Author Topic: Seasonic X Series X-850 Gold PSU ($99.99 after $20 MIR and promo code) [Exp 5/8]  (Read 1898 times)

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Tell Eckse in the IRC, he just blew his PSU and is now on an OCZ PSU. :(

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these are good

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Tell Eckse in the IRC, he just blew his PSU and is now on an OCZ PSU. :(

OMG... I've gotten OCZ rap3d 8+ times.

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See people complaining about cap squeal but I'm oh so tempted

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Just built my new rig with this. Excellent PSU. The only one better is Seasonic Platinum series.

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See people complaining about cap squeal but I'm oh so tempted


cap squeal? I thought it was the inductors...
Lots of MLCC (Multilayer ceramic capacitors) can squal. The inductors can too, of course.

For example, I have a few PSU's that squeal a bit from the capacitors, not the inductors.

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That said, this is by all accounts an excellent PSU.

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usually it's inductors that squeal. often referred to as "coil whine". solid caps are highly unlikely to vibrate. between a number of the x-XXX gold rated units, i had never gotten an audible coil whine. however, recently bought and returned a 660xp2 platinum unit that had pretty bad whine. could be a change in component sourcing, contract manufacturer, or something inherent to the design. i will say that seasonic _always_ uses enclosed inductors (encapsulated with epoxy and then sealed into a metal box) when possible. there's also a possibility that it is a weird high order electrical interaction with your particular power drains and the supply.

i will say that switching power supplies have to be switched at extremely high frequencies to get this kind of efficiency, so it's not that surprising to get a little bit of coil whine (or a lot in a budget efficient unit). seasonic is one of the best OEMs, however, carries the best warranty, etc.

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