Quiet Power Supply

[12th_Man]

I'm getting ready to build my first system and one thing I'm very interested in is making it very quiet. I've got most of the components nailed down, but I realized that my PSU is going to have a fan on it and when compared to the ultra quiet case fans I'll be using this might be a big source of noise. Is this a legitamate concern? If so does anyone know of a good power supply that doesn't make much noise?

 

[Woodman]

Maybe Thermaltake's PSUs?
<A HREF="http://www.thermaltake.com/products/PurepowerMenu.htm" target="_new">http://www.thermaltake.com/products/PurepowerMenu.htm</A>

I got it from here:
<A HREF="http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-118-1.htm" target="_new">http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-118-1.htm</A>

 

[Jake_Barnes]

This <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=82235#82235" target="_new"> thread </A> has some interesting information. Might be of help.

But Officer, I wasn't speeding - I was qualifying ...

 

[LtBlue14]

my true power 430 is certainly very quiet
but <A HREF="http://www.pcpowerandcooling.com/" target="_new">pc power and cooling</A> are well known for their reliable, and above all quiet, PSUs. they're expensive though ($144 for one 400W ultra quiet PSU, compared with ~$75 for my antec true power 430W)

<A HREF="http://www.planettribes.com/allyourbase/ayb2.swf" target="_new">411 UR 84$3 R 8310N6 2 U$</A>

 

[Steven21]

My Antec 480w is Quiet, my previous PSU, an Enermax 350w was quiet also.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Steven21 on 07/06/03 09:05 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Draych]

I have a Thermaltake Purepower 420W and it's so quite that I dont hear it running. (but it is!) Has 2 fans too.