[mythtv-users] Re: Quiet Power Supplies/Quiet PC's

[hayward at slothmud.org]

A year or two?  I've gone through three in the same computer in the last 3 
months.  That computer has only been RUNNING for about 1 week in the last 
three months.  Not to mention, the second to the last time the power 
supply died, it took the motherboard out with it!

I'm sold on buying a decent power supply these days.  It's not worth the 
headache and overall costs I've already encountered.  In the past year 
I've probably lost 6 power supplies.  An article on Tom's Hardware 
claims the failure rates are nearly 100% within the first year.  That 
means very few actually make it a year even.

--
Brian

>Cheap power supplies ALWAYS die after about a year or two.
>I will never go back to cheap PSU's.  Pay $15-20, get one year.
>Pay $40 or more, get 5-6 years.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jeff Williams [mailto:JeffW at rockstargames.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:55 AM
>> To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
>> Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: Quiet Power Supplies/Quiet PC's
>> 
>> 
>> Honestly, the quietest power supply I have ever used is a 
>> cheap Allied 300 watt unit currently in my HTPC.  Cost me $18 
>> at Newegg.  I can barely hear it; only if I put my ear right 
>> up to it.  Works fine, too, no crashes or unexplained phenomena.
>> 
>> I wouldn't recommend a PSU like this for a real high-end PC, 
>> though, like I know some people on this list have.  
>> Tomshardware.com always includes noise tests whenever they do 
>> PSU roundups and usually the Antec TruePower line comes out 
>> on top in that area.  I think the 430 watt model they tested 
>> recently only put out something like 34db (maybe 39db; you 
>> can search for the article at the site to verify) at full 
>> load, which is really good for a dual-fan, high-power PSU.  
>> Zalman also makes PSU's that are built for quiet, and you 
>> could also look into the SilenX line available at 
>> exoticpc.com.  I don't have experience with these, though.
>> 
>> > Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 16:15:19 -0400
>> > From: "Calvin Harrigan" <calvinharrigan at earthlink.net>
>> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv, mythtv & via 694 ?
>> > To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
>> > Message-ID: <000f01c3458d$a9be4470$9d4d9fcd at HARC>
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>> > 
>> > All this talk about quiet PC has me wondering...
>> > What is the quietest powersupply that any of you have come across?
>> > The PS is the last source of noise in my box.
>> > I have a zallman flower heatsink and a seagate hd both of which
>> > are extremely quiet.
>> > 
>> > Thanks...
>> > 
>> 
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-- 
Brian Hayward