Originally posted by: AirJames
rch4001 - I don't even use the connectors. I pull it out of that "holder" connector and have to strip the wire and then connect it to either a 3 pin or 4 pin molex or sometimes even straight into an open plug.
Grizybaer - I bought these long time ago at $.39. They are a great value. At full 12v they are probably around 33db(not sure but comparable to AMD retail fans) and probably about 35cfm. I run these at 7V and they push a fair amount of air. My best guess would be around 25 cfm. The air isn't focused air, meaning the air doesn't go perpendicular to the face of the fan but neither is the Panasonic L1A. The noise is very quiet at probably 25 db however they have a very very slight ticking sound if you run them at 7v, not really noticeable however.
Heheh, yup . I was gonna say "about average." As AirJames said, they do seem to flow a lot of air - more than the fans they are replacing. I'm running them at a full 12v, so they are audible, but not "above-average" volume. I bought these to use as replacements for seized fans in some old PSUs I had laying around - I cut off the goofy connectors that were on there, and cut n' spliced the connectors from my old fans onto the new ones. If these were generic PSUs, they woulda got tossed, but one was a $90 Enermax 431w I bought a few years ago, and the other was an Antec 430w, about the same age. These were expensive units that still had lots of life left, so I thought it was worth the $0.39 to get each of them running again. My PC operates 24/7 in a veritable dust pit, so it eats fans, and requires constant cleaning - hence the reason I bought 10 of these. Never hurts to have spares .