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My PSU is annoying!!! Need a new one

R-T-B said:
This. To date, Prime 1200W hasn't launced, as well.
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I mean unless this isn't what you mean by prime...?
 
RMA it. My 1000w has always been dead silent.
 
cdawall said:
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I mean unless this isn't what you mean by prime...?
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Well, I guess I need to update my product radar, lol. Thanks.

Still, he claimed to have owned it "for years."
 
R-T-B said:
Well, I guess I need to update my product radar, lol. Thanks.

Still, he claimed to have owned it "for years."
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Yea I think I got it pretty close to release and the review from jguru was done in March, that is why I said earlier mine could have been a different iteration.
 
What about you just order à fan from Ebay and change it?
 
JunkBear said:
What about you just order à fan from Ebay and change it?
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Warranty voiding, the fact that the small size fan diameter in the old Platinums is half the issue, etc
 
R-T-B said:
Warranty voiding, the fact that the small size fan diameter in the old Platinums is half the issue, etc
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Yeah but if they dont want to RMA it and respect the warranty then you Do it.
 
JunkBear said:
Yeah but if they dont want to RMA it and respect the warranty then you Do it.
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I think the second half of my post would still be an issue, but maybe worth a try. There are some "quieter" fans of that size than stock even though we all know smaller fan will always be noisier than a larger one.
 
R-T-B said:
I think the second half of my post would still be an issue, but maybe worth a try. There are some "quieter" fans of that size than stock even though we all know smaller fan will always be noisier than a larger one.
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What I often did is take the top of dead psu and transfer if to the other or swap thé fan only.
 
R-T-B said:
This. To date, Prime 1200W hasn't launced, as well.
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I think i said prime, i don't have the prime series. My fault for not proof reading what i posted. It's definitely the last series before the prime.
SeaSonic 1200W ATX12V/EPS12V 80 Plus Platinum
It is the older styled design. This new honeybcomb design is definitely not it.
 
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Problem with fan swapping is that fans are often hard wired or use some atypical connectors. The third problem is often starting point and curve because they use DC fans and curve directly falls down on starting voltage, amperage of the fan and RPM's it has. You'd really have to find fan with same starting voltage, same RPM and same amps to get the same fan curve as original.

I've done such fan transplantation few times on my PSU's with Noiseblocker fans. It tend to run a bit slower which was fine with me since I needed quiet. It was 750W unit which never reached it's peak, meaning it never really needed more. I bought one other fan, but it didn't run well as it failed to start at low loads even though it should and I wasn't happy running it passive. But then I got the right fan and it worked great.

You can also bypass it and hook the fan on molex. This way, when PSU fires up, so do fans. And it doesn't depend on PSU fan curve anymore. Or if you hook it to motherboard and use the fan curve there. Just be careful not to forget it hooking it back on when flipping components around...
 
I've come to the conclusion that the fan is just louder than others.
How do i know this? I purchased another identical unit and experienced the same result.
It is the nature of the beast, excellent unit but just a tad loud. It is only loud to me because my system is so quiet.
 
RejZoR said:
Problem with fan swapping is that fans are often hard wired or use some atypical connectors. The third problem is often starting point and curve because they use DC fans and curve directly falls down on starting voltage, amperage of the fan and RPM's it has. You'd really have to find fan with same starting voltage, same RPM and same amps to get the same fan curve as original.

I've done such fan transplantation few times on my PSU's with Noiseblocker fans. It tend to run a bit slower which was fine with me since I needed quiet. It was 750W unit which never reached it's peak, meaning it never really needed more. I bought one other fan, but it didn't run well as it failed to start at low loads even though it should and I wasn't happy running it passive. But then I got the right fan and it worked great.

You can also bypass it and hook the fan on molex. This way, when PSU fires up, so do fans. And it doesn't depend on PSU fan curve anymore. Or if you hook it to motherboard and use the fan curve there. Just be careful not to forget it hooking it back on when flipping components around...
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Never occurred to me to run external power to the PSU fan, that would mean I could control the fan separately, even with a software controller.
 
Yes, you can use external power (from motherboard or directly from PSU molex), but it poses a risk of forgetting to hook it up when you tear apart the system and you can fry a PSU this way. So, be careful.
 
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