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 Post subject: Re: Seasonic G360W gold for $60 - Review & Giveaway!
PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:11 am 
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doveman wrote:
Anyway, the UK supplier is charging £47 but wants another £11 for shipping, totalling £58.

Google Shopping search shows that technextday.co.uk has it for £47.59 including VAT with free delivery ...and it means you don't have to buy from Scan.

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 Post subject: Re: Seasonic G360W gold for $60 - Review & Giveaway!
PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:31 am 
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edh wrote:
doveman wrote:
Anyway, the UK supplier is charging £47 but wants another £11 for shipping, totalling £58.

Google Shopping search shows that technextday.co.uk has it for £47.59 including VAT with free delivery ...and it means you don't have to buy from Scan.


Hey thanks, nice find. I don't actually have a problem with Scan other than their high shipping prices, so I tend to avoid buying from them unless my order value is high enough to qualify for free shipping (currently £100 exc VAT I think, so it's not often I use them).

EDIT: I note they say "After 7 working days faulty products are processed as per the manufacturer’s warranty policy and procedure. This doesn't mean you're on your own; we'll be here to smooth the way." which is complete nonsense as they're legally responsible as the seller for dealing with faulty products within the warranty period (which I think under EU rules is a minimum of 2 years now). They don't seem to mention what the warranty period is for this product, so I presume it would only be the statutory 2 years. Mind you Scan says the warranty is only 12 months.

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 Post subject: Re: Seasonic G360W gold for $60 - Review & Giveaway!
PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:41 pm 
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How would this Seasonic G360W PSU suit for my 24/7 combo:
Celeron G530 CPU (maybe upgrading to Intel Core i3 3220/T)
Gigabyte B75 motherboard
2x 500GB 5400rpm HDD (planning to switch one hard disk for a SSD)
2x Intel 1000GT NICs

My current PSU shows power usage around 80-90W from the power socket (probably not very accurate kill-o-watt meter).
But should i buy this PSU or go for a PicoPSU?
I can get G360 from my local shop with the price of 57€, but the PicoPSU is almost around 90€.


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 Post subject: Re: Seasonic G360W gold for $60 - Review & Giveaway!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:23 am 
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But should i buy this PSU or go for a PicoPSU?

Here's a recent comparison.

tldr: The Pico-PSU will use ~5W less at idle, they are similar at load.

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 Post subject: Re: Seasonic G360W gold for $60 - Review & Giveaway!
PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:24 am 
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I got my Seasonic G-360 today to replace my aging Nexus NX-4090, which had developed an annoying coil whine. It is powering the system below :

Intel Core i5-2500k
AsRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3
8GB DDR3 1333
MSI GeForce GTX 660 2GB Twin Frozr III
Intel 320 120GB SSD

First impressions where kinda dissapointing, after wrestling the old psu out and getting the new one in (Changing psu:s in an Antec solo with a large CPU heatsink is a bit of a challenge, but it can be done).

On the first startup i was greeted with the sound of fanblades hitting something, after a quick check of my casefan and the fans on the graphichs card it dawned on me that the problem was inside the psu.

After a few curses and cuts the psu was out again for inspection, it seems that the all the outgoing cables run directly below the fan, and if you have to wrestle with the psu and cables to get it into your case they can move too close to the fanblades and cause the noise. The problem is pretty easy to fix once you realize whats going on, just thug gently on the cables and move them around until they clear the fanblades.

All in all not the worst problem you can have, but Seasonic should look into it to avoid unnesseseary RMAs.

I have only had time to run some quick load tests, but so far it is relly quiet. A faint broadband buzzing can be heard if you put your ear to it, but nothing you will hear when the case is closed.

Most important for me was coil whine, and im happy to repport that there is non that i can hear.


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