HSF w/ 80mm Fan

[h0vic]

Which HSFs allow you to easily replace their 60mm fan with a 80mm fan. I really like the design of the Swiftech 462, but it costs too much. I don't care about the fan that comes with the heatsink.

 

[Muerto]

That's the first heatsink I've seen that can have an 80mm fan mounted on it and not juryriged. Most are made for a 60mm fan only.

 

[h0vic]

I have heard that it is possible to replace the fan on Globalwin's FOPs. Is this true?

The reason I want a heatsink with a 80mm fan is because they can be quieter and also out perform the 7000rpm 60mm fans.

I mounted a 80mm Adda above my crappy ChromeOrb and had decrease of 10C.

Edit: It was actually a decrease of 6C, not 10C. Having the case open lowered the CPU temp by 4C.

 

[bacillus]

someone posted in the forum a couple of weeks ago about a converter to use an 80mm fan on the mountings for a 60mm fan but it costed something like $25!

 

[h0vic]

$25, that's too expensive. I'll just mount a 80mm or bigger fan over a decent HSF.
Thanks for the replies.

 

[honapus]

Howdy!

You could try the Peltec 80 to 60 mm fandaptor (click here for details) for the Alpha Pep66. I bought one, jury-rigged it with tape, and have a Panaflo L1A 80mm fan with reasonable results.

Young-Ho

 

[kw3i]

cool