My corsair 450HX fan is loud, disable?

dan · Post by **dan** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:33 pm

Hi I bought the corsair 450hx way back in 2006, and I think the fan is a bit loud. I'm wondering if I can just stick a tie in there to stop the fan, and as my system runs around 120 watts,
the PSU has a 120mm fan on bottom, but I can hear it a couple of feet away, so

perhaps attach a quieter fan underneath it like a 120mm scythe fan. It would rest above a scythe ninja fan with air directed into it.

Would this work well?

Plissken · Post by **Plissken** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:07 pm

You will still have current going to a stalled fan motor. The results may be much worse than your current situation. Removing the fan would be a better idea, if the PSU doesn't fault out (someone else will know more than me about this). The best idea would be to either replace the fan with a quieter unit, or swap out the PSU for a quieter or fanless model.

walle · Post by **walle** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:09 pm

I would suggest a fan swap instead. Blocking the fan could potentially cause other problems.

Not voiding the guarantee would be preferable, I understand that, but I would still not head down the route you've been thinking about.

dan · Post by **dan** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:01 pm

@Plissken walle

I think I'm still under warranty. Swapping out the fan idea had occurred to me though. Buying a fanless PSU like the Zen would be nice.

I actually bought the Corsair based on SPCR recommended and it's not as quiet as I had hoped in terms of fan speed so I'm a bit hesitant to buy the Nexus. I guess SPCR and I have different ideas on what quiet is.

flinx · Post by **flinx** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:41 am

dan wrote:I actually bought the Corsair based on SPCR recommended and it's not as quiet as I had hoped in terms of fan speed so I'm a bit hesitant to buy the Nexus. I guess SPCR and I have different ideas on what quiet is.

I don't see any recommendations for the HX 450 anywhere on SPCR. Sure you didn't read the VX450 one and then confused the two? Or the HX520/620?

Looks like the HX450 has a 7 year warranty by the way:

http://www.corsair.com/warranty/default.aspx

average_joe · Post by **average_joe** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:34 am

Just swap the fan, the VX450 has never been especially silent with the stock fan.

dan · Post by **dan** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:06 am

flinx wrote:
dan wrote:I actually bought the Corsair based on SPCR recommended and it's not as quiet as I had hoped in terms of fan speed so I'm a bit hesitant to buy the Nexus. I guess SPCR and I have different ideas on what quiet is.
I don't see any recommendations for the HX 450 anywhere on SPCR. Sure you didn't read the VX450 one and then confused the two? Or the HX520/620?

Looks like the HX450 has a 7 year warranty by the way:

http://www.corsair.com/warranty/default.aspx

ur right vx450

dan · Post by **dan** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:07 am

average_joe wrote:Just swap the fan, the VX450 has never been especially silent with the stock fan.

I guess I could, though the warranty would be void.....where do I connect the power for the fan, to the computer or to PSU?

walle · Post by **walle** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:23 pm

First stop the fan in the PSU (when the system is up and running) and listen for potential coil whine and/or buzzing noise.

Nothing is to be gained here with swapping the fan and void the guarantee if afterwards you end up with another source of noise.

dan · Post by **dan** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:02 pm

walle wrote:First stop the fan in the PSU (when the system is up and running) and listen for potential coil whine and/or buzzing noise.

Nothing is to be gained here with swapping the fan and void the guarantee if afterwards you end up with another source of noise.

I stick a plastic cable tie to stop the fan, seems quiet to me.

Is there a place where I can see how to mod and substitute the fan? Will any 12cm fan work?

walle · Post by **walle** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:12 am

Maximum power draw of 120w gives you plenty of leeway when choosing a fan so it all comes down to how you wish to set this up.

Do you want the PSU to control the fan or do you want to control the fan manually?