Seasonic S12 II (new revision) - now widely available
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The old S12s were silent. The new S12IIs are merely quiet.Stany wrote:That's not good for the silence Is it really such a difference
You can and will hear them, but it's not like they're a bad kind of PSU. Just not as silent as it was hoped they would be. Plus there are all sorts of complaints about the buzz -- I notice some in mine, but it doesn't bother me most of the time.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article699-page1.html
You could try the Neo HE(beware the failure rates), or even a passive model if your airflow can take it. Why not take a gander at Forton(FSP) or Nexus PSUs.
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Quick revision if you didn't read it all: old S12 has slow fan, new S12II has medium-speed fan. Faster fan is automatically noisier, also has an ugly noise character.
If you RMA an S12 there might be an option to upgrade... but you'll have to ask them for it. In a standard case you'd get a new or refurbished S12.
If you RMA an S12 there might be an option to upgrade... but you'll have to ask them for it. In a standard case you'd get a new or refurbished S12.
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They are, it happens all the time. Most just don't know it.
It would mean huge financial losses if slightly broken or malfunctioning parts just got scrapped. It's better for everyone to repair and restore them, then recycle them with a factory guarantee... I dare say they will work just as well as a fresh and flawless product.
It would mean huge financial losses if slightly broken or malfunctioning parts just got scrapped. It's better for everyone to repair and restore them, then recycle them with a factory guarantee... I dare say they will work just as well as a fresh and flawless product.
yeah but most companies won't ship their parts to China/Taiwan/Indonesia for repair and waiting like 1-2 months for the part.
i bet they have a refurbished parts stock somewhere at the company in USA already.
well i think my 7600GT is a refurbished one, they forgot(?) to send me the original box and softwares cds included originally with the card.
i say that cos when i play games full-screen, in some of them anyway, it "blinks" (a black screen this time) for a fraction of second, like in that game called RF Online, no problem when i go in, but when i quit the game, after a while it "blinks" once. Maybe it's only drivers conflict, i'll have to use DriverCleaner to clean all ATI and Nvidia drivers before installing latest drivers.
but since the S12-II do more noise...well i'm not really attracted to it.
i bet they have a refurbished parts stock somewhere at the company in USA already.
well i think my 7600GT is a refurbished one, they forgot(?) to send me the original box and softwares cds included originally with the card.
i say that cos when i play games full-screen, in some of them anyway, it "blinks" (a black screen this time) for a fraction of second, like in that game called RF Online, no problem when i go in, but when i quit the game, after a while it "blinks" once. Maybe it's only drivers conflict, i'll have to use DriverCleaner to clean all ATI and Nvidia drivers before installing latest drivers.
but since the S12-II do more noise...well i'm not really attracted to it.