The Bequiet Straight Power 11 650W version but I am sure the higher wattage ones use the same fan model.

In the end I bought another Bequiet Straight power 11 and it is one of the quietest power supplies I have had. Even if the seasonic did not have the bearing rumble / clicking it still would be louder than the bequiet but not by much, just the horrid fan they use in the top tier units is an odd choic...

I am not against the idea of a switch on the psu that works in hybrid mode but I like the idea of some control and a fan test. This put me off the Corsair RMx line since it is passive up to a certain load with no way to test the fan. Also the RMi series with internal usb connection and fan on option...

I am trying to buy a new psu 650W - 750W but not having any luck. My first was the new Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 750W which is very nicely made but the new FDB fan was noisy. A constant clicking / ratcheting noise since I wanted to run it in normal mode, not hybrid. So after an RMA I got a new B...

I have just bought one of these and I am very impressed. As suggested have a low rpm fan blowing air onto the h/s. I am using a fan at 500rpm mounted off the heatsink on an L shaped bracket on the case rear to avoid vibration noise and it runs much cooler than my old Gigabyte 5750 silentcell in the ...

Well, I have tried a replacement psu, all be it a super cheap 400W. Tested the memory with memtest86+ Moved memory to other slots Removed all other pci cards and anything else on usb bus, network Just replaced the vid card and same problem. Down to either a m/b issue or all 3 samsung drives have sta...

OK, done some more tests. Borrowed a psu and same problem. Removed all pci cards leaving just a bare system, m/b, cpu, mem, psu, vid.. same problem I even re-seated the south-bridge with fresh h/s compound. This is looking like a Southbridge problem but this is a new fault to me. Anyone else seen dr...

I was copying a large file the other day in linux and got an IO error and lock-up. Very odd for linux as it rarely crashes like that. I then noticed the Hardware ECC recovered count on the drive increasing constantly as it is used. They were previously zero. I thought it was a bad drive so swapped i...

Has anyone any experience of these newer modular psu's from cooler master ? http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/850W-Coolermaster-SilentProM-RS850AMBA I keep looking at the Corsair 750HX and 850HX modular but am worried about fan noise on this Corsair range and these newer Coolermaster psu's look designe...

I take it is a non destructive test ? I'll run it sometime. I ran the short version a week after use and it passed ok

# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 320

I don't think so.... relocated event count is zero...Is that the one to check ? Here is my smart data from linux smartd. I'll need to boot into windows to get a screen cap of a more friendly readout. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds...

Just for info... My 500G samsung makes exactly the same clunk-click sound at startup. There is a few seconds delay with this noise whilst the drive calibrates ? This I don't mind.. but was very worrying at first. BTW my 1T eco drive in a caddie does exactly the same thing. However in low use the dri...