Zalman 7700: Who did fan replacement? Happy afterward?

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tempoct
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Zalman 7700: Who did fan replacement? Happy afterward?

Post by tempoct » Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:50 pm

Hi,
Like many people here, I'm not so happy with the noise of the 7700 at full speed. I did re-assemble the Zalman and it look like very easy to replace the fan.

I believe many of us here have replaced the fan with the quieter fan. Are you happy with the noise and temperature after fan replcement? Please share your opinion here :D

Looking to replace mine with Nexus 120mm. Also to replace the Foxconn mobo with the Jetway A210GDMS.

Thanks,
tempoct


PS: My other thread about Zalman 7700 w/ Venice 3200 running hot is TOTALLY due to *BAD* mobo read out. Tried with other two boards and got much more reasonable results. I guess this cooler has a great design then.
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GHz
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Post by GHz » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:43 am

The Nexus fan swap was fairly easy. Just be careful to mark your drill points carefully (if you want to hard-mount the Nexus fan). I also had to put a spacer (plastic washer) between the Nexus fan and the bracket because the Nexus' base is thinner than the Zalman.

I was pleased with the mod, which made the 7700-CU nearly silent. However, I have since replaced the Nexus with a AOC/Evercool aluminum fan because I needed higher RPM during the summer. If you plan on connecting the fan to a fanmate controller or PWM-device, then you may want to pick up a higher speed fan... just in case. The Yate Loon D12SL-12 has slightly higher RPM than the Nexus, or D12SM-12 has even more top-speed RPM.

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feddup
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Globe?

Post by feddup » Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:46 pm

Has anyone tried the 7700 with a Globe fan? Fans other than the Nexus? Any successes OR failures would be interesting to hear about.
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Krazy Kommando
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Post by Krazy Kommando » Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:38 pm

i think i saw someone doing it with a 120mm panaflo L....
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Slidax
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Post by Slidax » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:55 am

The nexus is practically silent at a low rpm, i cant even hear it up close.
Its uncomparable with the crappy zalman fan.
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this picture was taken while the fan was on..
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tempoct
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Thanks guys.

Post by tempoct » Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:58 pm

BTW, what's about the tempurature?
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Slidax
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Post by Slidax » Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:59 am

went up about 2C. currently sitting on 29C semi-idle
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