PSUs: The source of DC power for all components in the PC & often a big noise source.
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Erssa
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by Erssa » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:44 am
Nexus has released a
new psu. The psu fan starts to spin when the psu reaches 44 celsius. Looks like the old psu with a new fan controller, but I'd like to see how this works in a case like P180. Pricing should be decent, 69.90e here in Finland.
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davidstone28
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by davidstone28 » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:05 am
Looks very interesting. Would like to see a bit more power though.
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Tibors
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by Tibors » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:22 am
For what would you need more power?
If you'd stick an A64 X2 and two hot graphics cards in an SLI setup in a case you won't stay below the temp tresholds anyway.
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wundi
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by wundi » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:30 am
This one might prove to be noisy in a high-power system with less-than-excellent airflow, since 44 Celsius really isn't that much and putting a lot of stress on a 350W unit isn't very hard. However, it's one of the cheapest PSUs (70€ in Finland) that can operate passively without any modifications. In a P180 it might work very well. Personally though I've had enough of Nexus PSUs in the past.
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NeilBlanchard
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by NeilBlanchard » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:49 am
Hello,
This is a great idea -- the older Antec's had something similar, but this looks more sophisticated. It looks like their speed curves are a little too agressive, though. Now, if SeaSonic would do this, and use their excellent fan controller...
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Reachable
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by Reachable » Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:09 am
The Nexus PSUs are quiet even at full fan speed. Why should this one be any different? This design rewards you further for having low heat/good heat management independent of fans.
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Evil Gnomes
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by Evil Gnomes » Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:56 am
Look at this:
Nexus 350w
+3.3v-22A
+5v-21A
+12v1-10A
+12v2-15A
+5vsb-2A
-12v-0.3A
The 12v configuration looked very similiar to my antec 350 sp-II, so I took a hike to the antec website, and look what i found:
+3.3v-22A
+5v-21A
+12v1-10A
+12v2-15A
+5vsb-2A
-12v-0.3A