If you really want the quietest PSU then check this out but then this will also depend on the quietness of your WC.
Got all excited then, then found the price
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Got all excited then, then found the price
Thing is I want to build a system up over a couple of years.
It's going to have 4 water cooling loops. 30 x 500rpm fans, tri gfx. sata raid card with several ssd drives and 4 or so 1+tb drives. So eventually it will be a monster. But I'll be building it up slowly and one of the first upgrades i want is the psu, but I don't want it to be to loud or underpowered. Don't wont to be swapping stuff continusley.
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If you really want that kind of system I'd say use two psu's.
Should make the upgrading process much easier and in the year or more it's part built you only be needing one on
That said if it has enough connectors just get one of the 85+ range from enermax - w3bbo has one for his build and I'm sure he'll tell you the score on how quiet it is.
But what are you cooling with 4 loops! and 30 fans
Should make the upgrading process much easier and in the year or more it's part built you only be needing one on
That said if it has enough connectors just get one of the 85+ range from enermax - w3bbo has one for his build and I'm sure he'll tell you the score on how quiet it is.
But what are you cooling with 4 loops! and 30 fans
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But what are you cooling with 4 loops! and 30 fans
3 gfx, 1 cpu+mobo, 4 x 120:3 rads with push pull config. Or that's the idea. Just something totally mental. and see what it can be clocked to with near silence.
trouble is the case is already huge, don't really want to go the two psu route. (620x500x400 dxhxw)
Is there any other watercooled psus. Can't even find any 2nd hand koolance ones.
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Case design thread here
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17971098&page=3&highlight=perspex
car failed mot this month so perspex will have to wait again till payday.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17971098&page=3&highlight=perspex
car failed mot this month so perspex will have to wait again till payday.
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Silentmaxx make a 500w watercooled psu.
Fanless psu that have been modified relatively easily but the amps are just not high enought to use with gaming rigs.
Fanless psu that have been modified relatively easily but the amps are just not high enought to use with gaming rigs.
Right well i boguht a "be quiet!" 850w psu and i can confim it's damn near silent, both the hdd and dvd drive make more noise than it
they make a 1kw and 1.2kw versions too iirc.
hope it helps.
Is the 750w version the same in terms of quietness? Thanks.
ive got the 750W Be Quiet & if i turn all my fans off i can't hear it over the noise from the fan on my GFX ( GTX285 stock cooling at idle ). quietest psu ive ever used. and thats in a watercooled rig that doesn't make much noise in the first place.
you could save money insted of buying 3 120.3 rads and get this
http://www.carcooling.co.uk/product...ithout_A_C_627_322_34mm_12ST302-110526-6.html
looks bigger than 3 120.3 rads and only £40.
Only problem is it's probably aluminium
Does the GTX285 have a really quiet fan? My 7800GT stock cooling was quite noisy and now have it on a passive cooler. All other fans are running at 5v and samsung F1 1TB is in a scythe silent drive enclosure which I still can hear above the fans.