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Hey LTT

 

I'm looking to get rid of my Corsair CX750M after my first one died and killed my GPU.

I recently went from ITX to ATX.

So my requirements are as following.

 

The PSU MUST power an Overclocked Haswell system with a 4670K@4.4ghz and in the future an extra GTX 980 Strix.

Also i got a couple of drives, lightning and so on.

 

I traded my chassis and mobo (node 804 and maximus vi impact) for Maximus vi Formula and Define R4, so we need the PSU to fit (not a problem) and to be as silent as possible.

 

Silence is the number 1 priority as well as reliability.

 

I've looked at the Seasonic X-series and the Corsair AX860i 

 

What do you think? Any suggestions

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Corsair HX850i, Silent, Good, Corsair Link, Somewhat cheap.

It is damn silent, The AX860i is loud as hell.

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any 500 watt will do but if you never want to have the fan spinning get a 750 watt pus that is semi-passive or a fully passive psu

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EVGA G2 750W with Eco Mode on

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100% passive

 

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Silverstone NightJar 520 Watt 

Sea Sonic Platinum fanless 520 Watt

 

both fanless

 

oh you mean two 980s?

Jup 2 cards when the next gen comes out (know it'll be awhile) i'll buy one used.

 

So up until now its 2 for the EVGA 750 G2 and 1 for the HX850.

I'll take a look at both and just look through reviews

 

And it is the EVGA model called EVGA Supernova G2 750?

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Jup 2 cards when the next gen comes out (know it'll be awhile) i'll buy one used.

 

So up until now its 2 for the EVGA 750 G2 and 1 for the HX850.

I'll take a look at both and just look through reviews

 

And it is the EVGA model called EVGA Supernova G2 750?

The fan on the G2 at its lowest speed is even loud though. I wouldn't go for the HX850 but the HX850i instead. I'd vote for the HX850i mainly because it's uses a fluid dynamic bearing which is much quieter at slow speeds than any other bearing like double ball bearings & the fan profile is very relaxed. Afaik the lowest rpm is around 200 rpm where as most others have it on 800 rpm.

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I looked al little around at SilentPCReview and some people recommended the Seasonic X-1050, the wattage is overkill for my system, but it will never be stressed out, meaning the fan would be silent up to about 600W effective. My system as it is now will never peak 600W, might reach it with 2 980. What do you think

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Bequiet Dark power Pro 10 would be my recommendation for total silence. But the EVGA G2 will do just fine with its semi passive mode.

who cares...

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EVGA G2 750W with Eco Mode on

This if youre on a budget. Its a somewhat great PSU imo

 

Jup 2 cards when the next gen comes out (know it'll be awhile) i'll buy one used.

 

So up until now its 2 for the EVGA 750 G2 and 1 for the HX850.

I'll take a look at both and just look through reviews

 

And it is the EVGA model called EVGA Supernova G2 750?

yes it is

 

Bequiet Dark power Pro 10 would be my recommendation for total silence. But the EVGA G2 will do just fine with its semi passive mode.

 

Id recommend that too if you want to make shure youll NEVER EVER hear ANYTHING from your PSU

well if you take the dark rock pro 3 and the shadow wings and run your system without GPU and HDDs.....

i think you got the point here

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This if youre on a budget. Its a somewhat great PSU imo

"Somewhat great PSU"?

 

You sir must take your leave now. I will not let someone insult one of the greatest PSU's ever made.

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This if youre on a budget. Its a somewhat great PSU imo

yes it is

Id recommend that too if you want to make shure youll NEVER EVER hear ANYTHING from your PSU

well if you take the dark rock pro 3 and the shadow wings and run your system without GPU and HDDs.....

i think you got the point here

Semi passive Strix or prolimatech mk 26 /w silent wings. :D

I'm almost at complete silence with my pc but the hdd has to go. :P

who cares...

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"Somewhat great PSU"?

 

You sir must take your leave now. I will not let someone insult one of the greatest PSU's ever made.

I may have understated it a little bit.  ;)

I by myself am a proud owner of one of these great PSUs and i would highly reccomend it to anybody in any case. Being precise im doing that on every "Which PSU?"-tread im answering to  :D

 

 

Semi passive Strix or prolimatech mk 26 /w silent wings. :D

I'm almost at complete silence with my pc but the hdd has to go. :P

i know we talked about that in the german talk if you remember  :P

but getting 2x 2 500gb ssds in raid0 is kind of a pricy thing  :D  (joking) ill do that sometime next year, because i can

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I may have understated it a little bit. ;)

I by myself am a proud owner of one of these great PSUs and i would highly reccomend it to anybody in any case. Being precise im doing that on every "Which PSU?"-tread im answering to :D

i know we talked about that in the german talk if you remember :P

but getting 2x 2 500gb ssds in raid0 is kind of a pricy thing :D (joking) ill do that sometime next year, because i can

Yeah i know. :D the 1 TB ssd is waiting for me but my student income of 0.00€/month makes this rather difficult.And there's more important stuff to upgrade first. :P

who cares...

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My GFX is semi passive and the HDD is wrapped in so much anti-noise/vibrationreduction shit i can put around it without having it perform a meltdown. 

So the only thing is the bloody PSU, and im willing to go overkill and use a bit more money than every other normal fella, that's building a High performance PC.

In DK where i live the CX750M costs around 150$ which in DK is a fairly cheap 750W PSU, the EVGA is priced around the same price.

 

In DKK im willing to go as high as 1500dkk +-200dkk thats 250USD +-30USD or 200€ +- 25€. 

The Seasonic X-1050 can be bought in DK for around the 1500dkk mark. 

 

Links to Caseking.de or Overclockers.co.uk will be appreciated :)

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The AX860i is loud as hell.

 

Seriously? I thought they were the higher tier ones.

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Seriously? I thought they were the higher tier ones.

They are but the AX860i has a lot of fan profile problems which I think the other AX series ones don't and is what Corsair fixed in the HX850i

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They are but the AX860i has a lot of fan profile problems which I think the other AX series ones don't and is what Corsair fixed in the HX850i

 

I see, thanks.

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Know its old ass thread but, I went with the HX850i and swapped my H80i for a Noctua NH-D14, the system is completely silent, the loudest part is my HDD

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EVGA 750W G2

 

I'm seeing that you are using that PSU... Is that good and silent?

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