deltron3030

I'm not sure what you think I do, but I don't have anything close to millions in value. This fan is for a home PC. If a fan goes bad, it should just stop working. If it stops working, PC should not fully start up throwing errors. I'm not too sure about tests (if others know, please share them), but I kept hearing Delta brand being thrown around as a reputable name. I figured if businesses use them, why not? I just had no idea they were mainly used for servers and such. They seem to have good value for their performance, just loud depending on their model. I've owned 2 different prebuilt PCs and never had a fan go bad in over a decade. Only time 1 started to go bad was when I went with a Scythe fan for a custom build. I kept hearing how great their Grand Typhoon fans were. They were discontinued, so I went with what I thought were their replacements. That fan lasted only 3 years and became unusable. I have no contact from the manufacturer. For that reason, I refuse to buy another Scythe branded item. I also kept hearing Noctua's are great, but always thought they were overpriced for their specs. Now that I know they are static fans, quiet, and provide a 6 year warranty, I may buy from them later. Just can't really afford them now.

According to the TP-Link forum, they're saying standard routers aren't affected. Does that sound right or are they just being lazy to provide an update? Does Synology not make a lower level router? Cheapest I see is a 1900AC, which is over a $100. I'd be fine with a 1200AC level for well under a $100.

Money must be flowing there in Germany. $40 is really high to me. Actual price seems to be little under $30, which is still high in my opinion. Current fan was around $10. I don't think I can afford to pay 2-3x more for a fan just to be completely silent, but I may splurge on a beefier Noctua cooler for a new pc build when the time comes.

Color is a low priority for me. I could probably tolerate the colors if it was lower priced. Doing a quick search those 2000 RPM PWM industrial fans are like $40? that's insane. Yeah, I'm finding out now that having all that extra power doesn't even really matter. When they designed the cooler, they knew that having the lower powered Cooler Master fan was good enough. When I maxed out the 3800RPM on the Delta, it basically had the same CPU temp as the stock fan. I wish I could've just stuck with the stock from the beginning except I heard they break quickly.

1/4" isn't too bad, I could probably make improvised washers out of something. I have like 4 leftover rubber grommets for mounting hdd, but they are about half that thickness. Yeah, a screw goes through the clip then onto the fan. On top of the screw head is a rectangular rubber pad, which is sandwiched between the clip and heatsink. Zip ties would work nicely. I wouldn't have to look for or buy the right sized screws. Man, I didn't even think about the forced air going through the fins is what was causing the noise. Good call. I do remember the noise being at around 1300, 1500 RPM. Later, I took it off the heat sink to add a fan grill. When I mounted it back without the fan grill, it did change from I think 1100 RPM. So slight shifts do seem to matter. I will definitely do the basic/simplest methods first before cutting up fans for shrouds. Thank you so much, heimdali and others. Quick help from the community. I love how easy it could be for a fix. I was thinking about cutting up notches to the fan frame to match Noctua's design as a last resort. I know I would've messed that up badly.

Oh, so I wouldn't need that much of a gap? How much of a space are you talking? Hope this pic helps. The fan thickness is a 35mm or 38mm though instead of 25mm stock. I guess I could leave a gap, but I would need some longer screws with the right threading. As for a shroud, I was thinking about anything that's around me, like cardboard, empty aluminum air cans, whatever. Watching more vids on youtube, there is like a mod where you cut out the inners of a same diameter fan, leaving just the frame. I do have semi broken fan which I might sacrifice. Since, I have another pair of brackets that attach to the heatsink, do you think adding another fan in the back for pull might help in any way? I have the stock 120mm fan which I just have as a backup, but hear they don't last long. That is why I got an aftermarket fan in the first place.

Hmm... That may be better than my original idea of just adding a shroud to top/intake of the fan. I just need to figure out what I can use as a spacer.

I do see Noctua's being recommended here, but when I looked at them, they were just ugly, high priced, and lower spec. I was comparing price vs CFM for example. Thinking, "why should I pay 2x more for much less CFM?" I kind of want to avoid spending any more money. Is there a way to modify something to reduce the sound? Like add a cowl or something around the fan?

Dang, I wish I knew this before buying it. I was just going by the specs on paper. I figured a strong fan that should last long.

I knew Delta fans would be extremely loud at full RPMs, but was not aware of this.

Got a higher speed Delta fan not too long ago. Didn't really notice it much during the warmer weather because of having windows open with room fans running. Now that it's much cooler with windows closed and no fans, my room is much quieter. Because of this, I'm picking up on this annoying howling, whistling like sound which I'm pretty sure is coming from the Delta fan attached to my Hyper 212 Evo. It's not consistently making that sound, but more like when it ramps up or down the RPMs to certain levels. Is there something I can do to stop or reduce this sound? Thank you.

Thanks, I feel a little bit better now. Just hope it all gets resolved soon. And dude, where is your avatar from? It's so crazy.

So if my router is unlikely to provide updates, my only option is to buy a new router if I want to use wifi? This sounds like a huge vulnerability, but how likely are you going to be affected by this though? I remember there being a huge vulnerability in android not too long ago, but it seemed like there was a low chance of it happening because how difficult it looked.

Ditto. Last FW update is over a year old for my router.

I just checked alphabetically, and only firefox prog is Firefox 57 (does not even say beta). Do not see 56.