80mm Fans - Urgent Advice Please

[amjedm]

I'm looking to get some 80mm fans from Scan to mod a PSU.

May need a 92mm fan as well.

Recommendations please.

Please let me know if you own the fans.

Thank you.

[abeacock]

CustomPC raves about the Sharkoon ones:
http://www.custompc.co.uk/custompc/l.../products.html

I don't own them.

[timtim86]

can you mod psu fans? surely it'd invalidate the warranty and you could electricute yourself?!

[amjedm]

CustomPC raves about the Sharkoon ones:
http://www.custompc.co.uk/custompc/l.../products.html

I don't own them.

I was thinking of getting a 80mm 2000 one as I have 1000 120mm ones.

Thanks.

can you mod psu fans? surely it'd invalidate the warranty and you could electricute yourself?!

Bought it second hand (Noisetaker 4695) and modded it a few times (wasn't too sure about warranty as I didn't have an invoice). Even had it running in the lower chamber of a P180 with fans removed from the PSU - lower chamber 120mm was cooling it but now moved to Eclipse case.

Alhamdulillah (Thank God) no problems as yet

[NightshadowUK]

Another vote for the 80mm Sharkoon 2000, they push a good amount of air and are VERY quiet.

[Goose]

I bought an 80mm Vantex Tornado. It's ideal for people without ears, but at 55 decibels it's waaaaaay too loud. Shifts a lot of air though. I'm pretty sure if i held it at the right angle i could put the sun out.

[amjedm]

I bought an 80mm Vantex Tornado. It's ideal for people without ears, but at 55 decibels it's waaaaaay too loud. Shifts a lot of air though. I'm pretty sure if i held it at the right angle i could put the sun out.

The Vantec Stealth (anything but) weren't far behind the Tornado in terms of noise

[Agent]

can you mod psu fans? surely it'd invalidate the warranty and you could electricute yourself?!

That depends on if you know what you're doing

[amjedm]

In the end I got one each of the following

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...roductID=43180 - Coolermaster Fan with Blue LED

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=290840 - Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000

The Coolermaster doesn't suffer from any bearing noise whereas the Sharkoon does . I expected the Sharkoon to be better but it isn't.

The Sharkoon 1000 80mm I have is very quiet however.

[aidanjt]

The Sharkoon 1000 80mm I have is very quiet however.

That'd be because it doesn't move air :/

Coolermaster do make good 80mm fans though

[amjedm]

That'd be because it doesn't move air :/

Coolermaster do make good 80mm fans though

The Sharkoon shifts enough air for the task I've set it

Cut a hole in a dead PCI card (so air could be fed to the fan) and stuck the Sharkoon on it with UHU Whitetack. This PCI card sits under a fanless graphics card.

[NightshadowUK]

I think an 80mm Sharkoon 1000 in a PSU would cause a fire...

[amjedm]

I think an 80mm Sharkoon 1000 in a PSU would cause a fire...

No it wouldn't, I tried it

TBH, it was in a psu that was sitting in the lower chamber of a P180 and the lower chamber 120mm fan was cooling the Noisetaker 480 more than the Sharkoon.

[Blitzen]

I bought an 80mm Vantex Tornado. It's ideal for people without ears, but at 55 decibels it's waaaaaay too loud. Shifts a lot of air though. I'm pretty sure if i held it at the right angle i could put the sun out.

Its the stupidest fan ever made.
VERY loud.

also, i have read they can bugger about with hard drives as they vibrate so much

[aidanjt]

They'd do fine in server boxes that are locked away in machine rooms. Not pleasent for aural consuption in the home.