Seasonic Vs Corsair

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:46 pm

which is quietest

Erssa · Post by **Erssa** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:10 pm

seasonic

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:42 pm

have you tested?

Bobfantastic · Post by **Bobfantastic** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:12 pm

Someone will have, to save all of us the time and expense.
I believe Corsair are one of the many companies rebadging someone else's PSUs, and you can guarantee that they keep the quietest ones for themselves, lest they go out of business.

Devonavar · Post by **Devonavar** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:34 pm

There's a Corsair review in the works courtesy of new SPCR writer, Nick. Keep your eyes peeled.

Oleg Artamonov · Post by **Oleg Artamonov** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:19 am

miTchy wrote:have you tested?

It's Seasonic M12 without 60 mm fan.

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:38 am

Looks fairly promising below 200W.

Oleg Artamonov · Post by **Oleg Artamonov** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:57 am

jaganath wrote:Looks fairly promising below 200W.

But relatively noisy above 200 W...

P.S.

Seasonic S-12 SS-500HT, tested under the same conditions.
I can't compare Corsair with M12 because I don't have M12 yet.

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:47 am

But relatively noisy above 200 W...

Good point. At 450W the Corsair's fan is spinning almost twice as fast as the S12-500.

Shadowknight · Post by **Shadowknight** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:25 am

Johnny Guru has also tested these supplies, but the one area he's weak on when it comes to PSU testing is sound measurements.

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 4:06 am

thanx for the review spcr im gona get a corsair

EsaT · Post by **EsaT** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:20 am

Shadowknight wrote:Johnny Guru has also tested these supplies, but the one area he's weak on when it comes to PSU testing is sound measurements.

I think we can deduce something from hot box test.
In it heat exhausted by load tester is piped to case with PSU as only exhaust and as we can see case temperature rised much more with Seasonic which strongly hints to smaller airflow. (=less RPMs=less noise)

http://jonnyguru.com/review_details.php ... page_num=2
http://jonnyguru.com/review_details.php ... page_num=2

Corsair gives higher temperature in first hot box test but looks like ambient temperature was higher at time of its test.
Faster ramp up of Corsair's fan visualized by Oleg is also visible in temperature measurements of jonnyGuru.

Corsair is made by Seasonic so looks like fan controller is different.

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:58 pm

i got the corsair and its very nice

merlin · Post by **merlin** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:17 pm

miTchy wrote:which is quietest

Considering they're both seasonic and use the same fans. I doubt there's much difference, just variations of the fans/circuitry. Anything else is just speculation.

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:43 pm

merlin wrote:
miTchy wrote:which is quietest
Considering they're both seasonic and use the same fans. I doubt there's much difference, just variations of the fans/circuitry. Anything else is just speculation.

haha your a bit late but thanks anyway

nemo · Post by **nemo** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:53 am

<rant>
I have a s12 330 and i have to say that it is very noisy (very quiet environement)

It is really sad that the s12s are supposed to be the best psus for silence lovers because when it comes to quiet computing, they they are just not that, quiet.

The s12 is by far the loudest component of my system, i can hear a well defined airflow noise coming out of it.
</rant>

Im not saying that they are louder than other psus, im just stating that they are far from being quiet.

My next psu will probably be a passive silverstone nightjar.
Desperately waiting for a stronger pico psu....

cheers

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:19 am

I have a s12 330 and i have to say that it is very noisy (very quiet environement)

"very" noisy is an exaggeration surely. More noisy than a lawnmower/jet plane/Formula 1 car?

It is really sad that the s12s are supposed to be the best psus for silence lovers because when it comes to quiet computing, they they are just not that, quiet.

First of all, the S12-330 is noisier than other S12's, this was stated in the review. Secondly, they are obviously not the best for silence lovers as they have a fan, which must make noise because it has moving parts. Do you want quiet, or silence? There is a big difference bwteen those two things.

Also, if you are not happy with the noise from the S12 you can swap the fan, although this will void your warranty.

The S12-330 is a good choice for the average person with an average budget and average background noise, but not for people looking for absolute silence.

The s12 is by far the loudest component of my system

Impressive.... how have you silenced your hard drives?

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:55 am

my hardrive and the whine of my psu are the loudest thing in my computer now

mobutu · Post by **mobutu** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:51 am

I'd go with Corsair since it's the same with S12-550 Energy+ but has modular cables ...
The PSU's from Corsair are made by Seasonic. It's the same.

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:39 pm

yes go with the corsair

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