Anthony
My favorite power supply ever made
The Seasonic Noctua Edition 1600 Power Supply is the highest quality power supply I have ever touched. The attention to detail, such as the inclusion of a motherboard power cable 90° adapter, fully braided cables right out of the box, and other goodies makes this feel like a premium and complete package. I used to order CableMod cables for all my power supplies, but I don’t feel the need with this one thanks to the included braided cables. One thing to note right off the bat is that this power supply is heavy. If you will be lifting your PC case a lot, it adds heft. I also have this strange issue where there’s an arcing sound from the power supply when turning on my PC at startup, but it only lasts a second and stops. I am awaiting Seasonic’s reply on that, but from what I’ve read, this might be normal when energizing the components for the first boot after being unplugged for a while. Lastly, I think it offers great performance, my system only pulls about 700-800W max with an NVIDIA RTX 5090 founders edition and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D combo. But the extra headroom means I’m staying efficient and have plenty of room for upgrades in the future. Given the bulletproof reputation of this power supply, I plan to keep it for a long time. Oh, and the Noctua fan is quiet. I don’t even hear it.