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Old January 21st, 2008, 11:30 PM   #1
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I have 5 80mm fans in my case (2 on the back, 1 on the side, 2 on the front). My old PSU had a fan-only circuit that'd make them quiet, but my new PSU doesn't, so most of them are running at full power and therefore a bit a noisy.

I was thinking of either buying this to split one of my mobo connections:

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Or will one of those little black boxes work with this?

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Or should I buy something to shove in a 5.5" bay to control my fans? (considering that too)
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Old January 22nd, 2008, 02:52 AM   #2
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I think I'm gonna just get this:

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I have a fan controller in one of my 3.5 bays and being able to cut the fan speed down really helps with the noise, I'd go that route. Once you find the perfect balance you'll probably hardly touch it.
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I was going to suggest a fan controller as well. That way, it's completely customizable and nothing looks cooler than more buttons and knobs on your case images/smilies/wink.gif (Steve Jobs' head just exploded)
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I just went for a case that supported two big 120mm fans, one at the back and one in the front. The nice thing about bigger fans is that they don't need to spin as fast, so you do not need to worry about all that voodoo.
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I bought this antec 80mm fan at frys that came with a little 3 position switch to adjust the speed that is built into the fan. It was 9.99 and is a red led.
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Yep, go for the Zalman. A fan controller is the best way to go.
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If you already have one of those molex LP4 adapters, you can simply change which pins the fan wires are connected to. Switching from yellow+black (12v) to red+black (5v) will pretty much cut your fan noise down to none.

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It also cuts down your CFM. Get a fan controller. Crank it up when you need cooling, crank it down when you're fap'ing.
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Only 12mm fans here, all running <800rpm. No need to adjust anything, always quiet images/smilies/smile.gif
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WTF? 12mm? Those are like the size of my pinky...
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Just don't buy SilenX fans. Seriously shitty quality.
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If you want quite and don't mind paying a little more look for the Panasonic Panaflo fans.
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Wow, we're going way off-topic here.

I have fans already. They work great. They're just too loud as I don't have a fan-only circuit on my new PSU. So, I need something to quiet them down and was asking what the best solution to do that was. images/smilies/wink.gif
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Wow, we're going way off-topic here.

I have fans already. They work great. They're just too loud as I don't have a fan-only circuit on my new PSU. So, I need something to quiet them down and was asking what the best solution to do that was. images/smilies/wink.gif
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Just bought that Zalman 6 fan controller. Thanks all. images/smilies/smile.gif
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