Seasonic Snow Silent 750 W Review 17

Seasonic Snow Silent 750 W Review

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Value and Conclusion

  • The Seasonic Snow Silent 750 W has an MSRP of $179.90 (without VAT) in the US, and its MSRP in the EU is set at €190, which included a VAT of 19%. The unit will appear on shelves around mid- to late July in the States and around the last week of July or early August in Europe.
  • Delivered full power at 45°C
  • Efficient
  • Tight load regulation
  • Good ripple suppression
  • Silent operation
  • Pretty good performance in Advanced Transient Response tests
  • Quality caps
  • FDB fan
  • Long hold-up time
  • Selectable semi-passive operation
  • Fully modular
  • Nice looks
  • 7-year warranty
  • High MSRP
  • Fan-mode selection switch is in an inconvenient location
  • Once highly stressed, the fan can be noisy
  • White modular cables would be ideal for this PSU
Seasonic added a lower capacity member to the Snow Silent line, which will make users looking for a silent 750 W unit of high quality very happy. The only downside seems to be its stiff MSRP; however, this unit screams of quality and offers top-notch performance in all areas (load regulation, efficiency, and ripple suppression). Even its noise output, where Seasonic's high-end units usually struggle, is excellent as it easily outperforms its big brother with a faster fan. I strongly believe Seasonic should add more low capacity members to their Snow Silent series as quickly as possible because the vast majority isn't looking for very strong PSUs. Seasonic should also use the same fan profile as for their Snow Silent units with their other high-end lines as those suffer from increased noise output levels when the going gets tough. Nowadays, more and more users are looking for silent PSUs, and for most, noise output is a key buying factor.

The only thing I would like to see with these Snow Silent units, aside from a larger fan, are white modular cables. I believe Seasonic should offer at least an option for such cables since users that will buy a white PSU will also have a white case, and black cables just don't blend all too well into a white chassis. I also don't understand why Seasonic keeps installing the fan-mode switch into the rear, which makes it difficult to reach once you've install the PSU. It should be moved to the front to make it more readily accessible without having to remove the side panel.

To wrap up today's review, the Snow Silent-750 is a fine PSU that easily earned an Editor's Choice award from me. It is highly efficient, very silent, especially under normal conditions, and performs incredibly well in all areas, proving that analog circuits still have much left to offer before they are fully replaced by digital ones. The only downside looks to be the high MSRP, but retail pricing will hopefully be lower once this PSU hits store shelves. A lower price will allow the Snow Silent-750 to achieve a significantly higher performance-per-dollar ratio, which would make it much more competitive when compared to the likes of the EVGA 750 P2, a tough competitor that plays ball in the same field and costs around 150 bucks.
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