**TODAY ONLY! 07/01/2015** Seasonic 460W Fanless '80 Plus Platinum' & Asus Xonar Essence STX ii

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Seasonic 460w FANLESS '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply @ £94.99 inc VAT

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The Platinum Series, certified in accordance to the 80PLUS highest standards, offers the newest technology and innovation for performance and energy savings with up to 92% efficiency and a true power factor of greater than 0.9PF.

- 80PLUS® Platinum Certified Super High Efficiency
- Full Modular Cabling Design
- Fanless- 0dBA
- Patented DC Connector Module with Integrated VRM [Voltage Regulator Module]
- DC to DC Converter Design
- Conductive Polymer Aluminum Solid Capacitors
- Highly Reliable 105°C Japanese Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors
- Tight Voltage Regulation [±2%]
- Active Power Factor Correction [99% PF Typical]
- High +12V Output
- Gold Plated High Current Terminals
- Dual Sided PCB Layout
- Ultra Ventilation [Honeycomb Structure]
- Multi-GPU Technology Support
- All-in-One DC Cabling Design
- Easy Swap Connector
- Universal AC Input [Full Range]
- 7 Years Warranty
- 38A (456W on the +12V Rail)

Connectors
- Motherboard 24 Pin x 1
- CPU 8/4 Pin x 1
- PCI-E 8-6 Pin x 2
- Molex 4 Pin x 5
- SATA x 6
- Floppy x 1


Only £94.99 inc VAT.

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Asus Xonar Essence STX II @ £169.99 inc VAT

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Essence STX II and STX II 7.1 build on the success and huge popularity of ASUS Essence STX – the world’s first consumer sound card to deliver 124db SNR audio clarity plus 600ohm headphone amp, and the long-term holder of the number-one position in Head-Fi’s Sound Cards charts, as voted by highly-satisfied users globally.

Keeping the audiophile spirit and philosophy alive, the new Essence STX II and STX II 7.1 cards both feature a remarkable 124dB SNR for line-out connections and 120dB SNR for headphone listening. Precision clock is controlled by a temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) clock source, optimized power delivery is assured with low-dropout (LDO) regulators and WIMA® capacitors deliver balanced sound.

With an amplifier capable of delivering impeccable output for up to 600ohm headphones, an additional gain control for in-ear monitor (IEM) headphones, high-quality MUSES operational amplifiers (op-amps) and an included op-amp swap kit, ASUS once again demonstrates its ability to redefine the sound card market. Essence STX II 7.1 even has the ability to output true 7.1-channel surround sound, via the included simple-to-fit daughterboard.

Commenting on the launch, Ives Chiu, ASUS Product Manager for the Audio Sector in the Multimedia Business Department, said: “Four years after the debut of Essence STX, ASUS remains committed to delivering ever better high-end sound cards to delight the most demanding audiophiles. Drawing on years of experience in developing Essence One, Essence STU and Essence III, Essence STX II delivers meticulous design, quintessential performance and profound musicality — elements that shape the spirit of the whole Essence Hi-Fi series.”

Legendary audio quality that just got better
Essence STX II and STX II 7.1 deliver industry-leading 124dB SNR audio clarity, a much-envied quality inherited from the revolutionary and widely-acclaimed Essence STX sound card — and up to 64 times (64X) better than typical onboard audio hardware. Headphone output reaches a fantastic 120dB.

To attain the essence of sound, ASUS engineers equipped Essence STX II and STX II 7.1 with even more Hi-Fi-quality components. These include a premium TCXO clock source that ensures ultra-low jitter, high-fidelity LDO regulators for consistent linear regulation and German-made WIMA capacitors for a more balanced sound. The profound musicality that Essence listeners expect is encapsulated by celebrated MUSES 8920 and MUSES 8820 op-amps, which deliver true-to-life tonality and spacious sound imaging.

Both Essence STX II and STX II 7.1 benefit from swappable op-amp sockets and come with a swap kit that includes three additional op-amps — two Texas Instruments LME49720s and one MUSES 8820 — that allow users to create different timbres and tonal combinations. The swap kit includes a clamp tool that makes it easy to remove the op-amp microchips.

Essence STX II Specifications:-
Channel: Stereo
SNR (signal-to-noise ratio):-
- 124dB (RCA out)
- 120dB (headphone out)
- 118dB (line input)

THD+N (total harmonic distortion plus noise): 0.0003% (-110dB)
Frequency response: 10Hz-90kHz
Sample-rate resolution Up to 192kHz @ 16/24bit

Output impedance:-
- 100ohm (line out)
- 10ohm (headphone out)

Full-scale output voltage
- 2Vrms (line out)
- 7Vrms (headphone out)

Swappable op-amps:-
- 2 x MUSES 8920 (I/V slot)
- 1 x MUSES 8820 (LPF slot)

Connectivity:-
- 2 x stereo RCA out (left/right)
- 1 x 6.3mm(1/4”) headphone out
- 1 x 6.3mm(1/4”) input (line-in/mic-in)
- 1 x S/PDIF Coaxial out
- 1 x Front panel audio header (HD audio/AC 97 compatible)

Dimensions (W x L): 168 x 107mm


Only £169.99 inc VAT.

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That Silverstone PSU would be a dream in my HTPC, would make it much quieter than is is currently.

Sadly my budget only stretched to a Cooler Master G550M, which has turned out to have a relatively noisy fan :(
 
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