@Backslash Just booted up my new build using the G360. Unfortunately, it seems mine has an extremely loud coil whine that can be heard across the room. In one of my builds, I installed a 380W Seasonic S12II-380GB whose coil whined so loudly that I swapped it out for another PSU. I've read since the...

Thanks for your suggestions. I guess I'll keep on using Magma fan as I'm too lazy to disassemble the computer.
Frankly, I rarely stress 4 cores of cpu..... so temp is not a huge concern.

I got one ETS-40 cooler before. As Heat Direct Touch cooler often tends to be mediocre in terms of cooling performance compared to traditional cooper base cooler, I'm fine with it. At least, I got it at a very tempting price. To my surprise, I'm shocked by its stock fan's airflow ...... I DO like th...

At least, it's a review aimed at budget, low-wattage PSUs ..... I'm grateful for this idea.
FSP managed to surprise me given its low pricing, acceptable performance.

Wow, this WD 500GB did impress me favorably. I'm tempted to get one for my download/media box ..... Quiet, efficient, low vibration, plus cheap ..... seems a perfect mate for my box!

Interesting to hear confirmation of the tonal noise of the higher RPM Gentle Typhoons. I currently have two of these sitting idle in my box o' fans for this very reason. One of these is the 1850 RPM mentioned in the article, but the other is an 1150, which unfortunately exhibits the ringing tone wh...

I guess it depends on fan bearing ..... I got some 125W AMD stock coolers which has some nasty bearing noise. It's not terribly noisy, but it sounded uncomfortable(hum) for me despite its 1300~1500RPM.

I guess Xbitlabs' reviews deserve a mention here.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cooler ... dup-1.html
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cooler ... dup-2.html

I've a SuperFlower 350W Gold lying in my room. Efficiency-wise, it is fantastic. Noise-wise, decent but not best.

Try to put 10 HDDs as far away from you as possible. I'd recommend NAS storage system or 2nd computer specialized for HDDs storage ...... And Use Gbit Ethernet to reach HDDs from main computer. It's next to impossible to silence 10 HDDs by SPCR standard.

I wouldn't call Seasonic S12II noisy(~850~RPM), but it is not the King of silence anymore. I found Enermax Pro82, LibertyEco is quieter than S12 ..... not day and night difference, but you can perceive it at midnight. To tell the truth, I hope Seasonic will improve their low-end offerings when they ...

Lepa at least involves 2 OEM sources -- Enermax, CWT. CWT is not famous for quiet PSU .....
I won't purchase LEPA PSU unless I'm sure it's Enermax inside.

If you really want to buy a full PSU in order to be able to continue to use expensive and crappy mATX boards, look at the Superflowers like the 400W Golden Green. I'm still using an AM2+ mATX board for media/torrent ...... :mrgreen: OK, I've got one Superflower 350W Gold which is astonishing in ter...

For comparison purpose: I was a bit surprised to learn that efficiency drop is so large. Noise-wise, S12 is ok. Efficiency-wise, it's no no. It's the least efficient PSU in the comparison. System spec: AMD 4850e 1G @ 0.85V Gigabyte MA74GM-S2 rev 4.3 DDR2-667 2GBx2 Hitachi 3’5 500GB 7200RPM x1 80mm F...

I have the 970 Extreme3. 4 out of the 5 fan headers are fully controlable with speed fan. Only "PWR_FAN1" is allways at 12V. Yes. :lol: It's probably too late to say this, but 970 Extreme3 served me very well during past 3 months. Other than internal USB3 header, I've no complaint with this board.

Aging might worry me if it were to use for GTX580 SLI. Otherwise, it should be fine for light use like single 6670.
Btw, my S12-430 is still running strong in my dad's PC.

Ya, it doesn't make much sense to dump 4850e to save a few watts. I guess I'll continue using it in the foreseeable future as well.

I'm using following parameters for 4850e:
1G @ 0.85V
2.5G @ 1.2V


Sadly, 4850e is antiquated given latest CPU's idle power consumption.

Thanks for your reply! Mike!
I do anticipate future Intel brand ATOM boards as Intel brand boards tend to be very frugal in terms of power consumption.

Thanks! I appreciate yours' hard work.
That said, are all motherboards using this adapter in the review? No offense, just curious to see fair comparison.

I hope Seasonic would shorten the cable length ..... No one is going to use such a small footprint PSU for bottom-mounted ATX case. Also, I'd like to see 300W SFX Gold coming from Seasonic. Being a loyal 300SFD user during past 3 years, I'd love to purchase a new 300W SFX Gold for my media box.

Hi Lawrence

May I know the PSUs that you're using in the review across the board?
The efficiency loss would play a huge role in power consumption over here. Thanks.

In Britain and most of Europe, there is the 350w Gold model from Be Quiet, available from sources such as this one http://www.scan.co.uk/products/350w-psu-be-quiet-efficient-power-bn185-92-eff-80-plus-gold-quiet-fan-atx-v231 . At just under £48 this, in the UK at least, must be one of the cheapest ...

Yes, lots of circumstances may bias the PSU behaviour, even the relevant mounting: I guess that a bottom mounting (currently mine is in a Solo) may change how you can perceive it (on a Solo it can be mount only with the fan facing downwards). As I said, the ErPro80+ is a not so economical well abov...

Recently, I've been using Superflower 350W 80Plus Gold which is quiet at idle (Global 120mm at 700RPM). Can't say much about its full load as I never stress my media box. Except modular cable/fanless cooling, I think it gives Seasonic X400 a run for its money. I bought it less than half of X400 pric...

Highly recommend for people who want silent PSU at a budget price. :D After about four years of service, I retired my 300W Fortron Zen (also because 14A are no more enough on the 12V rail). So, I've given a try to this ErPro80+ 350W: I'm (more than) a bit disappointed, quietness-wise. Summarizing, ...

Given official spec of CPU cooler height of Define Mini is 160mm, HR-02 Macho may not be a viable choice for you.
You may need to look for other solutions.

http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&prod=58
"Supports CPU coolers with height of ca 160mm", quoted from Fractal official website.

You probably know... Superflower and Kingwin are one and the same. That product looks good -- a Chinese review here: http://www.itocp.com/htmls/02/n-1602.html Efficiency is >90% & while there's no comment about electronic whine, the fan ran at 700rpm steady. It looks like a worthwhile product, for ...

You probably know... Superflower and Kingwin are one and the same. That product looks good -- a Chinese review here: http://www.itocp.com/htmls/02/n-1602.html Efficiency is >90% & while there's no comment about electronic whine, the fan ran at 700rpm steady. It looks like a worthwhile product, for ...

Usually, I'd follow SPCR's review/recommended list. But I've met an interesting PSU -- Superflower 350W 80Plus GOLD -- on the market recently at a very reasonable price. It's really tempting for me...