Good evening,
I'm currently looking to replace my Corsair CX500 power supply fan. Reasons:
1. Since I replaced most of my case fans with BeQuiet fans, I started to hear fan bearing sound and it seems like it reached it's life-span's end, however psu is still kicking, so I want to keep it for another year or so.
2. Now it is the loudest part in my computer, even when I'm sitting afar from computer.
I have already tried to take it apart once, so I don't worry about the guarantee (since it is a 6 year old psu), the fan is connected to the psu by two pin plug, my main idea is to take current fan Yate Loon 120mm (D12SH-12) and cut off that part with two pin plug, then connect those wires to 3 pin plug, leaving the third one open, so I could directly add new fan without making any modifications to it.
But here is the problem: I know that when you replace psu fan, you should add another fan with similiar specs, however, in reality, this fan doesn't really fulfil his factory settings. Here are the Yate Loon 120mm (D12SH-12) specifications:
Model: D12SH-12
Size: 120mm x 120mm x 25mm
Voltage: 12V
Speed: 2200 RPM ±10%
Air Flow: 88.0 CFM
Noise: 40 dB
So here, I'm kindly asking for a suggestion, to what kind of fan I should be aiming for, my main requirements are: it would be silent when idling and it wouldn't be that expensive like Noctua fans.
I'm aiming at 120mm Be Quiet Pure Wings 2 fan (here is the link from my country, if anyone is interested: http://www.kilobaitas.lt/Ieskoti/Cat...0quiet%20120mm), however it doesn't really meet the requirements: only 40,2-51,4 CFM etc.
Thank you in advance, for your help!
I'm currently looking to replace my Corsair CX500 power supply fan. Reasons:
1. Since I replaced most of my case fans with BeQuiet fans, I started to hear fan bearing sound and it seems like it reached it's life-span's end, however psu is still kicking, so I want to keep it for another year or so.
2. Now it is the loudest part in my computer, even when I'm sitting afar from computer.
I have already tried to take it apart once, so I don't worry about the guarantee (since it is a 6 year old psu), the fan is connected to the psu by two pin plug, my main idea is to take current fan Yate Loon 120mm (D12SH-12) and cut off that part with two pin plug, then connect those wires to 3 pin plug, leaving the third one open, so I could directly add new fan without making any modifications to it.
But here is the problem: I know that when you replace psu fan, you should add another fan with similiar specs, however, in reality, this fan doesn't really fulfil his factory settings. Here are the Yate Loon 120mm (D12SH-12) specifications:
Model: D12SH-12
Size: 120mm x 120mm x 25mm
Voltage: 12V
Speed: 2200 RPM ±10%
Air Flow: 88.0 CFM
Noise: 40 dB
So here, I'm kindly asking for a suggestion, to what kind of fan I should be aiming for, my main requirements are: it would be silent when idling and it wouldn't be that expensive like Noctua fans.
I'm aiming at 120mm Be Quiet Pure Wings 2 fan (here is the link from my country, if anyone is interested: http://www.kilobaitas.lt/Ieskoti/Cat...0quiet%20120mm), however it doesn't really meet the requirements: only 40,2-51,4 CFM etc.
Thank you in advance, for your help!