Hi all, recently as the title suggests, I have bought a Seasonic Prime PX 1000. I have never owned a seasonic psu but I have heard good things and I am very happy with the unit.
I have a question about hybrid control. I know what it does, that it turns the fan on when a certain power threshold is reached but it states that only after 40% load it starts to spin. We are talking 400w of power to start actively cooling.
My system right now only pulls around 320-340w at max load (bought a 1000w because of the eventual pc upgrade in the near future) so the fan never spins
My old psu had a lower threshold for the fan (30%) and since it was an 850w, the fan used to work when I start gaming.
Naturally, this Prime's outside case is running hotter than my old psu since fans never come on unlike my old one which triggered the threshold
Can anyone explain to me if seasonic hybrid fan control senses also psu temp to ramp up the fan from 0 or is it only controlled by the power threshold? So for example if I am using less than 400w but psu gets hot, will the fan still come on?
Also, if I just run normal mode to be safe, does anyone have experience with these Hong Hua fans seasonic are using? How do they fare if they are used in normal mode which is always spinning over time? What I am worried about is that they state that this is an FDB fan, but its expected lifespan is 50000 hours while I always read that FDB fans are one of the most reliable bearings and usually their MTBF is about 150000 hours.
Apologies for long post and thank you.
I have a question about hybrid control. I know what it does, that it turns the fan on when a certain power threshold is reached but it states that only after 40% load it starts to spin. We are talking 400w of power to start actively cooling.
My system right now only pulls around 320-340w at max load (bought a 1000w because of the eventual pc upgrade in the near future) so the fan never spins
My old psu had a lower threshold for the fan (30%) and since it was an 850w, the fan used to work when I start gaming.
Naturally, this Prime's outside case is running hotter than my old psu since fans never come on unlike my old one which triggered the threshold
Can anyone explain to me if seasonic hybrid fan control senses also psu temp to ramp up the fan from 0 or is it only controlled by the power threshold? So for example if I am using less than 400w but psu gets hot, will the fan still come on?
Also, if I just run normal mode to be safe, does anyone have experience with these Hong Hua fans seasonic are using? How do they fare if they are used in normal mode which is always spinning over time? What I am worried about is that they state that this is an FDB fan, but its expected lifespan is 50000 hours while I always read that FDB fans are one of the most reliable bearings and usually their MTBF is about 150000 hours.
Apologies for long post and thank you.
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