Quietest 850w PSU?

khearts · 18 Mar 2008 at 02:49

Lots of great PSU's out there it seems.
Whats the quiestest 850w psu out there? Cant decide, lots have great reviews.

Thanks

Kelt · 18 Mar 2008 at 03:00

khearts said:
Lots of great PSU's out there it seems.
Whats the quiestest 850w psu out there? Cant decide, lots have great reviews.

Thanks

Can only comment on the one I run, Cooler Master 850 Modular. Have to put my ear right up to it to hear it! Runs silent, runs cool. Terrific PSU, best I've ever owned. 6 x 12v rails! Future proofed as well, comes with 2 x 8 pin PCI-E connectors as well as 4 x 6 pin. Highly recommended.

khearts · 18 Mar 2008 at 15:32

Thanks
That and the zalman were my 1st choices

pastymuncher · 18 Mar 2008 at 16:22

I have the 750W Zalman and that is extremely quiet. Just about silent in fact. The 850w version is larger in size (i think it's longer if i remember right) which you might want to take into account.

ConTRo13R · 18 Mar 2008 at 20:28

has to be the antec quattro 850 the one with the yellow racing stripes! very very efficient thinks its something like 85% (very good) and at full load that lil fan inside cannot be heard!! but manages too keep all cool, plus being an antec itl last years!

Fire Wizard · 18 Mar 2008 at 21:04

Hello khearts, if you don't mind me asking, what sort of system are you looking at running?

khearts · 19 Mar 2008 at 00:41

Game, photo editing, video, webdesign, flash, movies and the norm. Maybe some highligh videos.

Greenlizard0 · 19 Mar 2008 at 00:59

I have recently had an Enermax one, and have just bought a Corsair 620W Modular one and I can't hear both of them - by far the case fan is far louder.

People on here said that the Corsair range was very quiet - and with my new PSU I agree.

The Zalman's are supposed to be quieter - though as it happens mine is not compatible with *something* in my machine or it was DOA. No idea really. But it's going back

tsinc80697 · 19 Mar 2008 at 01:02

Thermaltake toughpower 750w.
Just got this and its quiet as a mouse

Total overkill for what is needed but it was cheap as chips 2nd hand

mk17 · 19 Mar 2008 at 03:14

ConTRo13R said:
has to be the antec quattro 850 the one with the yellow racing stripes! very very efficient thinks its something like 85% (very good) and at full load that lil fan inside cannot be heard!! but manages too keep all cool, plus being an antec itl last years!

+1.

khearts · 19 Mar 2008 at 15:33

Guess Ill go with th zalman one or coolmasters, cause Im getting a coolmasters case

Fire Wizard · 19 Mar 2008 at 15:35

khearts said:
Game, photo editing, video, webdesign, flash, movies and the norm. Maybe some highligh videos.

Hello khearts, sorry I meant what does your system consist of, hardware wise? Since I doubt very much that you will need an 850 wattage power supply.

khearts · 19 Mar 2008 at 16:23

new yorkfield 2.6ghz, 8800gtx, 8gb of ram, 3.5 tb hdd, vista ultimate 64.
Want to get something a bit future proof for next gen vga.

Im still in 2 minds about the psu. Zalman heatpipe cooled, everyone says its really quiet. Or coolmasters six ground-breaking +12V independent output rails.

I want the quietest psu though, and not sure which one is quieter.