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How noisy are PSUs?

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Just a quick question

 

Is it worth to invest on a "silent" psu? I have the evga 500b 500w psu and I don't hear it (probably because my other fans are loud)

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I don't hear mine, even with only my CPU fans (+ PSU)

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Just a quick question

 

Is it worth to invest on a "silent" psu? I have the evga 500b 500w psu and I don't hear it (probably because my other fans are loud)

If u mean silent psu - it's fanless psu.

All modern psu's are quiet enough at low load, but when it goes higher - well, it depends.

Note, that the higher efficiency psu has, the quieter it will be at any load (because it doesn't heat so much).

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Hi,

 

I personally use a RM850 watt, which is overkill for my system, however it does mean that even when i game with my machine, the fan never turns on, i love it as it means i can basically turn all my fans off in AI suite and then have no noise from my machine. However that it how I Like it, If the noise doesn't bother you, why waste your money? besides if your other fans are already loud you wont hear the benefit till you replace them, so i would say you are better off doing that and see how load it is after.

 

Thats just my thoughts on the matter,

 

Ryan. 

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My psu is dead silent and it doesn't have that 0db fan thing. (SuperFlower HX-600)

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Most PSU's are less noisy than other PC parts anyways

(like your GPU, HDD and your case fans)

It might be worth it a bit

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YESS!!!!!!!!!IF U WANT TRU FREGIN SCILENCE GET A DEM SEASONIC FANLESS SERIES PSU

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My RM850 is silent

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I personally can't hear my Corsair CX 600M. (probably because my case fans are deafeningly loud)

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PSU sound volumes often depend on how loud the other components are, but there are PSU's not titled silent, but just as silent as an expensive ones.

I have the FSP 550, its not titled silent but i havent heard it once, even though i have a silent optimized build ^^

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if you get a poor quality one , like i dd, it will sound like an airplane

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