Seasonic S12 Owners

nikebee · 30 Mar 2006 at 15:23

lo all.

i'm thinking of upgrading my PSU from a Hiper Type-R 580w to a Seasonic S12.
i've not been happy with the build quality on my Hiper's (i've gone through two) and in the quest of getting a quieter PC the Seasonic's seem to be the best thing around.

how quiet are these PSU's?
are they stable, reliable and good for overclocking?

and would i need a 500w or a 600w ?
i'm running
4000+ @ 2.6GHz
2GB G.Skill ZX
7800GT @ 490/1180
DFI LanParty SLi-D
74GB Raptor and a 120GB Seagate Barracuda

only thing worth noting is that i could very well be getting a second 7800GT in the future, depending how badly Vista sways me towards DX10.

nikebee · 30 Mar 2006 at 21:37

cheers for that, and the links... completely forgot about that site (i've been getting most of my info about silent parts from there lol).

any body give me an idea of whether i'd need the 500w or 600w PSU please?

nikebee · 30 Mar 2006 at 21:53

hmmm...

500w = £90
600w = £100ish

would probably be easier to fork out the extra tenner and get the 600w

nikebee · 4 May 2006 at 23:10

will more than likely be buying my Seasonic this week what with it being on This Week Only

shall post me reports and findings when i get it

nikebee · 4 May 2006 at 23:29

Raikiri said:
Good choice, I have one in my second PC (430w variant) got it nice and cheap for £41 and it is silent. Considering every case fan is either at 5v or 7v thats pretty impressive.

good to here

got my Medusa headphones today (already hugely impressed) and have got an AKASA case fan (120mm sold on here) and the Zalman VF900 on the way too to quieten down the 7800GT

should make the pc a fair wad quieter