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Upgrading PC cooling fan

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  • 14-05-2012 10:33pm
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    Hi all...

    I am using an old dell optiplex as a HTPC at the moment and i would like to upgrade the cooling fan to a silent/near silent fan as the current fan is loud during high usage.

    The fan inside at the moment is a ball bearing one, roughly 8 x 8 x3.7cm and states 12vdc 0.85A

    Any help on which silent/near silent brand i should replace it with and maybe a linky (ebay or other if handy) would be very appreciated.

    Thanks.

    This is what is in it at the moment... http://www.pchub.com/uph/laptop/656-79818-21251/AVC-DA08038B12H-Server-Square-Fan.html It seems to be a 4 wire fan... can only seem to find three wire replacements so far on ebay


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    Anyone got any ideas on this... thanks.


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    Something like this?


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    Just noticed that fan is only 3 wire/pin... the fan that i want to replace has 4 cables... exactly like the pic below...

    yhst-90432262887525_2205_225941003

    Do i have to source a 4 wire replacement fan or can i just do something as simple as cut and solder the 3 wire fan (matching the wire colours) onto the old dell 4/5 pin fan connector?

    Not too sure on this. Thanks.


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    ^ anyone any idea?


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