psu fan replacement

[Tiwaz]

So I noticed, that on idle, the loudest fan of my pc is the psu fan, but since i want my system to be quiet, i would like to replace it with a noctua fan. If it is possible, with i highly think so, do i have to get a high pressure, high airflow or balanced (noctua A series i think, though they have high rpms, so there could be higher rpm on the noctua which will not add any noise bonus). I would get one with 1200 rpm (minimum fan speed on noctua) or 1500 rpm

 

what do you guys think?

[Mr.Cunt]

i got the same problem. Im planing to oil it up and possibly to add some resisors or something to slow it down. we will see how its going to go

 

[cj09beira]

for psu you dont need much air flow so get the quietest one you can buy, keep in mind that yhe connector in the psu will probably be diferent than the one on the fan and you will have to find a way to connect them together ( cutting the old fan's connector )

 

[it_dont_work]

Yea easy enough and used to be a rather common mod, I'd use a static pressure fan just so there's no flow problems with filters etc. That said there probably wont to any flow issues either way

[Tiwaz]

3 hours ago, Mr.Cunt said:

i got the same problem. Im planing to oil it up and possibly to add some resisors or something to slow it down. we will see how its going to go

 

what oil and how?

[Mr.Cunt]

1 minute ago, Tiwaz said:

what oil and how?

Any normal oil should work(aside cooking old....). With syringe 

[STRMfrmXMN]

4 hours ago, Tiwaz said:

So I noticed, that on idle, the loudest fan of my pc is the psu fan, but since i want my system to be quiet, i would like to replace it with a noctua fan. If it is possible, with i highly think so, do i have to get a high pressure, high airflow or balanced (noctua A series i think, though they have high rpms, so there could be higher rpm on the noctua which will not add any noise bonus). I would get one with 1200 rpm (minimum fan speed on noctua) or 1500 rpm

 

what do you guys think?

PSU fans use different connections than 3 or 4-pin headers that motherboards use. You'll need to solder.

An old forum member made this video years ago.

 

[Tiwaz]

2 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

PSU fans use different connections than 3 or 4-pin headers that motherboards use. You'll need to solder.

An old forum member made this video years ago.

 

well, ihave a silverstone one and not corsair  and the fact, that you have to manually cut around on the fan connector at some point to connect them is not something i would do on a 120€ PSU