fwiw a reviewer said of the 325 VA, 185 Watts version: Once I got it home and let it charge for a while (about a week actually) I tested it with a measured average of approx 60 watts (1/3 max load). It fell a couple minutes shy of what the APC data would have me believe but still kept things lit for...

FWIW, I got an APC UPS at compUSA for about $25 apparently someone got one for $10 US on sale once. http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=312016&pfp=BROWSE9&pfp=cat3 is it. 325 VA, 185 Watts Admittedly it won't keep a monitor and all the extras going on a true high end gaming...

Rules of thumb for Seasonic S12? :arrow: Always try to mount drives lower than the power supply in traditional cases to allow hot air to vent above the optical drives. :arrow: Consider using a case with more cubic volume to give further clearance front to back between drives and the power supply (si...

Hey all, I've mentioned in other threads that my Sesaonic S12 is dumping heat into my case out the little back and side vents. I'm wondering if I'm the only one. Anyone else notice this? If so, did you replace it and with what? Thanks, BoB This is an excellent thread. I've seen lots of good informa...

One question. I already own Wiss M-6R and M-7R "Metalmaster Snips." How do these differ from the M-1R and M-2R you recommended, and are they equally suitable? It looks like the shape of the head is somewhat different, but it's not clear to me what this means in terms of usage. Can anyone answer thi...

Are you running them at 5v? Have you tried upping the voltage to the fan?

I've got one of those old orange smart case fans from thermaltake and at min RPM the clicking is constant, at full RPM the clicking doesn't happen at all.

Nothing wrong with the adapter it just wastes 2 of the 5.25" drive connectors that you might need for something else. If you aren't running out of power connectors you are OK. BTW if you got the sleeved 430 you'll get 1 PCIe connector. I hope for your sake you do. It's always nice to avoid another a...

Taking effeciency data from new and old article and tossing non matching power levels we get: CORRECTED EFFICIENCY: Seasonic S12-430 A2 Revision Target Output 65W 90W 150W 200W 250W 300W Actual Output 65.8W 90.9W 151.7W 203.6W 261.7W 299.3W Efficiency 78.3% 80.5% 81.6% 81.8% 80.5% 79.6% SPL (dBA@1m)...

Uggh, great and I do mean great review . I'm just still slightly peeved at Seasonic. Neither the US or International websites have PDFs for the new S12 series. So the quoted changes list is a collection of data from retailer ads and word of mouth on SPCR. It would be nice to see HTML or PDF on the s...

I read most of the tutorials regarding psu's and did the extreme psu calculator which calculated that I needed 287watts. I don't know much about this stuff so the mention of the importance of the amerpage got me. My system is old by today's standards I guess. Abit IC7 Max III motherboard 2.4 gig pe...

eternizer wrote:Hey, that's a bit harsh~

If he lists any AMA recognised concern that could conceivably be affected by a fan I'll apologise to him and the thread in public.

either he is trying to win a bet or is some kind of magnetic therapy freak. Though that is just a guess. I could imagine too much airflow being an issue for someone with allergies. No sense stirring dust around if you can avoid it but he didn't mention wanting to keep airflow down, he just mentioned...

PFC isn't required in USA. So we can get it but we don't have to deal with the middle ground. US International Notes ---------------------------------------- No PFC N/A Cheapest Passive PFC Passive PFC More Expensive but not the best Active PFC Active PFC Best Edit: Fixed the table above. Given the ...

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't "system" power ignoring the monitor?

The quote was "Total AC power consumed by the system as a whole." but that leaves open the definition of "system"

As to avg CPU consumption Mine is at 10% right now and drops do 5% or less when I look away and watch TV...

Can anyone confirm the existence of A03 revision Seasonic S12 PSUs? I haven't heard of it being officially released. Just the rumours that have been floating around. Have you read http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=30441 yet? I've done some sluething around the USA and international s...

2 x 6800 GT SLI @ 430/1100 MHz How many 5.25 drive connectors do you need? a recent tally on a system of mine was: 1. Asus motherboard connector 2. optical drive #1 3. optical drive #2 4. PCIe video card #1 (by way of adapter) 5. PCIe video card #1 (by way of adapter) 6. PATA Hard drive #1 7. Case ...

topic 30441 has a serious discussion about the changes to the S12 series. Note: If the ad doesn't mention sleeved cables you may be paying for the old version with the shorter cables and fewer connectors. for a wrapup of changes we have :arrow: 6 HDD connectors (previously 5) - 330 & 380W models :a...

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=30441 Has a serious discussion about the changes to the S12 series. Note: If the ad doesn't mention sleeved cables you may be paying for the old version with the shorter cables and fewer connectors. for a wrapup of changes we have :arrow: 6 HDD connec...

Sweet, thanks for pointing me to the PDF. It is interesting that there is some variety in the connectors depending on the country it is sold in. It'd be nice if both sites had the new PDF ready though. Check out the other PDFs at http://www.seasonic.com/pdf/datasheet/01PC/ I'm not sure what is diffe...

I got the (previous) numbers from Seasonic's PDF. I got them from a PDF as well, shall we be more specific? Mine was from the USA site: http://www.seasonicusa.com/images/features/S12-Seasonic.pdf The nice thing is your numbers or mine the change in connectors makes the $20 cheaper S12-380 a viable ...

Also note that Cool n Quiet modifies the CPU multiplier. If you are over or underclocking do so ONLY by the LDT and not by changing the multiplier.

First the A1/A2 revision is mentioned here: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article226-page4.html and discussed here: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=22278 I believe that the A1 revision had a Yate Loon fan and the A2 had an ADDA fan. There was a capacitor change as well but it might ...

You can actually get away with the S12 330 with your current setup. To "future proof" yourself you can just get the S12 430. The S12 500 and 600 are simply an overkill unless you plan on having a real high end system with either Crossfire or SLI. I might put in a high end graphics card in the futur...

To me, it sounds like SLI / Crossfire aint very attractive from a silent point of view: * Double heat. * In case of active cooling, double noise. * In case of third-party cooler, double mounting work, double cooling price and double warranty risk. * The obvious double VGA price. But usually only 10...

cross post from http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=29&threadid=1825709&enterthread=y These URLs show you a similar BIOS screen to what I'm discussing http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/JustAnAverageGuy/CIMG1806.JPG http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/JustAnAverageGuy/CIMG1807.JPG Note those pics ...

why is it reccomended (sometimes) to disable CnQ when overclocking? Because extreme overclockers don't use the SPD timings for RAM and often run well above the DDR specs. When CnQ kicks in it changes the dividers and can end up overclocking your RAM more than is stable. If you aren't overclocking t...

I’m looking to buy a boxed X2 3800+ but I’m confused as to whether I should be hoping for an E4 or E6 revision! I say hoping, as an ADA3800BVBOX can contain either revision. Am I better off buying an OEM version and getting a specific revision, or is the variance between individual chips greater th...

Greetings and welcome to SPCR! Your entire system could easily be run with a good 300watt PS. OK, I'm going to write one reply. Only some of it applies to the orignal post in this thread and some is just general ranting about Seasonic stuff. I can tell you from experience that the ASUS SLI Deluxe i...

it's finally in stock at zipzoomfly. Of course I ordered it last week from mwave as they had it the cheapest...

as I am moving to a passive cooled Nforce 4 mainboard this xmas, I am also on the lookout for a very quiet 7800 series based board. I think the Asus 7800GTX is over my budget and I am hearing conflicting reports on the Arctic cooling noise levels. Are there any 7800 based board with Zalman VF700 CU...