Hello everyone, I'm in the process of updating my rig and have come down to the need of grabbing a UPS.
I never had one before and I live very near Tampa, FL; aka Lightning capital of the world.
About a month ago I was with a friend at a local tiger direct for something he wanted to get and I decided to impulse but a UPS thinking that it would be good to go. I picked up a Ultra Xfinity 1400va (840w) UPS for 130ish bucks. I didn't even bother to take it out of the box till today just to charge it and get ready to use it. I encountered an issue with it...
It is TOO DAMN LOUD!
This things fan makes it sound like a hairdryer on low settings. I am going to attempt to return it or exchange for a different UPS since Im sure im over the return policy time...
My current rig is running a corsair hx 1000w PSU, but I need to buy a new one since this one is starting to slowly go bad (die?) on me. I realized that I will no longer run 2+ GPU setups in the future and determined I would buy a corsair 850w PSU for the next rig where I would run my one 780ti and if I upgrade in the future, Im 95% sure it will be a single card setup.
There are only 3 things I want to have powered: PC, Monitor, and 1 small sound system(2 speakers, subwoofer). I am looking for a nearly silent, if not silent completely, so I need some help. I have considered the option of buying 2 UPS's (one for the PC, the other for the monitor+soundsystem) just so I can have silence.
What UPS's can you guys recommend that are silent or extremely quiet (this is a major major requirement)? The case I use is a HAF 932 with default fans and I got a corsair H100 for cooling mounting to the top (inside case, removed the 240mm fan), so that should give an idea of the sound I get just from the PC tower, I would like something similar or quieter when system is idle (for nighttime). System is on 24/7 and in the same room I sleep in.
Thanks for any help.
I never had one before and I live very near Tampa, FL; aka Lightning capital of the world.
About a month ago I was with a friend at a local tiger direct for something he wanted to get and I decided to impulse but a UPS thinking that it would be good to go. I picked up a Ultra Xfinity 1400va (840w) UPS for 130ish bucks. I didn't even bother to take it out of the box till today just to charge it and get ready to use it. I encountered an issue with it...
It is TOO DAMN LOUD!
This things fan makes it sound like a hairdryer on low settings. I am going to attempt to return it or exchange for a different UPS since Im sure im over the return policy time...
My current rig is running a corsair hx 1000w PSU, but I need to buy a new one since this one is starting to slowly go bad (die?) on me. I realized that I will no longer run 2+ GPU setups in the future and determined I would buy a corsair 850w PSU for the next rig where I would run my one 780ti and if I upgrade in the future, Im 95% sure it will be a single card setup.
There are only 3 things I want to have powered: PC, Monitor, and 1 small sound system(2 speakers, subwoofer). I am looking for a nearly silent, if not silent completely, so I need some help. I have considered the option of buying 2 UPS's (one for the PC, the other for the monitor+soundsystem) just so I can have silence.
What UPS's can you guys recommend that are silent or extremely quiet (this is a major major requirement)? The case I use is a HAF 932 with default fans and I got a corsair H100 for cooling mounting to the top (inside case, removed the 240mm fan), so that should give an idea of the sound I get just from the PC tower, I would like something similar or quieter when system is idle (for nighttime). System is on 24/7 and in the same room I sleep in.
Thanks for any help.