AOPen Silent Power

lightforce · Post by **lightforce** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:37 am

Ok I still haven't made up my mind about which case to buy.
Some recommend "CI-6A21" but then they say the PSU should be replaced.
Some recommend Antec Sonata, same thing there, there's a lot of threads about people replacing the PSU.

What do you think about this one:

AOPen Silent Power. This is a new version of H600B.

It comes with a PSU: FSP350-60PN(PF)

From what I understand that's the same as in the Fortron which a lot of people recommend?

Here's more info:

http://www.sweclockers.com/html/recensi ... _sidan.jpg

350w
1st, 120x120x25 mm
Yate Loon, D12SM-12

If this PSU is using the very same fan that's being used by Fortron isn't that a damn good fan for a psu that comes with the case from the beginning?

Someone said:

"Well, I'm feeling left out -- the Fortron P300XFPN (with the 120mm Yate Loon fan) isn't on the list! By all accounts, it may be the 2nd or 3rd quietest PS out there; with only the SilenX 14dBA and 18dBA (possibly) models being quieter. "

And from what I understand that's the same Yate Loon fan used here.

lightforce · Post by **lightforce** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:45 am

Here's a link to two reviews of the above case (in swedish unfortunately)

http://www.sweclockers.com/html/recensi ... php?page=1

quote from review:

"One of the absolutely most quiet PSU I've ever heard, modified included. Very impressive"

http://www.nordichardware.se/recensione ... /index.php

"The PSU is very special, it comes with a 120mm fan instead of a 80mm fan. That along with PFC and soundlevelcontrol makes it run very quiet, you can hardly hear it"

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:32 am

More Aopen 600 reviews in Swedish

http://www.hardvara.se/tester/chassi/index.html

if you're having trouble with the pictures like I had, use

http://www.hardware.no/tester/kabinett/index.html (Norwegian)

Pjotor · Post by **Pjotor** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:23 am

Absolutely nothing wrong with the PSU in the CI-6A21. The one I bought exhibits a (very) slight ticking noise at low fan speeds -- which was remedied by an ADDA fan -- but there is a big chance this noise will be masked by other components. It's also a good case overall.

davidstone28 · Post by **davidstone28** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:22 am

The Aopen 350W PSU is very quiet at idle, provided its not under load or reaches hot temperatures. If you don't have alots of peripherals putting drain / load on your PSU, it should be very very quiet.

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:23 am

AOpen PSUs have for long time been rebranded Fortron PSUs. I'm not sure whether this is the case with the above supplies, but I'd imagine yes.