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Jan 10 2018 07:33am

Quote (Ghot @ Jan 10 2018 01:40am)

THIS.

Even an old fart like me has 3 or 4 pin fans.

You can always get molex to 3 or 4 pin adapter cables. But it's probably time to just get new fans.

Two ways to buy case fans...

1. Buy them for some esoteric reason that doesn't consider noise.
2. Buy case fans that hit your CFM, SP and noise requirements. If you always consider noise as well as the more understandable specs, you will possibly not even need a fan controller, and could just use one of these...

http://www.frozencpu.com/search.html?mv_profile=keyword_search&mv_session_id=LXkdcmLj&searchspec=fan%20splitters&go.x=0&go.y=0

The ones that came with the case are 96 CFM 45dba and 2500 rpm.

I will buy the 17dba ones you linked in another post. ty

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Jan 10 2018 02:18pm

Yeah, 45 dba is pretty damn loud.

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Jan 10 2018 03:49pm

Quote (Ghot @ Jan 10 2018 03:18pm)

Yeah, 45 dba is pretty damn loud. :)

I thought my case was going to launch into space.

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Jan 10 2018 04:02pm

Quote (Fgs @ Jan 10 2018 04:49pm)

I thought my case was going to launch into space.

Yeah, I bet. Most folks consider the 35-ish dba of the Corsair AIO cooler to be loud to the point of painful. I can't imagine what 45 dba sounds like.

As mentioned above, they sell adapters (molex to 3 pin). You could use those and a fan controller. Or you could just get fans that are much quieter.
IMO, the quieter fans are the better option, especially considering you have 6 of them.

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