Back at Computex earlier this yr, Noctua confirmed off its upcoming Seasonic-partnered energy provide. Featuring all of the “shhhh” engineering may Noctua can throw at it, the Seasonic Prime TX-1600 Noctua Edition PSU is now formally set to launch earlier than the yr’s out.
According to a Noctua product roadmap (by way of Overclock3d), the Seasonic-Noctua wombo combo ought to hit the cabinets in This autumn 2024, and I’m actually right here for it. In brief, it ought to make for a really quiet however nonetheless extremely highly effective energy provide.
As cool as it should certainly be (each actually and figuratively), there’s heated disagreement within the digital halls of PC Gamer’s {hardware} division over its aesthetics. Listen, I really like Noctua’s cream-and-brown styling, however I do not suppose it goes fairly so nicely with, nicely, plain previous black steel. (Isn’t it vogue rule primary that brown and black do not combine?) That’s simply me, although, so I’ll hold schtum.
What’s extra vital is that this could make for a gloriously quiet energy provide. When our (different, better-dressed) Jacob visited Computex again in June, he was informed the PSU ought to run 8-10 dB quieter than the usual Seasonic Prime TX-1600, this achieved partially by stopping the fan blades from ever being parallel to the grill struts.
The Prime TX-1600 runs fanless at as much as 50% load, so it is solely when recreation frames begin churning that it ought to spin up. But when it does, do not you need it to take action in good and unobstructive means? Don’t you need that sensual Noctua whisper to appease you into your late-night periods?
Noctua’s on a roll proper now as a result of it additionally not too long ago launched its next-gen 140 mm fan, the NF-A14x25 G2. This will succeed the stellar the stellar NF-A14 and NF-A12x25, the latter being our present decide for the perfect PC fan available on the market.
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We may, subsequently, quickly have sufficient to completely deck our rigs with silent-as-can-be Noctua gear, which might be pretty. This won’t be too costly, both, given we had been informed the Noctua Edition of this PSU ought to solely be round $30 greater than the usual version. And with 1600 watts behind you, I doubt you would be needing to improve it for fairly a while. Noctua positive is aware of tips on how to decide ’em!
