Hello all,
I've recently upsized from a Silverstone Sugo SG05 to a Coolermaster Elite 130 case. The reason is that the fan in the standard SFX 300 Watt power supply in the Sugo is pretty noisey and the Coolermaster supports full size ATX power supplies.
Requirements are quite specific:
The PSU needs to be shorter than 160mm to fit.
Gold certified preferably (although not essential)
Silent at low loads. Preferably semi-fanless
Have good cable management as space in the case is very limited
Be capable of running something like a Geforce 670.
Candidates so far are the Silverstone Strider PSU range. You can buy flat, short cable sets for a very reasonable price. Downside: with the cables you're talking £100 which to me is a lot of money. Also not semi-fanless.
Silverstone SFX 300 Watt Bronze http://www.scan.co.uk/products/300w-silverstone-st30sf-strider-sfx-80plus-bronze-psu Note that this is not the same PSU that comes with the Sugo case. It's semi fanless and lovely and cheap. Downside is it's only 300 Watt. I know for sure the Geforce 670 will work (I know of people who've done it successfully) but 300 Watts sure is cutting it fine.
Corsair RM series. Flat modular cables are good for cable mamagement, semi fanless. Price is reasonable. Downside is I've read a lot of reports about these PSUs having cheap capacitors so I'm worried about the quality.
Thoughts?
I've recently upsized from a Silverstone Sugo SG05 to a Coolermaster Elite 130 case. The reason is that the fan in the standard SFX 300 Watt power supply in the Sugo is pretty noisey and the Coolermaster supports full size ATX power supplies.
Requirements are quite specific:
The PSU needs to be shorter than 160mm to fit.
Gold certified preferably (although not essential)
Silent at low loads. Preferably semi-fanless
Have good cable management as space in the case is very limited
Be capable of running something like a Geforce 670.
Candidates so far are the Silverstone Strider PSU range. You can buy flat, short cable sets for a very reasonable price. Downside: with the cables you're talking £100 which to me is a lot of money. Also not semi-fanless.
Silverstone SFX 300 Watt Bronze http://www.scan.co.uk/products/300w-silverstone-st30sf-strider-sfx-80plus-bronze-psu Note that this is not the same PSU that comes with the Sugo case. It's semi fanless and lovely and cheap. Downside is it's only 300 Watt. I know for sure the Geforce 670 will work (I know of people who've done it successfully) but 300 Watts sure is cutting it fine.
Corsair RM series. Flat modular cables are good for cable mamagement, semi fanless. Price is reasonable. Downside is I've read a lot of reports about these PSUs having cheap capacitors so I'm worried about the quality.
Thoughts?