PSU with >80mm fan

[pdug175]

Are there any PSU with fans greater in size than 80mms? In a quest for silence this is my next thing to look at when I build a new PC.

[Jonny M]

There are ones with a 120mm fan in the bottom, and just a grill in the back. Can't for the life of me remember who makes them though, just that they are supposed to be very very good.

[acidrainy]

You could possibly mod the inside fan of a psu to take a 92mm..
Ive not heard of anyone doing this though....

Probably more effective for yourself is to look into buying a silent PSU, I hear zalman and quietpc are making these....

[after google-ing ]
http://www.quietpc.com/uk/psu.php
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/product.php?view=1728 (300w zalman)
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/product.php?view=1707 (400w zalman, black )

[Jonny M]

I remembered

Fortron



http://www.fortron-source.com/images/DM(PC)2003-1.pdf

They are good supplies as well. Read around the reviews.

[directhex]

what's this "fan" nonsense - silent pcs need no fans!

http://www.silentmaxx.de/nt_prosilence_fanless.php



--jo

[Jonny M]

The Fortron won't cost what that costs though

[GuruJockStrap]

Forton as basically Sparkle psu's, which is'nt a bad thing. Those psu's give great voltage readings.

[SilentDeath]

does it really matter? my 350w is silent, quieter than everything else in my case and its unbranded, unless a red 'W' counts as a brand... any one know which company makes these?
mine has a single 92mm fan at the back with a grill at front

[spikegifted]

Originally posted by GuruJockStrap
Forton as basically Sparkle psu's, which is'nt a bad thing. Those psu's give great voltage readings.

Nearly all Antec PSUs are rebadged Forton units... So that's a big thumbs up for Forton.

[Jonny M]

I thought Channel Well were the unbranded Antecs?

[pdug175]

Originally posted by |SilentDeath|
does it really matter? my 350w is silent, quieter than everything else in my case and its unbranded, unless a red 'W' counts as a brand... any one know which company makes these?
mine has a single 92mm fan at the back with a grill at front

how can something silent be quieter than something else? The word silent is badly missused in the cooling of computers.

What I'm after is a PSU with a fan that I can run to my rheobus and set to ~ 5volts, which with, fan depending will be barley audiable when I place my ear to it.

since I'm building a new PC this is the way I want to go with the PSU I'd like one with a fan >80mm as it will give a greater aiflow/noise ratio...blah blah

I want to be able to make my PC silent at night (or as close as). I have seen the passively cooled PSU and the price is stupid for something which is little more than a standard power unit with ramsinks stuck to various parts of it. Even now when I need to run my PC @ night my YS-TECH 80mm (low noise) is set it to about ~5volts and even though it pushes next to no air its still enough to cool an idle PC.

Does anyone know where I can get these forton PSU they look very tempting? Excellent looking piece of kit for low noise computing.

[fondie]

the only place that i remember seeing them in the UK was at OCS, whom are no more, you can get them here though (currently in repeat order) :- http://www.pcsilent.de/en/products/q...pplies_300.asp it's a german site but shipping charges aren't too bad, and being in the EU no vat or customs duty, think you may have to pay in advance though.

[pdug175]

found one guys (and gals ) over at kustom, http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/product.php?view=1742

Can't say I have ever heard of this one though - reasonabley priced.

[acidrainy]

OMG!, thats a damn big fan!
Should do the job I suppose

[spikegifted]

Codegen is a pretty solid make... It should be quite good.