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Silent 500W Power Supply

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nice-juice-box dept.

NightRyder writes "To cope with the increased power demands of today's processors and video cards a 500W silent power supply has been released by Antec. The topic of silent power production has been an important one to the computer community recently, especially concerning the increased hardware demands by new game and operating systems. Considering the processing demands of something like, *cough* Windows Vista, its important to be able to keep your computer cool without it getting loud."

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  1. Direct link to Froogle with Price Sorted Low to Hi by Work+Account · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Antec+Phantom+ 500+(PHANTOM+500)+500-Watt+Power+Supply&btnG=Searc h+Froogle&scoring=p

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  2. Buy the highest efficiency p/s with a 120mm fan by Brian+Stretch · · Score: 5, Informative

    You're better off buying a high-efficiency power supply that has a 120mm thermistor-controlled fan. Seasonic's S12 500W is my current favorite. The 120mm fan is virtually silent at moderate loads and not too bad at higher loads. High efficiency means less waste heat for the fan to need to cool and lower electric bills.

  3. Hmmm by yum · · Score: 5, Informative

    Do you really need that much power?