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sp120 performance to noisy

MRSMIFFY
By MRSMIFFY
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hey everyone i made a stupid mistake when buying fans as the title says i have 5 sp 120 performance editions in my pc on the 7v adapter, the thing is there still too noisy i was wondering if anyone knew of any other way i could slow them down?  I paid £50 and dont really fancy spending another £50 or more on new fans ? If i have to though im open to suggestions ..... they must be quiet and not ugly and not noctua's at £20 a a fan ? 

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Try undervolting them

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Maybe attach them to 5v insead of 7v?

 

Your power supply can provide 5v natively if you are interested in that kind of thing.

Compatible with Windows 95

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If you have any motherboard fan control software you can use that to further slow them down but I had six in my rig, there's no making them quiet unless you make them spin so slow that their performance sucks. Get different fans, Rosewill Hyperborea/Akasa Apache fans are inexpensive(over here not sure about over there) and they are very quiet with good performance.

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Maybe attach them to 5v insead of 7v?

 

Your power supply can provide 5v natively if you are interested in that kind of thing.

How would i drop them to 5v?

 

If you have any motherboard fan control software you can use that to further slow them down but I had six in my rig, there's no making them quiet unless you make them spin so slow that their performance sucks. Get different fans, Rosewill Hyperborea/Akasa Apache fans are inexpensive(over here not sure about over there) and they are very quiet with good performance.

They are as set as slow as i can get them with the adapter on them. Will have a look at them fans now cheers bro.

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How would i drop them to 5v?

Noob way:

  • Buy a 5v fan adapter
  • Attach to fan
  • Attach to motherboard

Ghetto way (of course, it's free probs):

  • Find a way to get Molex power (maybe adapt from SATA)
  • Chop off plug on end of Molex cable
  • Find red wire (or find the one which is 5v)
  • Chop the voltage cables off the fan, leaving the RPM one for measurement
  • Solder in the cables, GND-FAN- and 5v-FAN+

Yeah, pretty easy to accomplish to be perfectly honest.

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