120mm Fortron: SPCR testbench snapshot/preview
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isolating the fan is by far the best solution here - if you don't mind potentialy voiding your warranty to do the mod. no other method is as clear and effective.
a variation of this (for regular 80mm fans), which actually may make the mod easier, is to remove the fan from inside the unit and mount it on the outside of the power supply. reports are there is less turbulence this way.
and katana is right, the dampening mats are quite useless.
a variation of this (for regular 80mm fans), which actually may make the mod easier, is to remove the fan from inside the unit and mount it on the outside of the power supply. reports are there is less turbulence this way.
and katana is right, the dampening mats are quite useless.
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I'm so jealous of you all! worrying about isolating the fortron.... I can't hear mine at all over my hard drive. But I've got my cooler hard drive in a huge foam box, which is very quiet, but I've still got a noisy 7200 RPM maxtor thats just taped on top of the foam box because of its heat. It has no temp monitoring so I'm afraid to put it in a foam box, and I have no money for a rubber box like listed here and of course to finish it all off my case is too small to really fit the box, its a real cram, and there's not enough room for ducting fun with the fortron fan.
MikeC, I know, I'll write an article on silencing my PC if you'll buy me a new case and a seagate barracuda!
MikeC, I know, I'll write an article on silencing my PC if you'll buy me a new case and a seagate barracuda!
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Does the Fortron 300 Watt with 120mm Fan have enough power for a Pentium 4, 2.53ghz, 1Gig 2700 Memory, CD, DVD, CD-RW, Floppy, CNPS-7000Copper, 4 80mm fans or more, ATI 9500 PRO, etc...
Right now I have a 400 Seasonic, but I am not too happy with it. The fan is hardly blowing any air. My friend's exact same PSU seems to perform better than mine. The fan is stronger.
Right now I have a 400 Seasonic, but I am not too happy with it. The fan is hardly blowing any air. My friend's exact same PSU seems to perform better than mine. The fan is stronger.
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The Seasonic is designed to keep itself cool while staying very quiet as much as possible. The fan is thermally controlled. If you make it pull, say 200W DC out of it, you'll see that fan flying. Obviously, you are drawing very little power from it, which is why the fan never really speeds up.Right now I have a 400 Seasonic, but I am not too happy with it. The fan is hardly blowing any air. My friend's exact same PSU seems to perform better than mine. The fan is stronger.
If your friend's Seasonic PSU fan is going faster, it means his components are drawing more power from the PSU and/or the temperature in the PSU is higher, likely because of more heat or poorer airflow in his case.
Don't know why you would complain in these forums about a quieter PSU