Heyo!
Building an Ivy Bridge system, consisting of 3570K and GFX 560 Ti, Corsair 550D, Noctua fans (low voltage), not planning on extreme OC, and therefor this won't be a very power hungry system.
I have three requirements for my PSU:
I've narrowed it down to Seasonic X-460FL 460W (Passive) and Corsair CMPSU-650AX 650W (Semi-passive).
They're both pretty much the same PSU (both Seasonic), and they've got the same price (in Sweden).
Both are dead silent at < 20%, efficient and ~400W (or well, more), although Corsair's got 7 year warranty. At 50% (I don't think I'll stress it more) Corsair runs at ~18 dB.
The question is if I'll ever be able to get the system quiet enough at load to make Corsair's fan a noticeable problem? 18 dB is quite low after all.
"Will 18 dB EVER be noticeable at load?" vs. "7 year warranty".
Building an Ivy Bridge system, consisting of 3570K and GFX 560 Ti, Corsair 550D, Noctua fans (low voltage), not planning on extreme OC, and therefor this won't be a very power hungry system.
I have three requirements for my PSU:
- Passive at idle
- Efficient
- ~400W
- Modular
I've narrowed it down to Seasonic X-460FL 460W (Passive) and Corsair CMPSU-650AX 650W (Semi-passive).
They're both pretty much the same PSU (both Seasonic), and they've got the same price (in Sweden).
Both are dead silent at < 20%, efficient and ~400W (or well, more), although Corsair's got 7 year warranty. At 50% (I don't think I'll stress it more) Corsair runs at ~18 dB.
The question is if I'll ever be able to get the system quiet enough at load to make Corsair's fan a noticeable problem? 18 dB is quite low after all.
"Will 18 dB EVER be noticeable at load?" vs. "7 year warranty".
