A quiet psu?

[nastymat]

I currently have a psu that sounds like a jet engine. In a bid to make my machine quieter I fancy changing it to something the A. Is near silent B. will last for a while in terms of going in new kit.

I have a AMD 3000+ barton atm.. so nothing fancy but I reckon with in a year I will dual SLi etc etc

I have no plans to OC.

Any recommendations from experience?

 

[evongugg]

If you tell us your specs or future specs, we can recommend how many amps you need for the computer.

Top Tier PSU:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108088

Exhaustive PSU review:
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/xbit-labs-psu-reviews-reviews-ftopict210122.html

Silent PSUs
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article699-page1.html

how much is too much?
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/default-ftopict217576.html

 

[nastymat]

At present I have an Athlon 3000+ barton, Asus mobo (can't remember but it was the best at the time), x850xt graphics card, 2x HDD (Sata), 1 cd drive, 1 cd/dvd writer, Coolermaster Aero 7+ cpu fan, G15 kb, g5 mouse, wireless nic.. that's all I can think that draws power.

As for future spec?!?! No idea as yet. Probably with in a year a full upgrade. So new cpu, mobo, ram, graphics card. Probably spend no more than £1000 ($2000 ish) so it will be good but not top end. Was thinking dual graphics cards but have not seen any reviews to convince me to do it yet.

 

[tchiwam]

I am using a Yesico 550W fanless, it is quiet.

 

[evongugg]

This is a good PSU that could carry you through an upgrade:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104954

 

[everett]

Might i suggest a cosair psu, modular and it has a 5 year warranty

 

[Valtiel]

I'll third (?) it. Quite a solid PSU, I ordered one last monday from buy.com for $96 after MIR (free shipping). Dunno if you can buy it in the UK though.

 

[-silencer-]

I'm also a fan of the Corsair (SeaSonic) power supplies. Very quiet, efficient, stable.. and now many are modular..