actually my source is more reliable since the coolermaster fans which I use are exactly as they are rated...they are as quiet as the most quiet fans!!
So since you use CoolerMaster brand fans, your ears must be better than my SPL meter? I'm afraid I don't follow you, here.
Nowhere did I say the thermaltake Smart fan(thats a laugh) was dead silent...rofl..you obviously can`t read very well!!
here let me refresh your mrmory----Again...Im using the PCPC and noise is not an issue....in fact the only item I hear is my Thermaltake Smart Fan....
All my coolermaster fans as well as the zalman fans are dead silent!!
Which when cranked up can be a beast.....when toned down via speed fan controller is not too bad.
You're right, I misread that. My apologies.
Now to your SPL meter....
since you do not own and probably never have owned or will own a PCPC Turbo Cool 510 deluxe or any of there PSU`s you can feel free to fly catch a greyhound or anyways you like come on over and test my PSU with your meter...
While I don't have one in my personal system, I _have_ put the 510 in several customers' systems by request, and have begun using my SPL meter to test the noise level of each "loud" component I put in systems recently. This is for two reasons: one, I wish to give customers a quantitative measurement of how loud some parts are; two, I think it would be neat to have a small catalog of noise levels for each part, because as it is measurements are widely scattered and done with many different testing materials.
I'm sure you didn't need to know all that, but there you go.
As usual you assume to much.....
I stated that I had called the PCPC people to confirm the reason my PSU was so quiet....
YES they do have vustomer service and YES I did order directly from them!
Well, of COURSE PCP&C is going to feed you a line about caring about the quality and noise level of their PSUs. Seasonic will do that, too. So will OCZ, and I wouldn't be surprised if some American reseller of Powmax did it too.
yes--I have heard good things about the seasonic and other PSU`s......but I will tell you when companies upgrade a fan or another part they don`t go out and recall or even upgrade in house products that have been assembled and ready for shipping.......
Many manufacturers do retrofit units that haven't been shipped yet, actually, and PCP&C do not recall parts in the market to fit new fans.
You also assume I don`t have SPL meter.....
You're right, I do assume that. May I ask how my assumption is relevant?
What I am saying is the PCPC did acknowledge a problem and they worked to correct the problem....
Also I bought my PSU approx 3 months ago thus this developement with them changing the fans has taken place I am told within the last 4 or 5 months!!
My last measurement was just over three months ago, so if they are correct then it should still be valid. I noticed no difference in SPL between it and older units, iirc.
Anyway the offer still stand book a flight and come on out.....
And by the way no I am not curious......
After 8 years of college and too many years of being in the work force there not a whole lot somebody your age is going to be able to tell me.
Didn't your offer involve a Greyhound? Although I'd say there's a good chance that I'm older than you, I don't see how this is relevant in any way; you should evaluate an argument on its own merits rather than evaluating or attacking the person making it. This is called an ad hominem, and is one type of logical fallacy. Please don't use it.
So put your SPL meter away and calm down and try to comprehend and understand what you are reading.....lol
I assure you I can understand what you are saying perfectly well. I'm not inclined to "put my SPL meter away" when attempting to measure sound pressure levels, as I would then have to rely on an inferior instrument prone to automatically re-calibrating itself (my ears).
Also my source besides myself are people who also use the coolermaster fans and have used other fans as well!!
Bang for buck coolermaster fans are almost dead silent!!
Yet if you ask around about the coolermaster fans and the zalman fans you will find that its generally accepted that if you want a quiet system that the coolermaster fans and the zalman will do quite nicely!!
This really isn't relevant. If you want to get into a discussion about your fan choices, it can happen another time, when it will not derail this thread. If you really want to, you can send me a PM about it.
I place no credence in anything THD has to say even if its a good comment about anything I may like!!
If by THD you mean THG, then there's something we can easily agree on. THG is easily the least reliable major hardware review site out there.