Yet Another HTPC-advice Thread!

[sam9s]

For a silent smps, you will have to look for some quality PSUs, ans shell some bucks. Either Go for high Watts and with hybrid cooling, where the fan only starts after a specific load or when the temp reaches a bare min threshold, something like the Corsair RM series PSUs.

Other option is to go for a fanless model and as far as I know only Seasonic PSUs are fanless and have complete passive cooling. Something like https://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?field-keywords=Seasonic 460w Power Supply fanless&tag=pc-parts-20

Both these psus are pretty expensive I must tell. Availability of Seasonic in India is also questionable....

Also in case of fanless make sure you go with much higher watt than required.

 

[reignofchaos]

Other option is to go for a fanless model and as far as I know only Seasonic PSUs are fanless and have complete passive cooling. Something like https://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?field-keywords=Seasonic 460w Power Supply fanless&tag=pc-parts-20

Not all seasonics are fanless. Only the ones based on KM3+ platform (i.e. platinum, platinum prime, snow silent etc) that have a switch at the back can run fanless to half their capacity. The rest still have a fan that runs albeit at very low noise levels. All my PCs run on seasonics - one platinum, one gold, two bronzes. Tirupati enterprises is the official dealer/distributor in India. They have an ebay store by the name overclockerzone from where I sourced them from.

Corsair RM series PSUs use a cost optimized CWT platform. I'd not recommend those especially at their asking prices. I'd rather get the Antec High Current Pro which again is OEM'ed by Seasonic.

 

[MaSh]

Thank you so much. Will look these up.

MaSh

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