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I can't stand it anymore! Replacement fan for FOP38!!!!

Razorwyre

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Jan 5, 2001
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Guys,

I always knew the FOP38 was real loud, and I thought I had gotten used to it. Today I fired up my old 300A, and had my Duron off. What a difference. I have to replace the fan on the FOP38 to something quieter, but it needs to flow about the same air. Can anyone help me here? Link perhaps?


Lyn Labahn
 

Spoooon

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Heh, I have an Alpha with a delta fan. I thought it was going to be loud... but it isnt! The sound of my other fans overpower it. So I don't even notice it. :)
 

toph99

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if you want the same amount of airflow(~38cfm) you could fit it with an 80mm fan. it would be quieter, though i don't know how much extra airflow you'd get over the heatsink as the motor is larger... may be worth a shot though :)
 

Tonec

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Feb 29, 2000
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The problem is that there is no decent sounding 60mm fan comes anywhere near the 38cfm of the delta.
http://phamcomputer.safeshopper.com/18/79.htm?124
Here is a very quiet 60mm fan, only flows 13cfm but the fop should have enough mass to compensate for a duron 1000 unless you have unusually high case temps. My 8kta+ reads at 46idle/53max, don't really know what the true core temp is but its stable running rc5. The fan clips will accept this fan with no problems.
 

Renob

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Get a YS tech fan it pumps out 27.2cfm from memman.com much less noise but works great....
 

Stevem627

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Noise equals airflow in manu cases. The YSTech fans are nice but I have some Sunon 600 that do a fine job and are A LOT more quiet than the Delta is. You can't have it all... ;(
 

Renob

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You did not give a reason about the YS fans stevem all you said was but. But what?????????????? Those YS fans rock and they are very quiet...