Ultra Quiet PSU! Music Rig only

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audiodude1

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Hello,

There are lots of threads on this I know I know...But as a recommendation, what can you make for an Ultra quiet PSU? For some reason, in canada, no where stocks the Kingwin, Rosewell or superflower silent models (fanless). The Seasonic 520W fanless one is available, but I have heard of too many reviews of "Buzzing" or electrical humms, some of varying db's..

Are there any other recommendations out there? Looking at a 450 - 600 watt, even with a fan as long as the DB's rating is low. I was looking at the Be-quiet 500W L8 for $80, but still looking.

 
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Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.26 @ TigerDirect Canada)
Total: $95.26
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-20 15:31 EDT-0400)

EasyRail Plus Technology allowing plenty of wattage headroom to handle your devices
Hybrid Fan Control allowing the power supply to operate silenty until it reaches 20% load or 25C
Ultra Quiet Fan Design
Ultra Voltage Regulation Design
Haswell Ready
AMD Radeon CrossFire Ready
NVIDIA GeForce SLI Ready
Multiple PCI-E 6-Pin and 6+2Pin connectors
True Wattage guarantee
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.26 @ TigerDirect Canada)
Total: $95.26
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-20 15:31 EDT-0400)

EasyRail Plus Technology allowing plenty of wattage headroom to handle your devices
Hybrid Fan Control allowing the power supply to operate silenty until it reaches 20% load or 25C
Ultra Quiet Fan Design
Ultra Voltage Regulation Design
Haswell Ready
AMD Radeon CrossFire Ready
NVIDIA GeForce SLI Ready
Multiple PCI-E 6-Pin and 6+2Pin connectors
True Wattage guarantee
80 Plus Gold certifying 90% power efficiency
Extreme heat tested capacitors
- See more at: http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/xtr-series-full-modular/xtr-series-550w-psu-p1-550b-befx#sthash.1PMQjM4H.dpuf
 
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audiodude1

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Interesting, I noticed the hybrid feature on the XFX XTR, not too many reviews but is it a fairly inaudible unit? (I will be running passive vid card, silent case, slower quiet fans, so it will be a really quiet case, dont want the psu to overtake the case lol.)

How would it compare to some of the corsairs? HX for example, and the Bequiet 00w L8?

If we only had the rosewill's or kingwins (fanless). Looking at the XFX though for curiosity, silence is key, for mic recording etc... too.
 
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I have the 650w version in my new build.

It's pretty quiet.

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Thanks for the responses everyone! The Fanless seasonic is available, just concerned as a large majority of reviews and forums note that high pitch buzz, some way stronger than the others. (If only we had the superflower fanless, this model has been noted to have little to none)

I'm leaning now for the Corsair series and XFX as both have the hybrid mode, out of curiosity...the corsairs fan doesnt kick in till 40%, does that mean on the 750 Watt, the system can push 300 watts before the fan kicks in, or is it fixed (certain temperature). Just debating now to get a high wattage or 550 watt.

My system is an MATX board, LGA 2011 processor, passive 640 GT card, 32 GB memory 2-3 case fans etc...no gaming, this is just an application specific system.
 
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