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lilshawn:
to me, the are all the same....i can recommend running a 12 volt fan at 5 volts... it will be far quieter and still move air. especially if you can find one with an aggressive blade angle or many blades.


or the squirrel cage type fans...quiet...and move a ton of air...not pretty or lit up though.

Mrephunk:
where can you get the squirrel cage blower that isn't like $200
lilshawn:
The photo of the one I ripped from was $10 :dunno


Mrephunk:

--- Quote from: lilshawn on June 28, 2011, 02:06:35 am ---The photo of the one I ripped from was $10 :dunno

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where from?
SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: lilshawn on June 27, 2011, 09:46:37 pm ---or the squirrel cage type fans...quiet...and move a ton of air...not pretty or lit up though.



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Errr... hold on there. That's not necessarily true. Pay special attention to the CFM rating and make sure it's worth using it in lieu of standard fan. Those "blower" type fans are decent for directing air and creating a nice cooling circuit inside the box. Unfortunately, I've tried them as part of a overall case cooling solution and they're usually rather anemic when applied as such. Case in point, years ago I came across some 12v 300+CFM fans apprx 170mm in size. First time I plugged one into a PSU, I thought my eyelids were going to peel off. A comparable sized blower or rodent cage that I found later is rated to move only about 1/5 of air but it's focused in a very narrow stream making it seem like the fan is really moving as much as my "regular" fan.

Slightly O.T. Most of those "fancy" fans suck ass. They're not even worth the time it takes to install or the space they take up inside anything they're installed in. The whole designer fan craze has gotten really bad. Went to Fry's a few months ago and was severely disappointed in their fan selection. Of the fans that actually had a CFM rating (most did not) none made it past the teens. I would much rather take an ugly black muffin fan with a 45CFM rating and cut the voltage down to 5v or 7v than to take piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- clear blue fan with pretty LEDs running at 12v rated with an embarrassingly low CFM. If your goal is eye candy, then knock yourself out. If your goal is to have a functional fan, stay away from the eye candy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.
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