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The most commonly overlooked - and one of the most critical - items in any PC is the power supply. With today's power hungry CPUs, graphics cards, optical drives, hard drives and the like, the need for a constant, reliable power source is more important than ever. With the growing popularity of quiet PCs, it has to keep the noise down, too.
The solution to the problem of providing lots of power without lots of noise could be SeaSonic's Super Silencer 460, a 460-watt power supply. The name may be new to you, but its Taiwanese parent has been around since the mid-1970s.
The rubber mounted cooling fan has a thermal controller built into it, so the fan speed rises only as the case's internal temperature increases. Even at its fastest, it measures a mere 25dBa, according to SeaSonic's datasheet.
The harness includes standard 20-pin ATX and auxiliary 12V connectors; nine four-pin Molex and two floppy power connectors; a single four-pin supplemental power connector; and a three-pin fan monitoring connector. There's also a Molex to SATA power converter cable.
Included with the PSU are the usual mounting screws, manual and two nice surprises - a SATA power cable and a cable management kit. The kit includes everything to keep cable runs tidy - a simple idea and a fantastic addition.
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