The ideal PSU: Quiet Quality

"Keith Clark" <clarkphotography.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3F37DFC9.C0759E6D@hotmail.com...
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 >
 > Rick wrote:
 >
  > > "Keith Clark" <clarkphotography.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3F37D54C.9A43606E@hotmail.com...
   > > > Read this before buying any power supplies :
   > > >
<font color=brown>   > > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1841</font" target="_blank">http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1841</font</a>>
  > >
  > > I'd love to. Anyone else able to get to the review?
 >
 > Keep trying and be a bit patient.
 >
 > The review was posted on Slashdot this morning, so the site will be pretty slow for a while.
 >
 > Being mentioned on Slashdot can cause so much traffic that it's almost similar to a DDOS attack. LOL!
 > ;->

Sorry, an hour of retries is not 'pretty slow'. That's pathetic.

Rick<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: The ideal PSU: Quiet Quality 

"Bryan L" <rand59.doesn't.accept.spam@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:XwtZa.113775$o%2.49420@sccrnsc02...
 > I'm planning to upgrade my system a bit at a time over the next few
months,
 > as I'm still running my BH6 mobo with a celery 1100. I'm haven't yet made
a
 > final decision about my choice of mobo and CPU, but I want to start with a
 > new PSU, since I can use it in my current system right away. Who
knows...it
 > may even prove to be the solution to some recent stability issues I've
been
 > having.
 >
 > What I'm looking for:
 >
 > - Rock-solid, steady performance
 > - Quiet operation
 >
 > I've done google searches for high-quality, quiet PSUs, but all of the
hits
 > seem primarily concerned with the quiet aspect, and don't talk much about
 > quality. Is there a consensus as to which quiet power supplies are of the
 > highest quality?

No one's mentioned it yet, but Zalman makes a fanless 400W PSU that's gotten
good reviews for quality, reliability, etc. It's kinda hard to find yet,
though, and the price has been around $100. Directron.com had them for a
decent price a few weeks ago, but were out-of-stock at the time.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: The ideal PSU: Quiet Quality 

On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 15:28:55 GMT, "Bryan L"
<rand59.doesn't.accept.spam@mchsi.com> wrote:

 > I'm planning to upgrade my system a bit at a time over the next
 > few months, as I'm still running my BH6 mobo with a celery 1100.
 > I'm haven't yet made a final decision about my choice of mobo
 > and CPU, but I want to start with a new PSU, since I can use it
 > in my current system right away. Who knows...it may even prove
 > to be the solution to some recent stability issues I've been
 > having.
 >
 > What I'm looking for:
 >
 > - Rock-solid, steady performance
 > - Quiet operation
 >
 > I've done google searches for high-quality, quiet PSUs, but
 > all of the hits seem primarily concerned with the quiet aspect,
 > and don't talk much about quality. Is there a consensus as
 > to which quiet power supplies are of the highest quality?

This ones are both silent and high-quality.
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.antec-inc.com/pro_p_truepw.html" target="_blank">http://www.antec-inc.com/pro_p_truepw.html</a>

If you want "Rock-solid", buy a big one (550W).<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: The ideal PSU: Quiet Quality 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:15:53 -0700, "Rick" <me DeleteThis @privacy.net> wrote:

   >>>> Read this before buying any power supplies :
   >>>>
<font color=brown>   >>>> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1841</font" target="_blank">http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1841</font</a>>
   >>>
   >>> I'd love to. Anyone else able to get to the review?
  >>
  >> Keep trying and be a bit patient.
  >> The review was posted on Slashdot this morning,
  >> so the site will be pretty slow for a while.
  >> Being mentioned on Slashdot can cause so much traffic
  >> that it's almost similar to a DDOS attack. LOL!
  >> ;->
 >
 > Sorry, an hour of retries is not 'pretty slow'. That's pathetic.

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1841" target="_blank">http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1841</a>
You have some local problem.
The site is fast and have no problem.
Works perfect for me located in Sweden!
(Sweden in Scandinavia, the northern Europe)<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: The ideal PSU: Quiet Quality 

"Ken" <___ken3 RemoveThis @telia.com> wrote in message news:9frfjv4endlfc4lpbe1vl9su7p75k4okkq@4ax.com...
 > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:15:53 -0700, "Rick" <me RemoveThis @privacy.net> wrote:
 >
   > >>>> Read this before buying any power supplies :
   > >>>>
<font color=brown>   > >>>> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1841</font" target="_blank">http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1841</font</a>>
   > >>>
   > >>> I'd love to. Anyone else able to get to the review?
   > >>
   > >> Keep trying and be a bit patient.
   > >> The review was posted on Slashdot this morning,
   > >> so the site will be pretty slow for a while.
   > >> Being mentioned on Slashdot can cause so much traffic
   > >> that it's almost similar to a DDOS attack. LOL!
   > >> ;->
  > >
  > > Sorry, an hour of retries is not 'pretty slow'. That's pathetic.
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1841</font" target="_blank">http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1841</font</a>>
 > You have some local problem.
 > The site is fast and have no problem.
 > Works perfect for me located in Sweden!
 > (Sweden in Scandinavia, the northern Europe)

Well, I finally got through all of it and the review is fairly shallow.
It doesn't even cover how these supplies react to load changes,
which is probably the most common cause of PS-related system
problems. If they had tested PCP&C against the others in this
regard they would have discovered why that supply costs so much
more than the others.

They also made no mention of PCP&C's Silencer supplies which
are a *lot* quieter than the unit they tested.

All in all, an accurate but disappointing review.

Rick<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: The ideal PSU: Quiet Quality 

the Zalman is a modified Fortron.

"mrdancer" <mrdancer DeleteThis @athotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > "Bryan L" <rand59.doesn't.accept.spam@mchsi.com> wrote in message
 > news:XwtZa.113775$o%2.49420@sccrnsc02...
  > > I'm planning to upgrade my system a bit at a time over the next few
 > months,
  > > as I'm still running my BH6 mobo with a celery 1100. I'm haven't yet
made
 > a
  > > final decision about my choice of mobo and CPU, but I want to start with
a
  > > new PSU, since I can use it in my current system right away. Who
 > knows...it
  > > may even prove to be the solution to some recent stability issues I've
 > been
  > > having.
  > >
  > > What I'm looking for:
  > >
  > > - Rock-solid, steady performance
  > > - Quiet operation
  > >
  > > I've done google searches for high-quality, quiet PSUs, but all of the
 > hits
  > > seem primarily concerned with the quiet aspect, and don't talk much
about
  > > quality. Is there a consensus as to which quiet power supplies are of
the
  > > highest quality?
 >
 > No one's mentioned it yet, but Zalman makes a fanless 400W PSU that's
gotten
 > good reviews for quality, reliability, etc. It's kinda hard to find yet,
 > though, and the price has been around $100. Directron.com had them for a
 > decent price a few weeks ago, but were out-of-stock at the time.
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: The ideal PSU: Quiet Quality