Silencer 750W vs the HX620W? Need a silent PSU

[CrewXp]

Hey, do yall have any recommendations regarding silent PSU's?

$200 is my budget, and I really need to replace my GameXstream 700W, as I get headaches everyday from this small high-pitched noise coming out of it. It's the only thing I hear in my pc. I've put it off for too long.

Anyways, I've done some reading and I think I've narrowed it down between the Corsair HX620W and the PC&P Silencer 750W.

I web-browse, program, watch videos, music, and SOMETIMES games like CS, Command and Conquer. I'm not sure exactly which is quieter between those two.

Here's my setup:

Core2Duo E6600 (Upgrading to the Quad in 3 months)
ATI X1900 XTX (as of right now, but could use a little room for a new one in summer)
P5w DH Deluxe Asus Mobo (Will upgrade when get the Quad to a $200 mobo)
2x Crucial 1GB KIt BL2KIT
3 SATA Hard drives (2 are 10,000 rpm)
X-fi Premium with front-bay
Fan Control (5 yate fans... sound like fans & quiet. Not annoying like my psu)
Lights Control (4 lights)
Cooler Master Stacker Case
Custom Water Cooling Setup with a Swiftech 620 Pump.

-Thanks!

 

[MarcVenice]

Videocard(s) ??? If only one, buy a Corsair 520hx instead. Can be had for 100$ AR.

 

[John]

FWIW the OCZ should have a 3yr. warranty, so you may want to contact the RMA dept.

 

[imported_Scoop]

If looking for silent, you have to stay with Seasonic or Corsair (Seasonic as well), any model in the 330-520W range with one GPU. The PC&P Silencer 750W is far away from silent.. it's not even quiet.

 

[CrewXp]

Sry, forgot the video. I have an X 1900 XTX right now, but I'm looking to upgrade in the summer.

What I think I'm going to do is RMA my power supply, then sell the new one when I get it.

After reading Scoop's post ...Right now I'm leaning toward the HX620 instead of the 750W. Wise decision? Enough wattage to power my quad when I get it and a up-to-date video card?

-Thx

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: CrewXp
Sry, forgot the video. I have an X 1900 XTX right now, but I'm looking to upgrade in the summer.

What I think I'm going to do is RMA my power supply, then sell the new one when I get it.

After reading Scoop's post ...Right now I'm leaning toward the HX620 instead of the 750W. Wise decision? Enough wattage to power my quad when I get it and a up-to-date video card?

-Thx

The 520HX that Marc Venice recommended is more than enough to power your quad and graphics card. You could save yourself some money over the 620.

 

[Sheninat0r]

620HX is definitely quieter than Silencer 750 Quad. 520HX would do the job for you though, and it's cheaper.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: Sheninat0r
620HX is definitely quieter than Silencer 750 Quad. 520HX would do the job for you though, and it's cheaper.

nope not true at all!!
The 520HX is louder. Not by much though!!

Peace!

 

[Rawjhaw]

i'd go with the PCP&C Silencer 610W actually... plus, I hope you realize that all Silencer PSUs are manufactured by Seasonic for PCP&C. I'm about to piece together a new system from scratch and i'm going with the 610W Silencer

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: Rawjhaw
i'd go with the PCP&C Silencer 610W actually... plus, I hope you realize that all Silencer PSUs are manufactured by Seasonic for PCP&C. I'm about to piece together a new system from scratch and i'm going with the 610W Silencer

Yes they are manufactured by Saesonic but thats as far as it goes.....
PC Power and Cooling uses Seasonic because as a company Seasonic can do what PC Power & Coolings engineers ask them to do!!

Peace!

 

[gingerstewart55]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: Rawjhaw
i'd go with the PCP&C Silencer 610W actually... plus, I hope you realize that all Silencer PSUs are manufactured by Seasonic for PCP&C. I'm about to piece together a new system from scratch and i'm going with the 610W Silencer

Yes they are manufactured by Saesonic but thats as far as it goes.....
PC Power and Cooling uses Seasonic because as a company Seasonic can do what PC Power & Coolings engineers ask them to do!!

Peace!

Well, actually comparing interior builds of an HX620 vs. a SIlencer 750 brings out more similarities than differences. Go over to JonnyGuru's website and look at the interior pics of both power supplies in his review of both.

Eerily similar pcb's and cap placement....and most all of the coils, wire connections....almost everything is very much alike in both units. While true that the heatsinks are very different, they are that due to the fan and cooling style used by each.

Think you'll find that most Seasonic builds very much resemble each other, which they should. It's not as if Seasonic can dedicate completely different manufacturing techniques for each different OEM....Seasonic, like all other manufacturers who build for different end users, use the same construction and manufacturing techniques and machinery to achieve whatever the OEM requests as an end product. So, the interior construction of a Corsair, Seasonic, and PCP&C Silencer end up looking very much like one another. Makes economic sense.....which is why when any of those three, and the Seasonic-built Antecs, too, are opened, an experienced person can instantly identify a Seasonic build in every case.

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: Sheninat0r
620HX is definitely quieter than Silencer 750 Quad. 520HX would do the job for you though, and it's cheaper.

nope not true at all!!
The 520HX is louder. Not by much though!!

Peace!

Next time, try paying close attention to what was being talked about.....he compared the HX620, NOT the HX520, to the Silencer 750 and their sound generation.

 

[Angerisagift]

I've got a 520HX in my build, and I can't even hear it over the case fans which are all set to low.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: gingerstewart55

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: Rawjhaw
i'd go with the PCP&C Silencer 610W actually... plus, I hope you realize that all Silencer PSUs are manufactured by Seasonic for PCP&C. I'm about to piece together a new system from scratch and i'm going with the 610W Silencer

Yes they are manufactured by Saesonic but thats as far as it goes.....
PC Power and Cooling uses Seasonic because as a company Seasonic can do what PC Power & Coolings engineers ask them to do!!

Peace!

Well, actually comparing interior builds of an HX620 vs. a SIlencer 750 brings out more similarities than differences. Go over to JonnyGuru's website and look at the interior pics of both power supplies in his review of both.

Eerily similar pcb's and cap placement....and most all of the coils, wire connections....almost everything is very much alike in both units. While true that the heatsinks are very different, they are that due to the fan and cooling style used by each.

Think you'll find that most Seasonic builds very much resemble each other, which they should. It's not as if Seasonic can dedicate completely different manufacturing techniques for each different OEM....Seasonic, like all other manufacturers who build for different end users, use the same construction and manufacturing techniques and machinery to achieve whatever the OEM requests as an end product. So, the interior construction of a Corsair, Seasonic, and PCP&C Silencer end up looking very much like one another. Makes economic sense.....which is why when any of those three, and the Seasonic-built Antecs, too, are opened, an experienced person can instantly identify a Seasonic build in every case.

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: Sheninat0r
620HX is definitely quieter than Silencer 750 Quad. 520HX would do the job for you though, and it's cheaper.

nope not true at all!!
The 520HX is louder. Not by much though!!

Peace!

Next time, try paying close attention to what was being talked about.....he compared the HX620, NOT the HX520, to the Silencer 750 and their sound generation.

really so please explain this statement....

620HX is definitely quieter than Silencer 750 Quad.

hmmm

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: gingerstewart55

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: Rawjhaw
i'd go with the PCP&C Silencer 610W actually... plus, I hope you realize that all Silencer PSUs are manufactured by Seasonic for PCP&C. I'm about to piece together a new system from scratch and i'm going with the 610W Silencer

Yes they are manufactured by Saesonic but thats as far as it goes.....
PC Power and Cooling uses Seasonic because as a company Seasonic can do what PC Power & Coolings engineers ask them to do!!

Peace!

Well, actually comparing interior builds of an HX620 vs. a SIlencer 750 brings out more similarities than differences. Go over to JonnyGuru's website and look at the interior pics of both power supplies in his review of both.

Eerily similar pcb's and cap placement....and most all of the coils, wire connections....almost everything is very much alike in both units. While true that the heatsinks are very different, they are that due to the fan and cooling style used by each.

Think you'll find that most Seasonic builds very much resemble each other, which they should. It's not as if Seasonic can dedicate completely different manufacturing techniques for each different OEM....Seasonic, like all other manufacturers who build for different end users, use the same construction and manufacturing techniques and machinery to achieve whatever the OEM requests as an end product. So, the interior construction of a Corsair, Seasonic, and PCP&C Silencer end up looking very much like one another. Makes economic sense.....which is why when any of those three, and the Seasonic-built Antecs, too, are opened, an experienced person can instantly identify a Seasonic build in every case.

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: Sheninat0r
620HX is definitely quieter than Silencer 750 Quad. 520HX would do the job for you though, and it's cheaper.

nope not true at all!!
The 520HX is louder. Not by much though!!

Peace!

Next time, try paying close attention to what was being talked about.....he compared the HX620, NOT the HX520, to the Silencer 750 and their sound generation.

You see your points are well taken but the end result is they are still different....
Sure you can see similarites ands for the most part what you say is true to apoint.
Yet in the end you cannot switch labels and say since they arew both made by seasonic there is even a reasonable possibility they will spec or for that matter even test the same.

PC Power & Cooling has there own engineers and they do not go to seasonic and say build us a PSU we will be happy...
They go to Seasonic and say build us a PSU according to these specs. To which Seasonic says - YES or NO!! Naturally Seasonic has there own plant and has to do alot of things the same way yet.... there are things that other companies do after the fact or that Seasonic says -- sure we can do that...etc......

Just because Seasonic manufactures PSU`s for PC Power & Cooling as well as Antec and Corsair does not mean that you can go out and get the cheapest Seasonic branded PSU and expect the same quality as a Corsair or PC Power & Cooling PSU has.
You also cannot expect the same amount of quiteness from all these different PSU`s....


Yet your points as far as manufacutring are good points.

 

[MarcVenice]

You keep nagging about how you can't switch labels and that they aren't 100% identical. Who gives a damn? Ok, so they are 99% identical, and perform 99% identical. Happy now ? Jeez, the Corsair 450vx, VERY similar to the S12 II 380/430w units from Seasonic performs almost the same in terms of quietness, and in ripple, output, efficiency, etc etc. This is the case with a LOT of units made by Seasonic for other company's. Of course it can be screwed up if someone puts a crappy fan in the PSU, but I think everyone will disagree with you, and say you can in fact generalize about those units, even though we can't switch labels and say it's a Seasonic PSU, but that's just being stubborn and annoying.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
You keep nagging about how you can't switch labels and that they aren't 100% identical. Who gives a damn? Ok, so they are 99% identical, and perform 99% identical. Happy now ? Jeez, the Corsair 450vx, VERY similar to the S12 II 380/430w units from Seasonic performs almost the same in terms of quietness, and in ripple, output, efficiency, etc etc. This is the case with a LOT of units made by Seasonic for other company's. Of course it can be screwed up if someone puts a crappy fan in the PSU, but I think everyone will disagree with you, and say you can in fact generalize about those units, even though we can't switch labels and say it's a Seasonic PSU, but that's just being stubborn and annoying.

You have no clue!!
That`s whats wrong with a a lot of people!
They know that Seasonic makes Antec and Corsair and PC Power & Cooling and they assume wrongly so I might add that even though the name is different on the PSU that because Seasonic made it they are similar enough that you can say they are the same or nearly the same!
Even JonnyGURU would disagree and has disagreed with that statement.
JohnnyGURU on his site has said numerous times just because its made by Seasonic does not mean you can go out and buy the cheapest PSU Seasonic makes with the Seasonic name on it and have a PSU of the same quality.....


refute that......
I will continue to keep nagging when people assume that because Seasonic makes a PSU for another company that there is very little difference in quality from one brand made by the same OEM as another brand also made by the same OEM!!

Peace!!

 

[amdfansftw]

so uh to the OP all of this was said to say that the 750W PCP&C is too powerful. you could save money and get an earthwatt 500.

 

[MarcVenice]

Jedi, you didn't get my point. I know you can't buy the cheapest seasonic OEM psu and call it a seasonic, but in the case of PC&P and Corsair, where seasonics OWN psu's and corsairs 450vx for example, show great similarity's, you can make a VERY educated guess on how those PSU's will perform, and that guess will be that they will perform very much like those Seasonic PSU's they are based of. Thats the whole point. You keep NAGGING about 1% difference, between a 450vx and a Seasonic S12 II 430w for example, that have PROVEN to perform very much alike, and are also very much alike from the inside. And that's what people are saying here, about the PC&P and the 620hx etc. Jeez, you a girl or something ?

 

[AmberClad]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Jedi, you didn't get my point. I know you can't buy the cheapest seasonic OEM psu and call it a seasonic, but in the case of PC&P and Corsair, where seasonics OWN psu's and corsairs 450vx for example, show great similarity's, you can make a VERY educated guess on how those PSU's will perform, and that guess will be that they will perform very much like those Seasonic PSU's they are based of. Thats the whole point. You keep NAGGING about 1% difference, between a 450vx and a Seasonic S12 II 430w for example, that have PROVEN to perform very much alike, and are also very much alike from the inside. And that's what people are saying here, about the PC&P and the 620hx etc. Jeez, you a girl or something ?

I don't appreciate that , and neither might gingerstewart55...

When have I ever been that much of a nuisance ?

 

[MarcVenice]

Nah, it's just a girls natural behavior to whine about little things. It's not your fault, and I don't mind, but it is a girl like attribute though, hence I asked

-disclaimer: I'm no women hater, just having a little fun

 

[wewdeadeye]

My PC Power Cooling 750w silencer is coming tomorrow. Going to be pushing an o/c q6600, 780i, 8800gt among other things. I got it for the second 8800gt that will be going in soon. Anandtech rated it their top PSU, if that means anything. It definitely isn't silent, but I am going to be having 5-7 fans going in my system anyways, so that isn't an issue with me, that is why I have always used headphones! I don't care how silent something is, I care how good it gets the job done. Everyone who has the silencer doesn't have a negative thing to say about, except for sound. In which case I tell them they should have known to buy something else if they are so worried about it, but most people don't care.

 

[Thor86]

Corsair HX series are nearly silent and do not heat up when fully loaded which is nice as well. If you can afford it, get the HX620, you won't be disappointed. And no, I do not work for Corsair, my recommedations come from personal experience with them.