silent power supply??

bosone · Post by **bosone** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 8:50 am

the most noisy thing in my room when i turn on the PC is the power supply.
is there something specially designed for audio applications? something a bit more quiet then "normal" power supplies?
i cannot move the PC (so i can't put it in a wardrobe, for example

)and i don't want water cooling!

zzero · Post by **zzero** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 8:59 am

http://www.quietpc.com/ <- they seem to have some nice products

some reviews of silent psu's:

http://www.silentpcreview.com/modules.p ... =24&page=1
http://www.silentpcreview.com/modules.p ... =20&page=1

I myself I'm planning to get a new antec case with truepower silent psu.

There really are a lot of silent psu's out there, lots of choice

But those from quietpc do seem like quality gear and they seem to look a little like the psu's carillon uses in it's daws

Micha · Post by **Micha** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 10:15 am

Mine is a Engelking AP2-6300SFC-A. The quietest. Excellent, but the price...
Have a look for Verax FSP-60ATV, very good!, or Zalman ZM300A-APF. If you need more power check out Antec True 380P or Chieftec HPC-420-302-DF.
Happy quiet pulsaring
Micha

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 11:45 am

http://www.tomshardware.com has a recent roundup with a lot of PSUs.

One thing to be noted is, that when the PC suply gets hotter, it gives out less current. So that is a reason to have sufficient cooling for your PSU. Some silence-modded PSUs will have a hard time delivering the adverticed current.

Immanuel