Back again about my Slipstreams. I wrote last spring about some failing fans. Well a good cleaning and they're running again - albeit not at full speed.
I figure that it is a matter of time before the slow ones do reach an unuseable speed and the ones still running fien (2/5) start to slow.
I had originally considered replacing them (3 800rpm, 2 1200rpm) with equivalent speed Noctuas but someone suggested I use all 1450 rpm Gentle Typhoon's on a controller.(I'd have preferred 1150's but cannot find them anywhere.)
These would be going into a P182 as 2 front, rear, top and CPU fans. Higher speed in the front and CPU fans to maintain positive pressure.
Opinions welcome.
Swap out fans?
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Re: Swap out fans?
If my two GT 1450s are any indication, they work best as high-powered exhaust. As intakes, they created a funny noise that I don't hear when they're blowing air out of the case. And they move a lot of air out.
Re: Swap out fans?
Gentle Typhoons are quiet at 800rpm but they do not undervolt well so buy the 800rpm@12v versions if you want quiet.NyteOwl wrote:Back again about my Slipstreams. I wrote last spring about some failing fans. Well a good cleaning and they're running again - albeit not at full speed.
I figure that it is a matter of time before the slow ones do reach an unuseable speed and the ones still running fien (2/5) start to slow.
I had originally considered replacing them (3 800rpm, 2 1200rpm) with equivalent speed Noctuas but someone suggested I use all 1450 rpm Gentle Typhoon's on a controller.(I'd have preferred 1150's but cannot find them anywhere.)
These would be going into a P182 as 2 front, rear, top and CPU fans. Higher speed in the front and CPU fans to maintain positive pressure.
Opinions welcome.
Re: Swap out fans?
If your budget allow, consider also Noiseblocker NB-Multiframe M12-S1, i own 7, imo really good case fans, if you need more rpms there are S2/S3 version, in my case the S1 are more than enough for my server.
Re: Swap out fans?
I would have preferred 800's and 1150's but I cannot find any of those speed models in Canada. Everyone only seems to stock the 1450/1850/3000 rpm models. If I want slower speeds I may have to go elsewhere for them.AckeDman wrote: Gentle Typhoons are quiet at 800rpm but they do not undervolt well so buy the 800rpm@12v versions if you want quiet.
No joy on Noiseblocker either.