What's the best 250W to 300W quiet power supply?

[lostatlantis]

Hi all,

I am looking for the best 250W~300W quiet power supply for my home desktop. It's running a Tualatin Celery 1.1 @ 1.5Ghz on an Asus P3V4X. I have a Radeon 32MB DDR (yeah it's old), 120GB Maxtor 7200RPM drive, TDK 12x CDRW and a DVD-ROM reader.

I am using the 250W Powerman PS that came with the case (I built this system a couple of yrs ago).

I also have two 80mm case fans, one in the front and one in back just under the power supply. I got them along with the case/ PS from Directron.com. I am gonna unplug them after I finish posting to see just how noisy these fans are. Just in case, what's the quietest 80mm fans now?

My budget for the power supply is around $50, +/- 15. I guess I should go for extra such as SATA connectors and higher wattage, so just let me know if you got some tips!

 

[beatle]

Are you planning on upgrading? If not, that PSU should be fine. Powerman actually makes some decent units. I have one running the duallie in my sig. I'd replace the fan with a Panaflo L1a (I did in my Powerman PSU). I think the deal on L1a's is still going on @ BG Micro.

 

[Dman877]

SilentPC

Check their recommended psu list.

 

[hytek369]

Originally posted by: Dman877
SilentPC

Check their recommended psu list.

exacly what i was going to refer

 

[GnomeCop]

Zalman ZM300A-APS or Zalman ZM300B-APS
the "B" version has the sata connectors.

 

[jswjimmy]

I have a enermax 300 watt with the thermal controlled fan it makes almost no noise at all

 

[MDE]

Fortron 350
120mm fan adjustable from haidryer to dead silent, and solid, stable voltages.

 

[Zap]

Look for the Fortron units with 120mm fan. Budget, quality, low noise, good airflow. What more could you ask for?

Fortron 300W Power Supply, Model "FSP300-60PN" -RETAIL
$33 plus $6 shipping

I have one of these in a Celeron 1.1A@1.46 system on an Abit VH6T motherboard, misc drives, yada yada. Works great.

 

[Jhhnn]

Unless the supply you have is louder than you'd like, just stick with it. The powerman/inwin line is usually quite good. If the model # begins with fsp, then it's a fortron- good stuff, plenty of power for what you're doing.