teccy.com

Quiet PCs

I've just upgraded my PCs power supply because my old power supply couldn't cope with the new graphics card I'm getting. So I went to QuietPC and got myself and Elan Vital Greenerger SSM PSU, a set of the latest quiet fans (I already had quiet fans but thought there was room for improvement and fan technology moves on like anything else) and some vibration absorbing gaskets to mount the fans on. Now, this power supply (PSU) is a bit special because the single 120mm fan only runs when the PC is doing some hard work, otherwise it stays off, in case the benefit of that isn't obvious, I'll spell it out: No fan = No noise. Contrary to a recent review in PC Format, the cables are all wrapped in mesh and colour coded, with a dedicated graphics card power lead and four Serial ATA plugs while the molex (power for the big stuff like CD drives, hard drives) are an easy remove type. The cables aren't modular, which is to say you can't disconnect the ones that aren't needed, but the way the cables are arranged suits my PC just about right.

So, is it quiet? I've never heard anything like it.

posted by Tim @ 9:43 pm