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3 120mm fans and controller.

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  • 28-02-2011 12:48pm
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    RoyalMarine
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    so after my abismal attempt to fix my oover heating harddrive problem in my lan box, i decided to build an external frame to hold them.

    i have 9 drives, and they are now sitting in a sturdy wooden case, with 3 x 120mm fans cooling them.

    however, the fans are very loud. they are very powerful, and do the job but they are too strong.

    i have a fan controller, and when connected to the controller, it works. but when i reduce the speed on the fans, there is a loud noise from all the motor's in the fans...

    so, i need a new fan controller, and 3 new 120mm fans.

    I want good ones, that will give good air flow, but not annoy the hell outa me with noise.

    however, i have about €50 in total for the controller and fans.

    any suggestions?


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    Maj Malfunction
    Registered Users Posts: 194 ✭✭Maj Malfunction


    Are you saying you had 9 harddrives in a LAN box? there's your problem. You would be better off with a NAS than look at how many HDD's i've crammed into my case.

    9 drives will generate alot of heat.


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    massy086
    Registered Users Posts: 2,845 ✭✭✭massy086


    http://cgi.ebay.ie/Yate-Loon-D12SH-12-120mm-Case-Fan-2200RPM-/330496412188#ht_2447wt_905 great fans


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    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    Maj Malfunction wrote: »
    Are you saying you had 9 harddrives in a LAN box? there's your problem. You would be better off with a NAS than look at how many HDD's i've crammed into my case.

    9 drives will generate alot of heat.

    good god no. i was rotating them as i needed them. only ever had 4 in there.

    they were within acceptable temperatures, but id prefer them to be somewhere safer and cooler.
    massy086 wrote: »
    http://cgi.ebay.ie/Yate-Loon-D12SH-12-120mm-Case-Fan-2200RPM-/330496412188#ht_2447wt_905 great fans

    cheers massy.
    any suggestion on a fan controller?


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    dwighet
    Registered Users Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet


    I have 2 fractal case fans(120mm) sittn here gettn dusty...You can have em if you want em....I`ll throw em in a jiffy bag and post them to you...
    I think they are 13/1400 rpm case fans. They came with my Fractal r3 case..

    If you want them Pm me your address and I will post em when im in town tomorrow..:cool:


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    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    cheers dwight, legend of an offer, but i really need 3 fans, and im very picky on looks so unless i can source another fractal case fan it would throw a spanner in my plans :p

    but thats so nice of you to offer!


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    dwighet
    Registered Users Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet


    RoyalMarine wrote: »
    cheers dwight, legend of an offer, but i really need 3 fans, and im very picky on looks so unless i can source another fractal case fan it would throw a spanner in my plans :p

    but thats so nice of you to offer!

    no worries...;)


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    deconduo
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 4,281 Mod ✭✭✭✭deconduo


    I picked up one of these from adverts a few months back:

    http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1373

    I don't really use it though so you can have it if you want :) Its just a cheap thing but it does the job.


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    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    deconduo wrote: »
    I picked up one of these from adverts a few months back:

    http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1373

    I don't really use it though so you can have it if you want :) Its just a cheap thing but it does the job.

    cheers decondou, but my lan box is small and only has space free for a 3 1/2" fan controller :D

    but otherwise thanks for the offer!

    i think im gonna go for the quitest fans i can find, as after doing some tests my harddrives dont get too hot now that they are out of the lanbox and all i need is a very small amount of air flow.


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