Replacement fans for H80i

[burninatortech4]

The fans on my H80i were loud to begin with but now they scream. It's really driving me nuts. The cooling capability doesn't seem to be affected. It's a noise issue but same or better cooling is a requirement.

I really like the Noctua brand (the industrial PPC line looks great) and I know that fans with high static pressure are good for radiators. But that's where my knowledge ends. I'm also limited by my Node 304 for space so I can only fit one fan in a pull exhaust fashion. If that influences the choice 🙂

Any recommendations? These are what I've considered so far:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX2C70359

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA68V21E0611

I'm cooling an overclocked 760k. Full specs in my signature. Thanks!

 

[HalfCrazy]

You can pickup the Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition twin pack for $27.99.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835181025

 

[Essence_of_War]

Those noctua's look great, but I could not recommend them in good conscience at $35 a pop.

You can pickup the Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition twin pack for $27.99.

That sounds like a solid option to me. I might spend the extra dollar or two to get the PWM versions, though.

The Scythe Gentle Typhoon 12/14 (if you can find them) are great choices also. Even at max RPM they are virtually inaudible. I'd run them at max and not even care about pwm/voltage control.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

OP might be a "casual" enthusiast, but he might take a look at this project:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2408847

Some of the AiO coolers would perform much better with more airflow, and it's my belief that "enthusiast-noise-obsession" prevents us from exploring it when there really isn't much noise during real-world use, or which can't be easily mitigated for this or that fan.

Personally? I bought a 3,000 RPM Noctua iPPC for use as a heatpipe-pusher. Even at load, it only runs up to a maximum below 2,400, and I actually trimmed it after thorough stress-testing so that the load speed is a tad lower than that, with at most 1.5C increase in maximum temperatures.

If I had to buy several iPPCs for a large radiator or deployment throughout a case, I'd have second thoughts at the $30 item price-tag.

 

[burninatortech4]

OP might be a "casual" enthusiast, but he might take a look at this project:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2408847

Some of the AiO coolers would perform much better with more airflow, and it's my belief that "enthusiast-noise-obsession" prevents us from exploring it when there really isn't much noise during real-world use, or which can't be easily mitigated for this or that fan.

Personally? I bought a 3,000 RPM Noctua iPPC for use as a heatpipe-pusher. Even at load, it only runs up to a maximum below 2,400, and I actually trimmed it after thorough stress-testing so that the load speed is a tad lower than that, with at most 1.5C increase in maximum temperatures.

If I had to buy several iPPCs for a large radiator or deployment throughout a case, I'd have second thoughts at the $30 item price-tag.

I actually bought the iPPC you're speaking of. I couldn't get it to work. Plugging it into my Gigabyte fan header was a bust. The fan just 'spurted' on/off and generally didn't function. Was that an issue of the fan not getting enough power? Or did I have a DOA fan? I send it back awhile ago.

I'd like to get it to work. How did you install your iPPC? Molex/sata direct to the power supply?

 

[Essence_of_War]

Hmmm...if Newegg is correct:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835608052

that fan is only rated for .3 A @12 V. That's certainly a bit more than ordinary fans which draw more like .1 A, but it should be able to get that from a 4-pin motherboard connector. It's certainly possible that you got a DOA fan, but that's surprising. If you were trouble shooting it again in the future, you might try a molex to sata just to figure out if it's the motherboard or the fan.

Fair warning, at 3000 RPM, that fan is going to be quite loud.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Hmmm...if Newegg is correct:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835608052

that fan is only rated for .3 A @12 V. That's certainly a bit more than ordinary fans which draw more like .1 A, but it should be able to get that from a 4-pin motherboard connector. It's certainly possible that you got a DOA fan, but that's surprising. If you were trouble shooting it again in the future, you might try a molex to sata just to figure out if it's the motherboard or the fan.

Fair warning, at 3000 RPM, that fan is going to be quite loud.

Maybe I'm deaf. First of all, by the "+/- 10%" spec tolerance, the top-end is likely 2,850 RPM. I don't think it's loud in the range between 2,200 and the top-end.

Second -- don't think I'm coming at you like the high-school debate-team -- but my experience with various motherboards has them offering up a limit of 1.0A @ 12V per fan port. There should be a spec in either total amperage of all ports, or amperage per port. 0.7A is not too much a load, especially if it's one or two fans in a mix that includes some @ 0.1 to 0.3A.

I think the OP needs to examine his BIOS and the software bundled with the board. It may be a matter of how PWM for that fan is being controlled. I can't imagine a Noctua fan shipped as defective -- guess there's always a first time, but those fans are all well-built.

Generally, RPM scales with amperage, CFM scales with RPM at constant size. I carved up my limp Noctua fans bundled with coolers to use as ducts. [0.1A . . . that's gonna be "limp" for me . . ]