Noctua cooperated with Seasonic to introduce a silent, high-capacity power supply, and the result is the Seasonic Prime Noctua TX-1600. Read the full review to find out more details abouts its performance, noise output, and build quality.
The Seasonic Prime Noctua TX-1600 is (or will be) included in my best ATX v3.x & PCIe 5.x PSU picks article.
Noctua is widely known for its cooling solutions, emphasis on high performance and quality, and expensive products. According to the brand new Cybenetics PSU Performance database, the Prime TX-1600 is among the best-performing PSUs in today’s market, so what if we used a different, higher quality fan in this PSU? Noctua probably considered this and cooperated with Seasonic to introduce the Seasonic Prime Noctua TX-1600. The higher a PSU’s capacity, the more challenging it is to keep its average noise output low. The only ally is high efficiency. Since the TX-1600 is a Titanium-rated PSU, its thermal loads won’t be as high as a Platinum or Gold-rated unit with similar capacity.
According to Noctua, this PSU is around 8-10 dBA quieter than the regular version in the 17-100% fan speed range. This is something that I will find out during this review.
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- Manufacturer (OEM): Seasonic
- Max Power: 1600W
- Cybenetics Efficiency: [115V] Cybenetics Titanium (91-93%), [230V] Cybenetics Titanium (93-95%)
- Noise: Cybenetics A++ ( <15 dB[A])
- Compliance: ATX v3.1, EPS 2.92
- Operating Temperature (Continuous Full Load): 0 – 50 °C
- Alternative Low Power Mode support: Yes
- Power 12V combined: 1600W
- Number of 12V rails: 1
- Power 5V + 3.3v: 125W
- Power 5VSB: 15W
- Cooling: 120mm Hydraulic Bearing Fan (NF-A12x25 – High-Speed)
- Semi-Passive Operation: ✓ (Selectable)
- Modular Design: Yes (Fully)
- High Power Connectors: 3x EPS (3x cables), 6x PCIe 6+2 pin (6x cables), 2x PCIe 12+4 pin (600W)
- Peripheral Connectors: 18x SATA (5x cables), 3x 4-pin Molex (1x cable)
- ATX Cable Length: 610mm
- EPS Cable Length: 700mm
- 12+4 pin PCIe Cable Length: 750mm
- 6+2 pin PCIe Cable Length: 650mm
- Distance between SATA / 4-pin Molex: 155/125mm
- In-cable capacitors: No
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 150 mm x 86 mm x 210mm
- Weight: 3.18 kg (7.01 lb)
- Warranty: 12-years
- MSRP: 499€, $569
Power Specifications
| Rail | 3.3V | 5V | 12V | 5VSB | -12V | |
| Max. Power | Amps | 25 | 25 | 133.33 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Watts | 125 | 1600 | 15 | 6 | ||
| Total Max. Power (W) | 1600 | |||||
Thank you for the through review. Did you test for EMF? I don’t recall seeing it in the review.
EMI? Nope.
it’s up there with the 1kW (or more) passive PSU on the: impressive feat, but what for? list
with such a high load components you use absolutely will make tons of noise, even the beast won’t be able to handle them, so… it’s beyond flagship, it’s just a showoff
unless some users use custom water cooling with silent fans and huge radiators.