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Modding Flex ATX PSU
- Thread starter kowabunga_dude
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Nice! Let us know what do you think about the tradeoff of noise with size. Personally I could't live with it so I switched back to SFX, but am just curious about people's tolerance to noise in general 
if you get my custom case [ 6.9L ] ,you can fit either a BlackRidge cooler or a CryOrig C7 graphene, and a version of this PSU.
the link - https://www.geeekstore.com/shop/custom-flex-atx-modular-psu/
I've been seeing you advertising / offering your custom cases to several forum members. Create your own thread with information and pictures of your cases to refer people to.
I have one of their PSUs the Acbel one. And it sucks. My NVME drives don't boot properly with it. I still have to return it but I'm lazy.
Josh | NFC insists that the " Enhance ENP-7660B " they offer, is quiet & works well.
i'll test it in my 6.9L case next month, & then let you know if he's right.
It's quiet on idle, but it's still loud like a blower in games and rendering apps. My guess is somewhere around 350W, but I'm not sure. I was running 8700K+1080Ti, both undervolted. Other than noise, I didn't found any issues with the PSU. Unfortunately, noise alone is personally a dealbreaker.
just to be perfectly clear, you have this exact model - Enhance " ENP-7660B " ??
because BernardoZ has been promising low noise, & selling them using that promise - https://www.z-cases.com/product-page/600w-enhance-gold-flex-1u-psu
i don't want noise unless its low.
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Yeah I had the exact same model. Maybe it's "quiet" by flex standards? I also had a Delta 500W plat which was noisier, but both are what I still consider as very noisy. For reference I am using the SF600 Plat now, which I consider as quiet. Not silent, but quiet.
Not the Noctuas, but this one: http://www.scythe-eu.com/en/products/fans/mini-kaze.html. I bought it modded and they only have that option. The modder said the Scythe fan is much quieter than stock, and if that is true I can't imagine how loud the stock fan is.
if true, then BernardoZ has been EXTREMELY misleading, about PSUs he promotes on this forum.
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Just want to give a perspective to my experience. I have the Enhance ENP-7660B PSU bought from Taobao supposedly with stock cables and stock fan and it has been silent thus far. I used it to power i5-7500 & Zotac GTX 1070Ti/Sapphire R9 Nano and Ryzen 5 3600 with the same GPUs and it is silent when gaming as I cannot hear the PSU fan. The GPU and CPU fans are louder than the PSU fan.
The PSU fan only turn on loud one time where I was fully stressing the system with Furmark and Prime95 on i5-7500 & R9 Nano +50% TDP (toasty) inside a Metalfish S3 but these are very unrealistic loads. At that time all the fans are running pretty much max speed and the PC sounds like a jet engine lol.
For reference, this is the Taobao link where I bought the PSU from and I believe it should be stock. If not, please correct me.
item.taobao.com
EDIT: for reference, this is what the PSU looks like in a different case with i5-7500 and GTX 1070 Ti Mini. Metalfish S3 is much more cramped compared to this case due to the long cables.
The PSU fan only turn on loud one time where I was fully stressing the system with Furmark and Prime95 on i5-7500 & R9 Nano +50% TDP (toasty) inside a Metalfish S3 but these are very unrealistic loads. At that time all the fans are running pretty much max speed and the PC sounds like a jet engine lol.
For reference, this is the Taobao link where I bought the PSU from and I believe it should be stock. If not, please correct me.
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EDIT: for reference, this is what the PSU looks like in a different case with i5-7500 and GTX 1070 Ti Mini. Metalfish S3 is much more cramped compared to this case due to the long cables.
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i'll need to ask Josh | NFC to settle this, by testing it for me.
there are too many conflicting reports.
no one wants the headache of return shipping, to another country, because it's complicated & expensive.
To those that said the PSU is quiet, I am wondering what their components/system draw are. I think the PSU should be fine for budget gaming systems. Just not for my use case.
Any results from your testing? I noticed the modular version you bought only has 1 PCIE 6+2 connector, whereas the stock non-modular one has 2*PCIE 6+2?
Its half off topic but still considering "modding" a flex-atx psu:
I am considering a flex-atx psu (Silverstone fx-350g or Seasonic ssp-300sug). To be fair, I had the Silverstone one before and returned it because it was way too noisy. Still, I would consider that psu again, if there is a "good mod" to the psu. Many use the Noctua nf-a4 10. Its much quieter but still kind of noisy.
So I wonder, if its possible to use a flex-atx psu without the top cover passively? In comparison, Dells external power bricks (like the 330W) run without a fan too.
If the components in a flex-atx psu are high quality (80+ gold standard maybe?), it might be possible to just run the psu with an open lid?
I am considering a flex-atx psu (Silverstone fx-350g or Seasonic ssp-300sug). To be fair, I had the Silverstone one before and returned it because it was way too noisy. Still, I would consider that psu again, if there is a "good mod" to the psu. Many use the Noctua nf-a4 10. Its much quieter but still kind of noisy.
So I wonder, if its possible to use a flex-atx psu without the top cover passively? In comparison, Dells external power bricks (like the 330W) run without a fan too.
If the components in a flex-atx psu are high quality (80+ gold standard maybe?), it might be possible to just run the psu with an open lid?
