what is good solution for silent PSU?

[Nifrabar]

I want to assemble a pc as mediacentre in the living room.
Quit probably the HD will be solid state.
What is good (very silent) PSU (not thinking of water-cooling)?
I once had a gateway P3 in which PSU also cooled processor by kind of trunk inside case.

Any suggestions?

TIA
-Bart

 

[paparazi]

Zalman make some exellent passive cooled PSU's
Solid state is fast but size limited and as media centre's tend to be used for storage of films etc solid state is not practical. There are several green/low noise SATA2 drives out that are near silent, with 1TB/1.5TB of useful capacity these are surely more useful than solid state.
Next is the CPU fan, bigger the better and than applies to the fan and heatsink, obviously this will depend on case size.
Martin

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my heart it feels a broken beat
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[Nelviticus]

There's a brand of PSUs called 'Be Quiet!' and their 'Dark Power Pro' units are supposed to be very quiet. They get a lot of good reviews.

The closer a PSU gets to its maximum load the louder it gets, so find an on-line power calculator and work out the power you need for your system's components then choose a PSU that's beefy enough to run those components at 50% load. So if your components will require 200 watts, choose a 400-watt PSU.

Regards

Nelviticus

 

[BadBigBen]

Here are two I would recommend:

PC Power & Cooling Silencer PPCS500 500W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7 - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703015

hermaltake TR2 RX W0134RU 550W ATX12V Ver2.2 SLI Ready Modular Passive PFC PFC Power Supply - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153059

Ben
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[goombawaho]

An abacus. I couldn't resist.

 

[gbaughma]

To see the Media Center PC I built, take a look here:

http://parallel.tzo.com/home/Home/PhotoAlbum/tabid/58/path/Misc Pics/Default.aspx

It is VERY quiet. And uses a Zalman case and fan, and a temperature controlled PSU with isolated cooling (it doesn't vent to/from the case)



Just my 2¢

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--Greg

http://parallel.tzo.com

 

[wahnula]

Of all the "silent" PSUs I've installed, none can hold a candle to Nexus, available at

http://www.endpcnoise.com

Tony

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