I really wish Seasonic offers PSUs w/14cm fan & bling-b

PSUs: The source of DC power for all components in the PC & often a big noise source.

Moderators: NeilBlanchard, Ralf Hutter, sthayashi, Lawrence Lee, Devonavar

dan
Posts: 1243
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:01 am
Contact:

I really wish Seasonic offers PSUs w/14cm fan & bling-b

Post by dan » Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:50 pm

I really wish Seasonic offers PSUs w/14cm fan & bling-bling

14cm for better cooling, possibly being the only fan in the computer and
bling-bling.

I like shiny-mirror like polished chrome plating and LED fans that light up. I also like modular PSU with detachable cables. CCD lighting anything.

As it stands Seasonic is a lot of money for a rather plain looking thing.

There are PSU's with LED fans.

mrzed
Patron of SPCR
Posts: 281
Joined: Wed Jun 25, 2003 4:01 pm
Location: Victoria, Canada

Post by mrzed » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:38 pm

Seasonic doesn't really brand itself that way, but there are likely PSU's made by SS with those "features" - though not any with 14cm fan that I can think of.

spookmineer
Patron of SPCR
Posts: 749
Joined: Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:02 pm

Post by spookmineer » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:49 pm

I like Seasonic's approach of no-nonsense and "it just has to work well". Almost everything black looks good.

qviri
Posts: 2465
Joined: Tue May 24, 2005 8:22 pm
Location: Berlin
Contact:

Post by qviri » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:24 pm

The reasoning behind the concept of a silent PC that shines brighter than a nuclear power plant control room always evaded me. Seasonic found their niche and they seem to be doing good in it.

Howard
Posts: 275
Joined: Wed Feb 08, 2006 5:33 pm

Post by Howard » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:45 pm

Get yourself a can of spray paint.

dan
Posts: 1243
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:01 am
Contact:

Post by dan » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:32 pm

qviri wrote:The reasoning behind the concept of a silent PC that shines brighter than a nuclear power plant control room always evaded me. Seasonic found their niche and they seem to be doing good in it.
Not any different than an OC'r -- I like a cool bright pc'

Why not silent and bright?

dan
Posts: 1243
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:01 am
Contact:

Post by dan » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:32 pm

Howard wrote:Get yourself a can of spray paint.
What about LED & 14cm?

dan
Posts: 1243
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:01 am
Contact:

Post by dan » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:33 pm

spookmineer wrote:I like Seasonic's approach of no-nonsense and "it just has to work well". Almost everything black looks good.
I prefer LED's myeslf :)

disphenoidal
Posts: 333
Joined: Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:54 pm
Location: USA

Post by disphenoidal » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:34 pm

You can replace the stock fan with a 120mm LED fan. As for 120 vs 140mm, I don't think it makes much difference cosmetically.

Howard
Posts: 275
Joined: Wed Feb 08, 2006 5:33 pm

Post by Howard » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:06 pm

dan wrote:
Howard wrote:Get yourself a can of spray paint.
What about LED & 14cm?
Get the kind that glitters and makes things look bigger.

Konnetikut
Posts: 153
Joined: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:14 pm
Location: Vancouver
Contact:

Post by Konnetikut » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:33 pm

I agree that Seasonics are built to work, and work well. Go take a can of spray paint to it and replace it with an LED fan if you want. I prefer the black.

by the way:
"Almost everything black looks good."

I'm gonna quote you on that. 8)

EsaT
Posts: 473
Joined: Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:53 am
Location: 61.6° N, 29.5° E - Finland

Post by EsaT » Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:01 am

Seasonic makes quality, not trinkets, there's other makers for that.

kater
Posts: 891
Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:20 pm
Location: Poland

Post by kater » Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:03 am

Henry Ford: "The public can have Model T Fords in any color, so long as it's black".

Sea Sonic Electronics Co., Ltd. : "The public can have S12 power supplies in any color, so long as it's black".

Me: "I can have my power supply in any color, so long as it's black".

Great minds think alike...
Last edited by kater on Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:34 am, edited 1 time in total.

JaYp146
Posts: 186
Joined: Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:17 pm
Location: Cleveland, OH
Contact:

Post by JaYp146 » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:33 am

Nobody rebadges Seasonic units and "blings" them out.

The only decent blinged out PSU that comes to mind might be the Hiper Type-R series. Any others? I'm at a loss.

NeilBlanchard
Moderator
Posts: 7681
Joined: Mon Dec 09, 2002 7:11 pm
Location: Maynard, MA, Eaarth
Contact:

Post by NeilBlanchard » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:47 am

Greetings,

What is more important: function, or aesthetics?

dan
Posts: 1243
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:01 am
Contact:

Post by dan » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:14 am

NeilBlanchard wrote:Greetings,

What is more important: function, or aesthetics?
both --

KorruptioN
Posts: 109
Joined: Sat Nov 27, 2004 6:41 am
Location: Toronto, Canada

Post by KorruptioN » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:07 am

dan wrote:
NeilBlanchard wrote:Greetings,

What is more important: function, or aesthetics?
both --
Pick one..

BillyBuerger
Patron of SPCR
Posts: 857
Joined: Fri Dec 27, 2002 1:49 pm
Location: Somerset, WI - USA
Contact:

Post by BillyBuerger » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:46 am

So you're not comfortable modding it yourself? Just Dreamel out a 140mm hole and toss a LED fan in there. You could probably find someone who might be willing to do it for a price if you're not comfortable with that. Although I would agree with the earlier statement that I doubt there will be any noticeable difference in temps/noise by using a 140mm fan over the 120mm one.

I wouldn't be surprised if some company at some time sourced a seasonic OEM PSU and blinged it out. But as most people looking for bling don't pay attention to quality and most people who pay attention to quality don't pay attention to bling, you could be waiting a while.

mantralord
Posts: 41
Joined: Fri May 20, 2005 9:01 am

Post by mantralord » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:41 am

The amount of "aesthetics" on a power supply is inversely proportional to the intelligence of its owner.

Sooty
Posts: 625
Joined: Mon Sep 22, 2003 5:15 am
Location: UK

Post by Sooty » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:28 am

Excuse the sarcastic response, Dan. Some here need to get over themselves. I’m not into bling either, but you might want to check out the Enermax range, not cheap though. Avoid the Hyper range, their cases are full of holes, so hot air gets pumped straight back into your case.

spookmineer
Patron of SPCR
Posts: 749
Joined: Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:02 pm

Post by spookmineer » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:15 pm

mantralord wrote:The amount of "aesthetics" on a power supply is inversely proportional to the intelligence of its owner.
My PSU is so ugly, I actually had to remove the windowed side panel and replace it with a solid side panel.

tempeteduson
Posts: 189
Joined: Sat Jun 05, 2004 12:56 pm
Location: Houston, Texas
Contact:

Post by tempeteduson » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:23 pm

I prefer the 120mm fan size for ease of replacement with even quieter solutions, if one so desires. As for bling, I go the opposite direction: plain, elegant, unassuming, modest, refined... whatever you call it. Seasonic's current S12s are perfectly fine for me, save for perhaps the lack of modular connectors (of course, Corsair's PSUs and Seasonic's own M12 series are available only at higher power capacities).

dan
Posts: 1243
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:01 am
Contact:

Post by dan » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:31 pm

Sooty wrote:Excuse the sarcastic response, Dan. Some here need to get over themselves. I’m not into bling either, but you might want to check out the Enermax range, not cheap though. Avoid the Hyper range, their cases are full of holes, so hot air gets pumped straight back into your case.
well thanks

dan
Posts: 1243
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:01 am
Contact:

Post by dan » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:32 pm

tempeteduson wrote:I prefer the 120mm fan size for ease of replacement with even quieter solutions, if one so desires. As for bling, I go the opposite direction: plain, elegant, unassuming, modest, refined... whatever you call it. Seasonic's current S12s are perfectly fine for me, save for perhaps the lack of modular connectors (of course, Corsair's PSUs and Seasonic's own M12 series are available only at higher power capacities).
modular connectors, in addition to 14cm led fan, would be nice

Konnetikut
Posts: 153
Joined: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:14 pm
Location: Vancouver
Contact:

Post by Konnetikut » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:53 pm

dan wrote:modular connectors, in addition to 14cm led fan, would be nice
why on earth are you so bent on getting a 14cm fan psu?

NeilBlanchard
Moderator
Posts: 7681
Joined: Mon Dec 09, 2002 7:11 pm
Location: Maynard, MA, Eaarth
Contact:

Post by NeilBlanchard » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:18 pm

Is bigger always better?

ronrem
Posts: 1066
Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:59 am
Location: Santa Cruz

Post by ronrem » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:47 am

Coolmax CR450 is equipped with a 3 speed 140 mm fan. Set to low,quiet,with no ramp up. Set med...fairly quiet--but then can be the only fan for a Sempron-Ninja box,none on the CPU,no other case fan.

Super Flower and at least one other has 140s,and I think Super Flower and Coolmax used the same fan. The beauty is in moving equal air at less rpm

Probably o brand,however,has quite the established rep of Seasonic for overall quality. That Coolmax,however...costs a bit less and might be sweet for a low $/low noise build

kater
Posts: 891
Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:20 pm
Location: Poland

Post by kater » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:55 am

NeilBlanchard wrote:Is bigger always better?
Godzilla and Scythe Ninja & Infinity say yes. On the other hand, there will probably be no noticable difference between the same psu with a 12cm and 14cm fan - both in terms of cooling and in terms of noise.
ronrem wrote:Super Flower
are you sure this is a brand to recommend?

merlin
Friend of SPCR
Posts: 717
Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:48 am
Location: San Francisco, CA

Re: I really wish Seasonic offers PSUs w/14cm fan & bli

Post by merlin » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:30 pm

It's really bizarre to me that people want 14cm fans. 12cm fans are almost basically silent for a good one with quite a bit of airflow. I've never seen the point of throwing more airflow around. You'll just get more turbulence noise instead. Also I'm a huge fan of standardized sizes, getting strange oversized fans just reduces selection and makes it hard to find a silent one. It's the same reason I really dislike those crazy Antec cases with 20cm fans and other non-standard sizes.

dan
Posts: 1243
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:01 am
Contact:

Re: I really wish Seasonic offers PSUs w/14cm fan & bli

Post by dan » Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:04 pm

merlin wrote:It's really bizarre to me that people want 14cm fans. 12cm fans are almost basically silent for a good one with quite a bit of airflow. I've never seen the point of throwing more airflow around. You'll just get more turbulence noise instead. Also I'm a huge fan of standardized sizes, getting strange oversized fans just reduces selection and makes it hard to find a silent one. It's the same reason I really dislike those crazy Antec cases with 20cm fans and other non-standard sizes.
more airflow, same noise

Post Reply