Enermax Noisetaker 320w vs Seasonic SuperTornado 300w rev A3

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dvasco
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Enermax Noisetaker 320w vs Seasonic SuperTornado 300w rev A3

Post by dvasco » Sun Jun 05, 2005 3:10 pm

Enermax Noisetaker 320w vs Seasonic SuperTornado 300w rev A3
I already had a Seasonic SuperTornado 300w A3 but wanted a quiet 80mm fan on the exhaust to blow air harder from the case out a homemade duct in the computer desk compartment. It is an 80mm hole just for the PSU. However, the Enermax seems to be louder and 4 C hotter than the Seasonic. The reviews have the Enermax NoiseTaker 475 and the SEASONIC SUPER TORNADO SS300FB at close to the same dB between 150W and 300W. By experience though the Seasonic SuperTornado 300w beats the Enermax NoiseTaker 320w with cooling and noise. I don't know what my wattage usage is however.

Athlon XP 1700+ 256MB DDR PCchips MB 1 case fan. Nexus AXP-3200.
2 Maxtor 60GB HDD. No floppy drive, no CD or DVD drive attached.
(Case fan also has a duct to exhaust heat from computer compartment)

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