The new PSU is the quiet one, or at least they say so, but while size wise its the same the actual holes for screws wen't fitting my case, I got it for new Athlon x2 server.
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Yes the £21 is for a 600W SILENT PSU. The £5 ones last about a month and sound like 747 on takeoff. I know, I bought oneOriginally posted by n5gooner
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I bet its not really SILENT -- last time I checked well known silent PSUs were like 60-70 quid.Originally posted by DimPrawnComment
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SILENT is a relative thing. Compared to a £5 600W PSU it's bloody silent.Comment
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Yeah it sure is -- my current "silent" PSU - 450 W cost me 16 quid, gonna check to see how really silent it isComment
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The £21 one on MicroDirect is Super Silent rated at 23dBa.
30 dBA Sound Pressure Level is the sound level of a quiet room, with all doors and windows closed, and no ventilation systems on. We characterize it as "extremely quiet." A normal classroom at Berklee, during the day but when nothing is happening in that room, has a Sound Pressure Level of between 35 and 45 decibels.Comment
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well, the fking box rebooted itself again -- so I put new silent PSU in place to see if it helps, ffs it is really pissing me off!
the PSU is actually pretty silent, would not say the best but certainly much better than what I've seen before.
Motherboard reader says that -12.00 is still -16.20, and -5.00 is -6.13, the other values (+3.3, +5.00, +12.00) are a big different so I guess -12 and -5 were simply wrong readings.Comment
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Well, it rebooted itself again with new PSU, so it ain't PSU, best guess its CPU overheating, not keen on Disabling overheat check in BIOS, will put big fk off vent to blow air over CPU to see if it helps.
Touched it with hands and it does not feel that hot at all, BIOS was reporting 40C
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Well, a big FK OFF blower is now blowing right over the CPU, and I mean the wind is fking strong -- temp of CPU seems to have dropped to 32C from what used to be 37C
Bastard computers -- I should have become a lawyer!
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Worth checking your CPU cooler is making good thermal contact with the chip.
Often the heatsink can be cool but the chip underneath roasting due to poor thermal conductivity.Comment
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