Corsair HX850W Fan noisy or silent ?

HighlandeR

HighlandeR

HighlandeR

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Hi was considering this case but some reviews/comments have suggested the fan can make a annoying whine when on full load ?

I plan on running 10 hdds (2tbs) , dvdwriter and Quadcore/6-8gig Ram with a beefy next gen ATI graphics card....
 
thx thats good to hear its not noisy... seems reports are varied, I wonder if anyone out theres got a really beefy system with 2 gpus and like 5-6 hdds, id wonder how the noise is at load then ?
 
Metroid said:
I recommend to buy the newer AX-850 version if you really want silence.

Check this out, http://www.corsair.com/products/ax850/default.aspx

£145 this week

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-028-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084
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Yeah was wondering this myself they both look spec for spec pretty much same, accept the older Corsair has a 135mm more silent fan and the newer one has a 120mm fan, im baffeled why they would downgrade the fan not unless Corsair are aware of some Noise issues so perhaps they used a more high quality 120mm fan....

May have to do some further digging on Corsair forums someone must know the truth !:D
 
Yeah I know its a bit of a hit and miss, ive read a review on the new AX 850 and it looks good :

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1073-page4.html

Silence is there but theres no hx 850 review.... surely a 135mm fan vs a 120mm fan the larger ones both more silent and pushing more air so if the ax850 is both newer and better why downgrade the fan.....

Ive posted on Corsiar forums... so will perhaps find out

Hard to decide as always :)
 
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