Super Tornado 300W

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Compddd
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Super Tornado 300W

Post by Compddd » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:42 pm

Garbage. Louder then a Antec 480W Truepower. Terrible :(
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MGP
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Post by MGP » Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:32 am

You know, there are plenty of forums on problems with the Seasonic Super Tornado 300 -- use the search! :wink:
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Post by MGP » Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:35 am

Oh, and, btw, the problems with this particular PSU are sort of sketchy...My particular revision does still have the "no start fan" (with a light whine/buzzing noise) symptom occasionally, but it runs well and silent...but yes, there are several cases of the newer revisions having very loud fans.
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Re: Super Tornado 300W

Post by Inexplicable » Sun Jan 11, 2004 2:37 am

Compddd wrote:Garbage. Louder then a Antec 480W Truepower. Terrible :(
Bought one anyway, huh? Mine has found a home in my old P2 dualie. Nice and quiet at low power draw.
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Post by Storm » Sun Jan 11, 2004 3:51 am

Although the heat coming out the back and the PSU cover feels the same as my Q-technology 300w. To silence my Tornado 350w I used a 5v a papst 4412FM.
Now my zalman cnps7000A at 5v is too loud :shock:

I found that the large yellow coil in the middle of the PSU heats up the PSU cover alot.
I also found that turning the PSU upsidedown so the fan is bring in air from above, the PSU is cooler.
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Re: Super Tornado 300W

Post by Joe DeFuria » Sun Jan 11, 2004 5:18 am

Compddd wrote:Garbage. Louder then a Antec 480W Truepower. Terrible :(
Well, for one, the truepower rated for 480W probably doesn't start ramping its fan speed until a higher temperature than much lower rated 300W Seasonic.

Two: what other fans do you have in your system?
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