Quiet and cheap power supply for my roommate?

fanerman91 · Post by **fanerman91** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:05 pm

Update:

After playing World Or Warcraft beta, my roommate has decided that an upgrade is in order, meaning, time to pick out some quiet parts for him

. What's a power supply with perhaps more headroom than the one you recommended but still quiet at stock? ie, 400 watts

monkiman · Post by **monkiman** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:09 pm

Go with the ubiquitous Fortron FSP300-60PN

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 937&depa=1

$26.50 at Newegg

rtree · Post by **rtree** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:33 pm

If after the PSU swap, the CPU HSF noise becomes more pronounced, consider the Speeze Falconrock for $15 at newegg.

I am building my brother a budget PC and I opted for the Falconrock, pretty quiet for the price. It's a bit big though, so it may or may not bump into capacitors around the CPU socket.

I originally used an Antec SL350S for the PSU, but I didn't realize the case's PSU support bracket blocks most of the vents, so I have been considering the Fortron monkiman mentioned.

For stock components on the cheap, with an emphasis on cheap. The Falconrock and Fortron are pretty good bang for the buck. It won't be as quiet as some of the more expensive or modded stuff you see at silentpcreview, but I think they would suffice. Afterall, it's not your PC so you wouldn't want to sink too much into it.

Or maybe, you can just make him put the PC in a different room? That would be the cheapest way probably.

Edward Ng · Post by **Edward Ng** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:08 pm

monkiman wrote:Go with the ubiquitous Fortron FSP300-60PN

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 937&depa=1

$26.50 at Newegg

Ditto.

JimK · Post by **JimK** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:43 pm

Edward Ng wrote:
monkiman wrote:Go with the ubiquitous Fortron FSP300-60PN

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 937&depa=1

$26.50 at Newegg
Ditto.

Ditto. I like my older version.

silencery · Post by **silencery** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:25 pm

I can donate this to you for the cost of shipping (like 5 bucks?). Its not selling anyways.

Talz · Post by **Talz** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:14 am

I recently put that fortron in my net connection gateway/server, undervolted the cpu fan and now the only part left that I'm even the slightist bit unhappy with is the old Barracuda hdd. I do have it under a light load so I'm not sure how well the sound leve scales with load, but at this point I really feel it's one of the best deals I've gotten on a piece of hardware.

fanerman91 · Post by **fanerman91** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:44 pm

Update, my roommate wants to upgrade the comp, so new power supply. Fairly cheap and quiet stock would be great. Thanks

sthayashi · Post by **sthayashi** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:59 pm

475W Enermax Noisetakers can be had for reasonable prices (for a decent 400W). Either that or the next size down.

fanerman91 · Post by **fanerman91** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:57 am

Little update (not really about PSUs so I'll keep it short):

Roommate upgraded. Fry's deal for CPU/mobo. I insisted he get a Zalman 7000 AlCu something something. Best of all... he got a new case! He decided he might as well get everything new and have a complete comp he can take home. He got a good deal on an Antec SLK3700BQE!!! It's soooo much quieter than what he had before. Maybe I'll add some sound dampening stuff later (I'd rather not do anything risky). But wow.

silencery · Post by **silencery** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:39 am

hey, did you get that psu?

fanerman91 · Post by **fanerman91** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:32 pm

Yup. I sent you a PM on Anandtech. Thanks!