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Quiet Power Supply?

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by Wiry, 2003/10/28.

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    IOhave a Dell Dimension 4100 running win2k that has a really loud power supply. My office gets warm in the Summer I do a lot of recording. Does anyone know of a particularly quiet power supply? Or a computer that uses one? Would appreciate any advice.
     
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    Look here for some ideas -
    http://www.quietpcusa.com/

    I have one of their quiet power supplies and it is quieter :), but bear in mind that CPU fans, case fans can also contribute to the noise problem.
     
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    Thanks ... that's a great site, Pete
     
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    Wiry,

    You say you have a Dell - may wish to read this before replacing the power supply.

    Regards,

    ICE
     
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    ICE:
    Known about this for a long time but thats the best write up I've ever seen on it - great find. Goes right into one of my notebooks for timely reference - thanks.

    ;)
     
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    Thanks a lot for the info ... I'll wait a little longer and then replace the Dell with something else. The reason I always bought Dell was for the reasons in the article. They used unadulterated Windows, etc. etcd. I'm amazed that replacing a power supply could fry the motherboard. Wow. No warning or anything.

    Thanks again.
     
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    Kudos to Ice on that one, great "find" Guy :)
    Always suspected that too but never saw it in black and white before.
    Kind of makes it tough on us hardware types trying to help a friend resurrect a dead "door stop "

    Daddad
     
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