PSU Fan

[mantis69666]

What is a good quiet fan to put in my current Antec 400W power supply?

 

[nick1985]

the default one

 

[mantis69666]

That one isn't as quiet as I would like it to be, no offense nick1985, but I wouldn't of asked if I thought it was quiet enough.

 

[amdskip]

I use panaflo 80mm's in mine.

 

[AtomicAlien]

Originally posted by: amdskip
I use panaflo 80mm's in mine.

Links on how to mod it?

 

[amdskip]

Hmmm, most power supplies have a plug built into their "motherboard". Sometimes you can plug into it but most of the time I end up cutting the old plug off the other fan and splicing it too the new fans wires.

 

[AtomicAlien]

Originally posted by: amdskip
Hmmm, most power supplies have a plug built into their "motherboard". Sometimes you can plug into it but most of the time I end up cutting the old plug off the other fan and splicing it too the new fans wires.

Cool! Ill have to see if mine have that.

 

[BG4533]

I believe the Antec Smart Powers have 2 pin plugs for their fans. It might be possible to sand down the connectors on many Panaflos to fit the PSU header. I say Panaflos would be good as well.

Brian

 

[deerslayer]

I usually take the plug off the panaflo fan with a small screwdriver and put the plug from the PSU fan on the panaflo. Generally, the PSU fan connector will slide right onto the panaflo wires and click in place, unless there was no plug to begin with.

 

[AtomicAlien]

Originally posted by: LyNx01
I usually take the plug off the panaflo fan with a small screwdriver and put the plug from the PSU fan on the panaflo. Generally, the PSU fan connector will slide right onto the panaflo wires and click in place, unless there was no plug to begin with.

Cool! Ill have to try that...

 

[AtomicAlien]

How about the 92mm fan on the bottom? No way of doing that easily? Im new at powersupplies and dont know where it's ok to touch and where not to...

 

[amdskip]

92mm is same thing basically. Be careful and don't touch anything but the fans. Try discharging the power supply before cracking it open. Wait some time too after discharging it. I try to discharge it by trying to turn the system on a few times without the power hooked up.

 

[AtomicAlien]

No no, I meant does the bottom open up so I can access the 92mm fan without having to remove it's whole motherboard?

 

[amdskip]

Originally posted by: AtomicAlien
No no, I meant does the bottom open up so I can access the 92mm fan without having to remove it's whole motherboard?

Actually if you open the power supply you will see what I mean. The 92mm is usually attached to the cover (covers 3 sides of the power supply) and the motherboard is actually mounted at the top of the power supply when it is installed in a case. It's just the one cover and you have access to both fans.

 

[AtomicAlien]

Originally posted by: amdskip

Originally posted by: AtomicAlien
No no, I meant does the bottom open up so I can access the 92mm fan without having to remove it's whole motherboard?

Actually if you open the power supply you will see what I mean. The 92mm is usually attached to the cover (covers 3 sides of the power supply) and the motherboard is actually mounted at the top of the power supply when it is installed in a case. It's just the one cover and you have access to both fans.

Oh, cool. Thanks!