This. Also hoping they can be mounted in different orientations besides only facing up.
Alternative case layouts (like Silverstone uses often) has the PSU in different mounting positions than just the bottom/back of the case. See TJ08-E or FT02.
Yeah, after their first "gold" series that did not exhibit the whine, the "platinum" ones unfortunately came with this out of the box.I wish I could buy a few of the old 400W ones!
You just brought back some nightmares. I was so disappointed when I got my 660 watt platinum and it suffered from massive coil whine. After a terrible RMA process where they forgot my case and I heard nothing from them after 6 weeks, I contacted them to hear what was up, and fortunately they upgraded my PSU to the 760 watt platinum. No coil whine and fanless under low load.
I didn't have this issue with my SeaSonic SS-520FL2, and I'm glad it would have driven me insane. Don't remember reading about it in any of the reviews of the Seasonic unit or the rebranded Silverstone: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8193/silverstone-nig...
"... as well as an ASUS ROG Strix GTX 1070 8 GB graphics card. While many enthusiasts these days are inclined to buy PSUs with wattage of 700 and beyond, 600 W is more than enough for mainstream gaming systems featuring similar configurations."
A 600W PSU should easily be able to power two (150W) 1070s, no? At the very least, a 1080Ti (250W) should be well within reason, as long as the case has sufficient ventilation. Even though 7700Ks run hot, they still don't consume 300W or more...
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lefty2 - Friday, June 9, 2017 - link
Seasonic fanless PSU's previously suffered from an atrocious coil whine problem. I hope that they have solved it.JoeyJoJo123 - Friday, June 9, 2017 - link
This. Also hoping they can be mounted in different orientations besides only facing up.Alternative case layouts (like Silverstone uses often) has the PSU in different mounting positions than just the bottom/back of the case. See TJ08-E or FT02.
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=303&...
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=242&...
nagi603 - Friday, June 9, 2017 - link
Yeah, after their first "gold" series that did not exhibit the whine, the "platinum" ones unfortunately came with this out of the box.I wish I could buy a few of the old 400W ones!Martin84a - Sunday, June 11, 2017 - link
You just brought back some nightmares. I was so disappointed when I got my 660 watt platinum and it suffered from massive coil whine. After a terrible RMA process where they forgot my case and I heard nothing from them after 6 weeks, I contacted them to hear what was up, and fortunately they upgraded my PSU to the 760 watt platinum. No coil whine and fanless under low load.facw - Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - link
I didn't have this issue with my SeaSonic SS-520FL2, and I'm glad it would have driven me insane. Don't remember reading about it in any of the reviews of the Seasonic unit or the rebranded Silverstone: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8193/silverstone-nig...grrrgrrr - Friday, June 9, 2017 - link
Humans will be on Mars in 12 years. Wish Seasonic would open a customer service branch there.smilingcrow - Friday, June 9, 2017 - link
In space aren't all power supplies silent?Gothmoth - Friday, June 9, 2017 - link
only when you want to run around in an astronaut suite all day....dstarr3 - Friday, June 9, 2017 - link
In space, no one can hear your coil whine.JoeyJoJo123 - Friday, June 9, 2017 - link
In space, no one can hear your 5000rpm Delta fans.thetuna - Saturday, June 10, 2017 - link
In space, there's no air so there's no air cooling :)Ahnilated - Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - link
As cold as it is in space, there is no need to cool a CPU. heck, you might even not need a heat sink at all.freeskier93 - Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - link
That's not how space works.Your typical satellite requires about 1 square meter worth of radiator per 100-200 watts of heat.
Cygni - Friday, June 9, 2017 - link
lol noValantar - Friday, June 9, 2017 - link
"... as well as an ASUS ROG Strix GTX 1070 8 GB graphics card. While many enthusiasts these days are inclined to buy PSUs with wattage of 700 and beyond, 600 W is more than enough for mainstream gaming systems featuring similar configurations."A 600W PSU should easily be able to power two (150W) 1070s, no? At the very least, a 1080Ti (250W) should be well within reason, as long as the case has sufficient ventilation. Even though 7700Ks run hot, they still don't consume 300W or more...