PSU Explosion! £7 Q-Tec Replacement Extravaganza! - Page 2

Stan_Lite · 12-09-2006, 19:47

I found the Aero 7 bloody noisy - maybe just me.

It also seemed to attract dust like nothing I've ever encountered.

Mine is in a storage box somewhere.

Stan

William · 12-09-2006, 19:57

Yeah they are very noisy, next PC will definately be a silent or a laptop.

Mark · 12-09-2006, 20:03

Actually, I just realised mine's an Aero 4, not Aero 7. Close enough though. Whines like hell when on full, which was the case most of the time in the old case. Since I dumped the old beige boxes in favour of a pair of Stacker 810s, everything's quite a lot quieter.

Except, that is, the Vantec HDD cooler on my server, which whines so bad on max speed that I would like to smack it with a golf club, but I'd rather a noisy fan than a hot disk. Come cooler weather it'll be turned down a notch and then it's inaudible.

kaiowas · 12-09-2006, 20:43

I had plenty of cheap power supplies in my crunching days and never had a problem with any of the QTecs.

Contrast that with my experience of 'quality' supplies. I've got an Antec Sonata case, the included Antec PSU lasted about 2 hours before it expired with a load bang. Got a replacement which lasted a couple of years before it went with more of a whimper. Only other decent supply I've ever bought was an Enermax which was still going strong last I knew (can't remember if it's currently in vixs PC or in the now unused Sonata under my desk).

Mark · 12-09-2006, 20:53

For fear of repeating myself (which I am doing but adding more detail)...

So far I've had one Enermax expire (to be fair, several caps blew on the motherboard and took the PSU with them - this was at the time that blown caps were a common cause of component failure), one Antec expire (went bang and tried to take a UPS with it, but a fuse blew first), and one Antec undervolt enough that I decided to replace it to protect my server. I've never had a PSU attempt hardware murder (save for the UPS which just went into overload)

I simply won't buy cheap PSUs. They tend to lack the protective circuits that the more expensive ones have, so if/when they go bang, they take everything else with them.

12-09-2006, 19:47	#11
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	I found the Aero 7 bloody noisy - maybe just me. It also seemed to attract dust like nothing I've ever encountered. Mine is in a storage box somewhere. Stan __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

12-09-2006, 19:57	#12
William Vodka Martini Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Church Broughton Posts: 533	Yeah they are very noisy, next PC will definately be a silent or a laptop. __________________

12-09-2006, 20:43	#14
kaiowas The Stig Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fightertown USA Posts: 1,458	I had plenty of cheap power supplies in my crunching days and never had a problem with any of the QTecs. Contrast that with my experience of 'quality' supplies. I've got an Antec Sonata case, the included Antec PSU lasted about 2 hours before it expired with a load bang. Got a replacement which lasted a couple of years before it went with more of a whimper. Only other decent supply I've ever bought was an Enermax which was still going strong last I knew (can't remember if it's currently in vixs PC or in the now unused Sonata under my desk). __________________ Anal Fish Porn

12-09-2006, 20:53	#15
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	For fear of repeating myself (which I am doing but adding more detail)... So far I've had one Enermax expire (to be fair, several caps blew on the motherboard and took the PSU with them - this was at the time that blown caps were a common cause of component failure), one Antec expire (went bang and tried to take a UPS with it, but a fuse blew first), and one Antec undervolt enough that I decided to replace it to protect my server. I've never had a PSU attempt hardware murder (save for the UPS which just went into overload) I simply won't buy cheap PSUs. They tend to lack the protective circuits that the more expensive ones have, so if/when they go bang, they take everything else with them. Last edited by Mark; 12-09-2006 at 20:55.

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12-09-2006, 20:03	#13
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Actually, I just realised mine's an Aero 4, not Aero 7. Close enough though. Whines like hell when on full, which was the case most of the time in the old case. Since I dumped the old beige boxes in favour of a pair of Stacker 810s, everything's quite a lot quieter. Except, that is, the Vantec HDD cooler on my server, which whines so bad on max speed that I would like to smack it with a golf club, but I'd rather a noisy fan than a hot disk. Come cooler weather it'll be turned down a notch and then it's inaudible.