Looking for super quiet PSU

Arksun

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Any recommendations for a super quiet PSU to be paired with Asus Z97 Pro?

And by noise I'm not referring to the fan, I'm so sick of coin whines and constant tones.

I just put together a new build, bought a Corsair AX760 thinking for the price it would be silent, but nope, it emits a constant 1khz sine wave that seems to cut through anything. Because I'm running large slow fans the noise really sticks out and once my brains latched onto it it drives me nuts!.

I seriously doubt its a bios issue because the noise is there even when the PC is switched off, only the mains cable supplying power to the PSU. I disabled all the usual C state EIST etc in bios anyways, made no difference.

I think I read somewhere that actually the platinum grade PSU's are more prone to output such noises due to their efficiency, perhaps I should get a 80plus gold or bronze instead?
Around 700-800W range please.
 
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