Quietest PSU?

Orion

I built a pc for my dad but the PSU is damn noisy. (Ok - I'll be honest - it's a cheap case - http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=300693&cks=PRL). Q-Tec 350W psu in it.

The pc is powerful enough - Athlon 64 3500+, 1Gb ram, 160gb SATA hdd, radeon 9250, and the usual other bits. I'd say that a 350W psu is enough for it but may as well go for a 400W - not much in the price anyway. It's only being used for office purposes not gaming.

What I want to know is what is the best, quiet, psu that I should get. I've looked at the BeQuiet ones on HiTide and they're reasonably priced. Should I get one of these? Or is there another brand that's quiet, decent output and reasonably priced?

Ciaran500

Qtec psu's have a terrible reputation for not supplying enough power or blowing up and taking everything connected to it with it.

Any Tagan, Antec, BeQuiet fortron psu should be quiet enough for you.

SantaHoe

If you want to know which one is the most quiet, look at the specs... aim for around the 20db mark.
I've got a Sharkoon ~21db PSU, used it for a few months and counting, no problems here... the wind rustling through the trees outside my window is louder than this thing, literally.

Mac daddy

if you want true silent have a look at - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Antec_103.html

The top one but you will pay for it " Antec Phantom 350W Fanless ATX2.0 PSU (CA-025-AN)" Price: £99.95

astrofool

i got one of these:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=22_165&products_id=1104&osCsid=e5030b18a907eaa0b0fcff94a9e23810

all sheathed, with removable cables etc.

520w and 19dba is pretty nice