonic 400W Review

and here is the sale price, normally $99.99

Seasonic 400W @ SVC

Quite possibly the best power supply that you could afford for $21 off. (which is 20%.)

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

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Running a generic non PFC 300watt psu for a year costs $850 in electricity? that can't be right.

 

[Johnbear007]

Thats not bad.. you know you can grab the antec trueblue 480w for 89$ at dealsonic though

 

[jalapenonc]

I normally won't put "only" in front of "78.99" for a PS.

 

[Pothead]

I guess if you can't afford a quietpc psu, this is another option, but if you can sacrifice a few more dBa, then the antec true series are another option

 

[karmasalad]

Originally posted by: Heinrich
Anand did not review this brand new PS so here is a link for your enjoyment:

Seasonic 400W Review

and here is the sale price, normally $99.99

Seasonic 400W @ SVC

Quite possibly the best power supply that you could afford for $21 off. (which is 20%.)

The Seasonic for sale at SVC is NOT the reviewed one you linked to at SPCR. The SPCR review is of the newer SS-400AGX model, which is very, very hard to find from resellers right now as it was only recently introduced. The one for sale at SVC is the older SS-400FS. It's still a great, quiet PSU, but it is not as quiet as the newer Super Silencer series.

Originally posted by: Pothead
I guess if you can't afford a quietpc psu, this is another option, but if you can sacrifice a few more dBa, then the antec true series are another option

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say there. Antec True PSUs are relatively quiet, but Seasonics are cheaper and quieter without sacrificing any quality whatsoever.

 

[impX]

Bought one of these about ten or so months ago. Good PSU but paid $100 for it.

Nonetheless, I'm quite happy to have one

 

[ThisIsMatt]

$80? Burrrrrrrrrrr, is it winter already? My 350w sparkle puts out more on the 3.3v & 5v rails (both individually and combined output (220w)) and is 3-4db quieter after I modded it with a silent NMB fan...and was $50 cheaper.

 

[Parasitic]

The Fortron/Zalman 400w power supplies are also great victors...thinking of nabbing one off Newegg ($66 + $4 shipping), but I'm too broke at this point (although the slowly dying Turbolink 420w somewhat justifies)

 

[dscline]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
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Running a generic non PFC 300watt psu for a year costs $850 in electricity? that can't be right.

Well, it's at least a VERY misleading calculation. They are including power factor correction to figure out how much power the electric company has to generate to power the power supply at full load at a relatively high electrical rate. They are showing the generic unit as having a 50% power factor (VERY low) and using the equation watts = volts x ampers x power factor, than applying that answer to the (high) $0.11/kwhr electric rate, to get to that answer. There are several flaws to that though... I don't think ANYONE has a computer that operates the power supply at 100% load 100% of the time (on average, probably a LOT less), and to the best of my knowlege, residential customers pay for WATTS, not VA, so the power factor is irrelivant when calculating actual cost. In this case, the 50% quoted power factor DOUBLES the calculated cost.

Even if you do keep your computer on 24/7, I'd assume a more reasonable 100 to maybe 150w of average power consumption (not counting the monitor), and use a more typical $0.08 kw/hr electrical rate, then you get $70-$105 per year. Large commercial customers may have to pay adjustments to their electrical bill based on the total apparent power factor of their building, but I don't believe many, if any, residential customers pay for power factor.

 

[zephyrprime]

I don't believe many, if any, residential customers pay for power factor.

I think you're right with regards to US customers but European residential consumers do pay for for power factor. If you look at German websites that sell power supplies, they state PFC as a feature on the ps's they sell.

 

[Heinrich]

Karm,

I appreciate your point. Realize that I did try very very hard to make sure I was linking up the right versions and model numbers. However, the retailers list the model numbers in bunch of different ways. The web sites and reviews are different. And, as I remember, if you go the Seasonic web site you'll see only one 400W supply listed, so I assumed that this was that one in the review. It even got to the point that I was trying to open multiple browsers and study the pictures of the boxes! With all that effort that I put into it, I'm not convinced that the two supplies are different. What is your approach in comparing these versions and model numbers? Perhaps I can learn something.

 

[rasputinj]

Not a bad deal, my friend has one of these and he is very happy with it.