I need to find a very quiet (OK, quieter than the fan on my AMD/Coolermaster, at least) 60x10/15mm fan for use on a CPU heatsink. It must be low profile because my case (Palo Alto PA-450) has very limited clearance (55mm total height from CPU socket to bottom of power supply). I tried undervolting my current fan with a Zalman resistor thingy but it really doesn't move enough air now.
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Pete
VERY quiet low profile 60mm fans?
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Check my first post here on the SPCR forums for a very quiet, very low airflow 60x60x10mm fan.
However, I really don't think you're going to find a quiet low profile 60mm fan with sufficient airflow to cool anything bigger than say 30W. Even quiet regular-height 60mm fans are hard to come by. I'd try a different tack on quieting your system-- try to get a short heatsink and then stick a full size 80mm fan on it. I don't know if there are any short/low profile heatsinks made to accept 80mm fans, but it will probably still work better than a slightly taller heatsink with a tiny fan.
However, I really don't think you're going to find a quiet low profile 60mm fan with sufficient airflow to cool anything bigger than say 30W. Even quiet regular-height 60mm fans are hard to come by. I'd try a different tack on quieting your system-- try to get a short heatsink and then stick a full size 80mm fan on it. I don't know if there are any short/low profile heatsinks made to accept 80mm fans, but it will probably still work better than a slightly taller heatsink with a tiny fan.
I picked up a 60x15mm Panaflo L1A from Digikey (they also have H1A's and 80x15mm fans), we'll see how that goes. It's rated at 14CFM/21dB. Currently I am running my modded Palo Alto PA-450 with the rear 92mm fan (my primary mod) unplugged (I also bought a 92mm L1A which I plan to 7V which will go there) and I have a Zalman resistor on my Coolermaster heatsink fan, so the only real system exhaust comes from my Zalman power supply. With that little, my idle temps are 50C CPU/47C Case/19C Ambient while running a Thoroughbred 2400+, WD 1200JB, and a Passive Radeon 9000, and the system is as quiet as it's ever been. I think swapping out the CPU fan for the Panaflo and adding the 92mm L1A will show similar temps, but under load.
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