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  • Hrel - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link

    Starts at 30db? Not interested.
  • kmmatney - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link

    "The unit is actually almost entirely silent up to 60% load, at which point the fan starts to speed up and becomes audible. "
  • Death666Angel - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link

    Pretty sure they don't have a sound proof room to test, so 30dB is their noise floor.
  • bsim500 - Saturday, October 18, 2014 - link

    "Pretty sure they don't have a sound proof room to test, so 30dB is their noise floor."

    ^ This. The only "quiet sound testing" which is useful these days is from SPCR (SilentPCReview) who built their own anechoic chamber with a single digit noise floor, and are very nitpickety over the quality of the sound too (clicking, buzzing, coil whine, turbulence, etc).
  • just4U - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link

    It seems a bit silly that they'd make the chassis look so nice only to slack off with the cables.. I expect that (but don't like seeing it..) in cheap units.. but not in higher end products that try to hit all the key points. FSP you can do better.
  • wetwareinterface - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link

    this supply is a quality unit, gives 1200 watts, and is only $240. fancy cables means you up the price to $300 plus. and the market for sleeved cables is really small and served best by the custom choices out there.

    after you spend an extra $100 on sleeved cables you want them in a color to match your build not whatever color fsp decided to give everyone.
  • Gigaplex - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link

    Simply using all-black wiring would be sufficient in most cases and not cost any extra. The multicoloured wiring doesn't look good in any build.
  • just4U - Friday, October 17, 2014 - link

    exactly.
  • eek2121 - Friday, October 17, 2014 - link

    Take it from someone who works for a company that owns a large portion of the (braided) sleeving market. If you are charging your customers a markup for what amounts to $0.25 worth of sleeving...you are doing it wrong.
  • just4U - Friday, October 17, 2014 - link

    A lot of people who build computers want a nice clean uniform look to it all... it's not really even a plus anymore but rather a requirement. It doesn't necessarily add to the cost either and if it does it's certainly not by the amount your suggesting. That's not to say you can't spend that much with aftermarket items and/or certain themed products but it's not normally something that adds a ton to the overall pricing.
  • meacupla - Friday, October 17, 2014 - link

    I really wish all power cables, especially modular types, were ribbon cables.

    It is so much easier routing and bending ribbon cables compared to cable trunks that are zip tied at the end and don't want to bend at all.
  • just4U - Friday, October 17, 2014 - link

    I like the ribbon design as well... I first saw it on CoolerMaster units 5 years ago and then companies like Corsair made it extremely popular. Some don't like them .. never really figured out why since their so easy to work with.

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