What causes heat in PSUs
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Most good psu's with a fan are near silent at low power consumption, i have a tagan and i cant hear it at all whilst at the computer, if i put my ear near to the back of it i can generally just about hear it if the PSU is really being stressed.
If you really want a genuinely silent PSU, buy a fanless one, they are more expensive and generally have lower wattage ratings but they will do exactly what you want.
I kind of get the feeling your going to try to cut the fan off in a PSU thats intended to be fan cooled not passively cooled, i really would say dont remove/kill a fan in a normal PSU thats been designed to use a fan to cool itself, this really isnt a good idea and you'll most likely end up with a dead PSU/psu that restarts after an hour of being on as they simply aren't designed to work passively and will not cope without minimal airflow.
If you really want a genuinely silent PSU, buy a fanless one, they are more expensive and generally have lower wattage ratings but they will do exactly what you want.
I kind of get the feeling your going to try to cut the fan off in a PSU thats intended to be fan cooled not passively cooled, i really would say dont remove/kill a fan in a normal PSU thats been designed to use a fan to cool itself, this really isnt a good idea and you'll most likely end up with a dead PSU/psu that restarts after an hour of being on as they simply aren't designed to work passively and will not cope without minimal airflow.
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Resistance, as with all other components, and pretty much every other inefficiency in the world/universe.
Give it a few years and we'll probably all be running superconducting PCs that are 100% efficient and many times faster than todays, and all of course passively cooled (would only really happen if/when a material that superconducts at room temperature is found).
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Give it a few years and we'll probably all be running superconducting PCs that are 100% efficient and many times faster than todays, and all of course passively cooled (would only really happen if/when a material that superconducts at room temperature is found).
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null said:Give it a few years and we'll probably all be running superconducting PCs that are 100% efficient and many times faster than todays, and all of course passively cooled (would only really happen if/when a material that superconducts at room temperature is found).
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Boron doped diamond?
Boron doped diamond is not a superconductor at room temperature. Although it is fantastic at conducting heat, which makes it ideal for electrical circuits. Shame it isn't cheap though 
The person who finds a room temperature superconductor will be a very rich man.
SiriusB
The person who finds a room temperature superconductor will be a very rich man.
SiriusB