Hiper Type-R

gharkins · Post by **gharkins** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:51 am

I believe that the Hiper Type-R is deeply under rated on this site, and people here do not realise for 580W, the fan runs at 17db to 21db.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

Bobendren · Post by **Bobendren** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:05 am

Yeah maybe at idle, if one of the fans switches off. But at full load that thing is going to be far from quiet. Also most people on this forum wouldn't want with a 580W, its simply too much.

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:26 am

I wouldn't buy any Hiper PSUs.

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:37 am

dont get one if you want quiet, the 80mm runs constantly

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:07 am

I believe that the Hiper Type-R is deeply under rated on this site, and people here do not realise for 580W, the fan runs at 17db to 21db.

How do you know this? Do you have some very expensive sound recording equipment and an anechoic chamber or similar very quiet recording venue? Or are you simply believing what you read on the packaging?

disphenoidal · Post by **disphenoidal** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:06 am

jaganath wrote: Or are you simply believing what you read on the packaging?

Manufacturers sound ratings are often wrong, but so are the ones given by many hardware review sites. I can't think of any, other than SPCR, that have reliable noise specifications, and most seem plenty satisfied with the manufacturer's claims. So I don't think some accepting those claims is especially shocking.

However, manufacturer's ratings are almost always optimistic, and most review sites have poor sound testing methods and a very lax definition of quiet.

edit: typo

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:19 am

The main point I was trying to get across is that at those very low dB levels you would need sophisticated recording equipment to measure it accurately. Ordinary individuals are unlikely to own or have access to such equipment, so there is a low probability that the OP can credibly question SPCR's stance on the Type-R 580W (not that SPCR really has a stance, I can't remember if they have ever reviewed a Hiper PSU, if they have it was a long time ago).

roadie · Post by **roadie** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:27 am

I had a 480W Hiper Type R. It was silent when idle but under load it kicked up in speed and did produce a lot of noise. It also never seemed to go quiet again until the computer was switched off. I'm not sure how the 580W model compares but I am extremely happy with my Antec.

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:11 pm

PostPosted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:27 am Post subject:
I had a 480W Hiper Type R. It was silent when idle but under load it kicked up in speed and did produce a lot of noise. It also never seemed to go quiet again until the computer was switched off. I'm not sure how the 580W model compares but I am extremely happy with my Antec.

i had the 480W hiper too and i found it silent when it was idle too, under load the 580watt is quieter tho, still not quiet enough

DanW · Post by **DanW** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:23 am

my brother has one of these, and they are laughably loud!

It's is easily louder than 5 Akasa fans all running at 1800rpm, and an older Hyper 480w PSU running on "silent" mode (which is still crap). This was running in a smaller more vibration prone case (the door were never on proerply for a start)

Honestly, do you have one of these PSUs? If so I suggest you get your ears tested

(joking)

SnooP · Post by **SnooP** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:07 am

While no acoustic info is given, heres the fan ramp up based on load:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/ ... per_9.html

80cm fan starts at 1400rpm, which is too much imo for silence, reasonably quiet but nothing special.

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:40 am

i need to get a new psu this hiper too noisey 80mm madness