PSU FAN POSITION

[Ilyasedrfgerg]

Hello everyone, 
As the title indicates i'm asking your recommendations on the possibility of installing my PSU with it's fan upwards.

The reason why I want to install it in such position is because the PSU fan makes a rattling noise when it starts working with the fan facing down;

I tried many positions and found that it's super quiet when the fan is upwards.

I have a cooler master NR600 case with one fan in the front as an intake and one fan in the back as an exhaust, with an arctic freezer 34 esports duo as a CPU cooler.

My PSU is cooler master masterwatt 650W.

I rlly want to install it upwards to eliminate the annoying noise but I also don't want it to choke so any experts could recommend me a solution?

You will find an audio of the noise attached.

Thanks.

PSU NOISE.mp3

[Ilyasedrfgerg]

Just now, 8tg said:

Just replace the fan

It's a PSU fan, how am I supposed to replace that? Can't afford to buy a whole new PSU

[--SID--]

12 minutes ago, Ilyasedrfgerg said:

I rlly want to install it upwards to eliminate the annoying noise

The fan facing upwards is no problem if you make a cutout in the PSU shroud of the case.

[CommanderAlex]

16 minutes ago, 8tg said:

Open it, replace the fan with a new 120mm fan and a cable adapter

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Do NOTE that you run the risk of electrocution opening up a power supply that has not been properly drained of it's main capacitors.  

 

You have to drain the capacitors FIRST before opening up a power supply. Typically, just trying to start the computer with the PSU switched flipped off will drain the capacitors instantaneously. 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

27 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

You have to drain the capacitors FIRST before opening up a power supply. Typically, just trying to start the computer with the PSU switched flipped off will drain the capacitors instantaneously. 

Im a lucky bastard, didnt even know how to drain psus and i just open em willy nilly, well you have prob saved me from pain or actual death so thanks in advance

 

47 minutes ago, 8tg said:

 

Adapers for psu fans actually exist?

Only use i see in this is when the fan connector is in a really tricky spot and convenience, otherwise you can just plug in a fan like normal, 12v is the middle of a 3 pin connector, though i deal with crappy fans with color coded cables so yea i see why the convenience factor is important

[CommanderAlex]

1 minute ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Im a lucky bastard, didnt even know how to drain psus and i just open em willy nilly, well you have prob saved me from pain or actual death so thanks in advance

Yeah, you can do this for however length of time you feel comfortable with. You can go to the extreme and do it for 30 seconds to ensure there is no electrical charge left. 

[LogicalDrm]

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