HOT!!! BG Micro has Panaflo L1A's $3.19ea. 10 for $26.50

[soundforbjt]

Panaflo L1A's back @ BGMicro! $3.19 ea or 10 for $26.50, not as good as before but still a decent price for these low noise gems.

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[ShinSa]

Good deal. I've ordered a set of 10 couple years back. Used them all my computer builds.

 

[RadioactiveMagpies]

thx, going to have to drop by and pick up another 10, they're only a few miles from me.

 

[Lark888]

Good price at the 10 count! I love these fans and am getting low on supply from my last 10 pak order. Thanks.

 

[psianime]

Just picked up 10, thanks!

$26.50 + $6 shipping to CA.

 

[Eli]

Cool, picked up 10.

 

[hytek369]

this is super hot, i wished they had 92mm. i really need those more than anything

 

[amdskip]

Thanks a million. The cheapest I could find these from a wholesaler was $4.13 so this is super hot. I ordered a good supply, hopefully it lasts a year.

 

[Lanyap]

Nice. Thanks. Time to order ten before they sell out.

 

[Gravity]

Got 10. Never seem to have enough. The pic wasn't descptive, do they come with tails?

Edit: read the ad, 2 pin tail. Not what I wanted but the price can't be beat!

 

[Drujb]

Hmmm.. did anyone try paying via PayPal? How'd you get it to work?

Added: Never mind. I just read the "fine" print.

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: Gravity
Got 10. Never seem to have enough. The pic wasn't descptive, do they come with tails?

Edit: read the ad, 2 pin tail. Not what I wanted but the price can't be beat!

L1A's only come with two pin connector unless the reseller mods them with a three pin connector. You have to mod the two pin connector by slicing off one of the little guide rail doohickeys on one side (I forget which side.) Two bad these Panaflos don't come with a speed sensor function.

 

[Pothead]

Originally posted by: Lanyap

Originally posted by: Gravity
Got 10. Never seem to have enough. The pic wasn't descptive, do they come with tails?

Edit: read the ad, 2 pin tail. Not what I wanted but the price can't be beat!

L1A's only come with two pin connector unless the reseller mods them with a three pin connector. You have to mod the two pin connector by slicing off one of the little guide rail doohickeys on one side (I forget which side.) Two bad these Panaflos don't come with a speed sensor function.

uh...i have not seen many or any panaflos with speed sensor.

 

[kenrippy]

thanks for the deal.

i just ordered 10

 

[mdcrab]

Nice deal. This is very tempting.

 

[corinthos]

questions:

1. how much did these go for last time when the deal was supposed to be hotter?
2. because these don't have RPM sensor wiring, is there any other way to monitor the fans? say i want to
use one in place of my current cpu fan and want to be able to monitor and control the speed for example..
3. i read somewhere that you shouldn't connect case fans to motherboard fan headers and that it's
better to connect them to the power supply connectors... is that true?

thanks

 

[kenrippy]

Originally posted by: corinthos
questions:

1. how much did these go for last time when the deal was supposed to be hotter?
2. because these don't have RPM sensor wiring, is there any other way to monitor the fans? say i want to
use one in place of my current cpu fan and want to be able to monitor and control the speed for example..
3. i read somewhere that you shouldn't connect case fans to motherboard fan headers and that it's
better to connect them to the power supply connectors... is that true?

thanks

1) i don't know

2) don't think so

3) yes this is true. i usually solder on those 4 pin molex connectors that come with other fans or hsf's that i never used. then seal it up w/ some heat-shrink

 

[Quickfingerz]

1. $2.50 ea.
2. no. I think these fans are so reliable that they don't need RPM monitoring.
3. These fans don't draw much power so I don't understand why someone would make such a comment. I run these fans at 7 volts (they are SILENT!!).

Some have even been bold enough (especially those silent PC people) to run their PS fan as a panaflo @ 7V.

Try and see how silent your case would be if the only fans you ran were Panaflo's @ 7V. Add a FLB Hard Drive (Maxtor or Seagate or Samsung) and you'll be all set.

Originally posted by: corinthos
questions:

1. how much did these go for last time when the deal was supposed to be hotter?
2. because these don't have RPM sensor wiring, is there any other way to monitor the fans? say i want to
use one in place of my current cpu fan and want to be able to monitor and control the speed for example..
3. i read somewhere that you shouldn't connect case fans to motherboard fan headers and that it's
better to connect them to the power supply connectors... is that true?

thanks

 

[Thoreau]

Split the cost of ten fans with Adul. Now to wait...

 

[Devistater]

I love quiet fans. But what kinda connector do these have? It sounds like you have to mod the connector to plug it into the computer?

 

[Linux2003]

So, can I use these 2 pin fans on my motherbaord without modding them?

 

[psianime]

3. These fans don't draw much power so I don't understand why someone would make such a comment. I run these fans at 7 volts (they are SILENT!!).

Some have even been bold enough (especially those silent PC people) to run their PS fan as a panaflo @ 7V.

[/quote]

I tried the "7 volt trick" but I ended up litterally frying a wire that was connected to my cold cathode. There was smoke and everything. The protective plastic on the red wire melted. Nothing else was harmed... thank god.

I think the "7 volt trick" works... but for me it didn't work well with my cold cathode inverter.

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: Pothead

Originally posted by: Lanyap

Originally posted by: Gravity
Got 10. Never seem to have enough. The pic wasn't descptive, do they come with tails?

Edit: read the ad, 2 pin tail. Not what I wanted but the price can't be beat!

L1A's only come with two pin connector unless the reseller mods them with a three pin connector. You have to mod the two pin connector by slicing off one of the little guide rail doohickeys on one side (I forget which side.) Two bad these Panaflos don't come with a speed sensor function.

uh...i have not seen many or any panaflos with speed sensor.

Yeah, that was my point. I wish they did make Panaflos with speed/RPM sensors. I probably should have stated it a little different.

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: Devistater
I love quiet fans. But what kinda connector do these have? It sounds like you have to mod the connector to plug it into the computer?

If you look at a normal three connector fan tail it looks just like that except with only two connectors instead of three. Notice on the normal three connector tail that you have two little ridges to align the connector when plugging it in. With the two connector tail you have to slice of one of the ridges with a sharp knife to allow it to fit to the male three pin connector like on a motherboard. This is no big deal.

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: Linux2003
So, can I use these 2 pin fans on my motherbaord without modding them?

No, you will have to slice off one of the alignment ridges on the plastic connector before it will plug into a male three wire connector on the motherboard (this is probably the easiest way). See my reply above. You can also mod it by cutting off the two connector tail and hooking up a three tail connector by soldering the wires.