PSU Suggestions

[ViperVenom]

Afternoon

I hate upgrading/changing my psu as its money spent without any real noticeable improvement! unfortunately my current Antec TruePower 650W appears to be on the way out, or well more so the fan is, I think its the bearings or so its making a grinding/growling noise and its really quite noticeable when i lock all my other fans as low as possible to keep my pc as close to silent as I can. Its obviously the PSU fan as soon as I slow it down my headache disappears!

Well I've had a look back and its got about 6 months left on the 3 year warranty, so I'm thinking its probably worth trying to return it (yay Netherlands postage costs ) But it would leave me PSUless for a couple of weeks and they might just send the bloody thing back anyway as its been fairly intermittent (although its been constant for 2 days now). Anyway thats not happening, I'd rather buy another PSU now, RMA this one back and then sell on whatever they send me back (presumably another model as they dont stock this one anymore)

So here I am! asking for a bit of advice as according to the internet someone somewhere will call any PSU rubbish in one way or another you just can't win.

I would prefer it to be modular (I can route the cables round the back/other side but it seems overkill when I only use 2 sata devices)

Quiet is a large factor in my decision, ones where the fan doesnt even kick in till it reaches a certain load/temp would be quite tasty as most of my time these days is actually on the desktop and I'm barely pulling 110w from the wall

Price, well obviously cheaper the better, moneys fairly tight but I realise its worth it with a PSU. £70-80? I could probably stretch to £100.

I think my current 650W is plenty I doubt I'll ever go crossfire I just prefer keeping it to 1 card since my cases airflow is naff, so I guess anything between 550-750? would be plenty

I've been looking at the Corsair range (always said when i needed my next PSU I'd get a Corsair) particularly the TX650M and the HX650 but I've heard some weird chirping issue with the HX? not sure how true that is or how many it affects. Apart from that I guess Seasonic would be an obvious choice of some sort? BeQuiet puts me off because I've built a few PC's for friends in the past using them and some of the cable length was shocking, not sure if thats changed? OCZ can go die a horrible death I've had 2 OCZ psu's and both have ended up blowing up and filling my PC with black smoke for no reason . XFX orrr Enermax?

Any suggestions? Maybe I've overlooked someone or things have changed recently, can't say I really keep in the loop with PSU's!

Thanks

 

[Deleted member 2277]

It is possible to avoid most of the return cost by returning it to the Antec UK sales office. I'll see if I still have the info available from when I last RMA'd.

Edit:

This is what I received from Antec:-

'Normally Enta would accept your request but their main task is do the replacement for the sales channels other than end-users. Therefore, the alternative way is to send the PSU to Antec UK sales team. It will save most of shipping cost for you. The only drawback is that it may take longer time to get the replacement than sending it to our RMA office in Rotterdam Holland. It is because sometimes our sales team may be too busy to take care of your RMA in time. However, we will push them to the limit in order to give you the best service and the full support. Our UK address and shipping instruction is given below:'


I do have the name and address, but I think it's best not to to post on an open forum as it is the sales manager's home address and he may not be responsible for returns any more. If you contact Antec and explain the situation they may offer you the option of returning to the sales office.

If you have a look at this thread you will find contact information for the AntecRepUK (he is the person who sorted my RMA out)

http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55327

 

[satanicguardian]

I've been debating this for weeks now, I'm in a similar situation, take a look at the corsair CX builder range ~ 750watt, or the XFX is very nice too, little more expensive and only semi modular but it has seasonic guts

 

[ViperVenom]

It is possible to avoid most of the return cost by returning it to the Antec UK sales office. I'll see if I still have the info available from when I last RMA'd.

Edit:

This is what I received from Antec:-

'Normally Enta would accept your request but their main task is do the replacement for the sales channels other than end-users. Therefore, the alternative way is to send the PSU to Antec UK sales team. It will save most of shipping cost for you. The only drawback is that it may take longer time to get the replacement than sending it to our RMA office in Rotterdam Holland. It is because sometimes our sales team may be too busy to take care of your RMA in time. However, we will push them to the limit in order to give you the best service and the full support. Our UK address and shipping instruction is given below:'


I do have the name and address, but I think it's best not to to post on an open forum as it is the sales manager's home address and he may not be responsible for returns any more. If you contact Antec and explain the situation they may offer you the option of returning to the sales office.

If you have a look at this thread you will find contact information for the AntecRepUK (he is the person who sorted my RMA out)

http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55327

This is interesting!

Thanks for that, I'll have a look, worth a go eh

Also yeah ^ I had overlooked the CX range. I dont really care as such about bronze/silver/gold/plat whatever....I'd go for a cheaper bronze providing its quiet and reliable. Semi modular is fine, not quite sure I'm understanding the point of fully modular anyway, not like I can use it without any cables plugged in!