Rank the noise of the PSUs?

thetoad30 · Post by **thetoad30** » Tue May 31, 2005 10:44 am

Hello.

I've read a lot of the reviews for the S12 series of Seasonic.

Here's my question.

Can anyone rank the noise when around half loaded for the following PSU's? I currently have an Antec 380s and its rather loud.
Antec Smartpower 2.0 450 and 500
Antec TruePower 2.0 430 and 480
Seasonic S12-430 and 500

Edited to change SuperPower 2.0 to SurePower 2.0. Then edited again to change that to SmartPower 2.0. Third time's a charm?

frankgehry · Post by **frankgehry** » Tue May 31, 2005 12:06 pm

What's a superpower?

thetoad30 · Post by **thetoad30** » Tue May 31, 2005 12:18 pm

Ha, sorry... guess I'm distracted today...

I meant SurePower 2.0.

frankgehry · Post by **frankgehry** » Tue May 31, 2005 12:33 pm

I think you mean smartpower 2.0.

thetoad30 · Post by **thetoad30** » Tue May 31, 2005 12:41 pm

Sigh... I think I need to stop reading so many reviews on so many different products and go take a break.

Sorry, yes... you are correct. SMART. Something that is eluding me today.

Spod · Post by **Spod** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:14 am

I'd say you've listed them in order of desirability, best last. The SmartPower is Antec's budget line, the TruePower gives better quality power and may have better fan control algorithms (I don't actually know this for certain), and the Seasonic is.. a Seasonic. They're always good and quiet (at least, the SS, ST and S12 are).

The Seasonic will be significantly quieter than either Antec.