psu advice

[tyerone]

Hi guys
this is what my pc is currently have a no name psu and wana get a proper one, but it has to be dead quiet any ideas????
my pc specs are:


E6750,intel JHB MB,2gig 800, 250gb SATA , 9600gt, and a audigy zs 2 and dvd drive , mayb add another hd sometime.

thoughts??????

 

[Grimspoon]

I have a 500W Thermaltake TR2 - very happy with it...Otherwise you could look at Coolmaster or Antec, also very good.

 

[tyerone]

I have a 500W Thermaltake TR2 - very happy with it...Otherwise you could look at Coolmaster or Antec, also very good.

how quiet are they???

 

[Grimspoon]

how quiet are they???

I think it is pretty close to silent, I cant give you a honest answer basically cause my GFX card and case fans drown out any noise it may make....but check out the specs:

http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Power/TR2power/w009394/w009394.asp

 

[Grimspoon]

17dB at 1300RPM - I have no idea if that is good or bad, anyone?

 

[tyerone]

17dB at 1300RPM - I have no idea if that is good or bad, anyone?

i dont know either, my current psu is a noise machine!! its crazy

how loud is 17db what can the human ear hear???

 

[Grimspoon]

how loud is 17db what can the human ear hear???

Good question, I have no idea I am sure someone on here will be able to tell us.

 

[cyberarmy]

I read somewhere like you will not notice anything that's 30dB and below as this is your environment noise level or something?

 

[Zulash]

17 dba is very good - some of the most silent case fans are +- 18 dba. From personal experiance, generally the smaller the fan the more louder it is. so for a psu 17 dba is niice

Somewhere on MyBB is a thread about dba and it has a nifty little graph which compares dba to other sounds so you can get an idea of what they are like... not sure where the thread is though

 

[charlie_82]

My ordinary Gigabyte PSU doesn't make a peep

 

[Grimspoon]

My ordinary Gigabyte PSU doesn't make a peep

And as long as it doesn make a *poof* sound you all good

 

[tyerone]

what about this???

http://www.prophecy.co.za/isonic-megapower-600w-14cm-p-22941.html

 

[DarkWater]

hey tyerone, just out of interest..what is the wattage of your current PSU?

 

[tyerone]

hey tyerone, just out of interest..what is the wattage of your current PSU?

its a 500w power supply but no name. im trying to get away from the no name aspect of it...and the noise...

 

[cryptic1]

I got the aerocool 620w psu from NGR Computers for about 700 bucks @ the beginning of the year http://www.ngrcomputers.co.za/power-supplies-c-103.html?filter_id=77&sort=2a.

http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/power/aero_cool/zerodba_620/index.htm

 

[scotty777]

lol, I'm rolling with a 500watt mircolap psu, thing serves me dam well and it's silent
Best of all, cost me R500 a year ago, so i thought it was a good deal, sorted out my random shut downs when gaming

AS for the the dba thing mentioned earlier,
A whisper is 20 DBA
rustling leaves are 10 dba
Normal conversation is 60 dba
Busy street is 70dba
Vacuum cleaner is 80 dba
a rock concert is 110dba(if you in front row)
pain threshhold is 130DBA

but dba is some what exponential... so the difference between a whisper and 17dba is tiny

 

[Grimspoon]

what about this???

http://www.prophecy.co.za/isonic-megapower-600w-14cm-p-22941.html

I don’t think that will be any better than what you have got, not for that price anyway..But I don’t know that brand so I cant vouch for them.

 

[charlie_82]

And as long as it doesn make a *poof* sound you all good

tru that!
I'm very happy with mine tho... 450W running 2xHDD, 2xOptical + 8800GT

 

[Grimspoon]

tru that!
I'm very happy with mine tho... 450W running 2xHDD, 2xOptical + 8800GT

Thats pretty impressive for a 450W