Quiet PSU’s?

[Mr. Mulder]

What would you recommend in the way of a quiet, cost effective PSU? I’ve been looking at the "Zalman ATX Ultra-Quiet PSU 300W ZM300B-APS" and that seems to be the best bet, unless anyone has something bad to say about it? :unsure:

(For recommendations, they’d have to be either black or pure white, colour wise)

Edit: 500W Preferred ;)

[Storm]

why do they have to be one color??

your seriously limiting your options that way............

if you have a plastic seethrough case, you can always paint it........

[clocker]

Antec NeoPower.
It's black (OK it's charcoal, so sue me).
It's 480w.
It's modular...mostly.
The temp regulated 120mm fan is near silent.
It's very stable.

[Snee]

Just put a 400w fortron bluestorm inside a pc. It was blue tho'.

It was really quiet and the revised edition even came with a knob you could turn to adjust the fan speed. It had a transparent 120mm fan too. (FSP400-60THN-P)

It's got a blue light, n' blue mesh around the wires.

And the four pin connectors were great, much better grip than the usual white ones.

LINK (http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?head=64&page=2294) <- this one's knobless tho'.

Fortron is a brilliant brand btw, and there are models in the wattage range you want too, look for one with a 120mm fan for less noise.



EDit: bluestorms are available at up to 500watts.

They do lack a -5v output, but that's supposed to be gone from the atx standard anyway.

[Mr. Mulder]

clocker's one sounds good, but so does SnnY's which seems more reasonably priced. Was it really quiet? It's an absolute must for my PC :unsure:

@Storm, I'd settle for any colour if it was good enough, possibly like the above.

[Snee]

I can hear a faint whine or hum, but that's about it. Got the fan set to about half speed. The 350watt version does about 22.6 decibels I think, not sure about the 400watt version.

The loudest things in that chassis right now are the roms I think. :unsure:

It's the most silent psu I've ever come into contact with. At that wattage, I should say.

Just realised I've got a quieter one mounted in my own pc, but that's rated at a lower wattage, and it isn't a standard atx supply either.


Have a look at this PSU tho': http://www.dvhardware.net/review67_sst-st30nf.html
It's a bit weak, but it doesn't make a sound. "0 decibels".


EDit: the decibel scale:


dB Sound
0 threshold of hearing
10 pin dropping at 10 m
20 soft whisper
30 library
40 quiet conversation
50 normal conversation
60 a busy office
70 vacuum cleaner
80 inside a small car
90 lawn mower
100 large orchestra
110 rock music
120 boom stereo in car
130 earphones up loud/ jet plane
140 air raid siren
150 military rifle

[Virtualbody1234]

... @Storm, I'd settle for any colour if it was good enough, possibly like the above.
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=20550

[S!X]

http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=24350

[HCT]

Here (http://store.mrtechus.com/repcpo55ulap.html) is one

[S!X]

http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=24350