AKASA PAXPOWER HOW QUIET ?

derbyjake · 10 Mar 2006 at 13:56

How quiet are these psu's

Explicit · 10 Mar 2006 at 14:02

- 18 dB(A) at normal load

derbyjake · 10 Mar 2006 at 14:06

VERY CLEVER,

im askign in real life r they quiet,

Explicit · 10 Mar 2006 at 14:07

derbyjake said:
VERY CLEVER,

im askign in real life r they quiet,

Errr, that's a question that depends on your perception of noise. How long is a piece of string?

PinkFloyd · 10 Mar 2006 at 17:00

Well, in my opinion. They are very quiet.
I could here my old harddrive spinning louder than the power supply.
Normally it was easily drowned out by every other fan in the case.

Doohickey · 10 Mar 2006 at 19:22

I was a bit cynical about the noise rating, but I've got a 460W Paxpower running, and it's not quite silent, I can just about make out the fan spnning, but only if I concentrate on it. Not silent, but certainly very very quiet.

muckymick · 10 Mar 2006 at 19:59

Mine is quieter than my aero7 cpu fan at half speed.

Townlea · 10 Mar 2006 at 20:01

Doohickey said:
I was a bit cynical about the noise rating, but I've got a 460W Paxpower running, and it's not quite silent, I can just about make out the fan spnning, but only if I concentrate on it. Not silent, but certainly very very quiet.

Am with you on this.... you have to be very close to the PSU and really concentrate to notice any noise...

It is very quiet and wouldn't notice any noise in general use on the computer

EDIT: also had mine for a year now and still running like brand new and its powering my PC (see sig) just fine

MG42Maniac · 10 Mar 2006 at 21:46

Very quiet PSU and a very good quality one too

lee32uk · 11 Mar 2006 at 00:27

as stated it is a nice quiet psu.I have one in my antec p180 and its inaudible unless you sit with your ear against the case

locutus12 · 11 Mar 2006 at 07:52

i have one, very quiet

i dont think ive ever actually heard it

maybe i should check to see if its working... *flames and tears*

Borden · 11 Mar 2006 at 08:40

I can't hear it from where i sit and i can only hear it if i turn off all other fans except my Freezer 64.

DELETED_36704 · 11 Mar 2006 at 09:30

I installed one for a mate the other day, i could barely hear the thing and i hate any type of fan noise. Very quiet indeed.