I got a Shuttle AK31A when they first came out. Less than 2 weeks after I got it, the fan died (started making very loud noise while spinning slower). I replaced it with a Sunon Ball Bearing fan from Plycon.
A few weeks later my uncle asked me to upgrade his system for as little money as possible so I picked something with a Shuttle AK31A. Well, I built the system 5 days ago and let it run while I was at school. I came home and heard this fan doing the same thing mine did. Luckly I had already bought a replacement Vantec fan for it because I expected this to happen.
It seems Shuttle is using extremely cheap fans on the AK31A. I was wondering what other people's experiences were like with the fan on the AK31A? How long has it been running? Is the original fan still working?
A few weeks later my uncle asked me to upgrade his system for as little money as possible so I picked something with a Shuttle AK31A. Well, I built the system 5 days ago and let it run while I was at school. I came home and heard this fan doing the same thing mine did. Luckly I had already bought a replacement Vantec fan for it because I expected this to happen.
It seems Shuttle is using extremely cheap fans on the AK31A. I was wondering what other people's experiences were like with the fan on the AK31A? How long has it been running? Is the original fan still working?