A very quiet (silent) psu needed max length 15cm

Brazo · 21 May 2016 at 20:34

Max wattage required is 200w but I've been looking at 400 w. Would prefer modular and fanless.

Brazo · 22 May 2016 at 08:37

Thank you. I had considered both. The super flower is too long at 17cm. The corsair appeared noisier in tests that i had wanted, loading up at 50w I thought so let me double check.

Brazo · 22 May 2016 at 08:52

Think a silver stone sx500 may tick the boxes as its silent at up to 250w according to this review. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/silverstone-sx500-lg-power-supply,review-33213-5.html

Brazo · 22 May 2016 at 23:06

Many thanks, the corsair was a strong contender and tbh I wouldn't have been disappointed with it. It's also newer than the sx500 but the 500 has a bigger fan, which helps a lot with noise reduction and equally good reviews.

I have a passive gpu and CPU so I was really disappointed a passive psu wouldn't fit.

There's also 2 ssd's in this build so very silent overall. Only noise is from the did drive when you first turn the machine on.

Brazo · 23 May 2016 at 13:39

abui1806 said:
now you got me interested in the specs. Have been chasing silent fanless build for months now.

AMD 5350 (overclocked to 2.5GHZ)
Arctic Alpine M1 passive heatsink
Pallit Kalm x 750 TI
Asrock AM1 - H (needs bios update to OC)
2 x SSD's (128GB boot drive and 500GB data drive)
1 x dvd drive (ok its noisy but only for 2 secs when PC is booted up. I would remove it from build but this is only a 'second' pc and its the only DVD drive in the house so comes in handy.

Once the new PSU is in i'll post some pics.

Brazo · 26 May 2016 at 23:05

Psu arrived, with a 2 pin plug! From not OcUK (for shame

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Brazo · 17 Jun 2016 at 22:23

Well I have tried two of the silverstone psu's and both have exhibited a loud rattle from the psu fan. Such a ballache. Have jus ordered my fourth psu for this build the corsair 450 so fingers crossed.