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Couple of hardware Qs - Monitors and fans...

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SavannahLion:


--- Quote from: lanman31337 on June 13, 2007, 11:47:22 am ---how much do those 5 volt fans cost ya?  one of those would be perfect for me :)

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Hhmm... Good question. It's been about six or so years since I purchased those particular fans. I think I paid less than $15 for each one, new... probably because they were being discontinued or excess inventory or something. In retrospect, at that price I should've bought more. The closest the company makes in capacity and size is a 6-14v model that moves 550CFM but the closest in shape moves only 300CFM. I can't recall the name of the shop where I got them from at the moment.

What's cool about them is the company notches the blade which is supposed to reduce the noise factor a bit. I don't know if it works, but the notched blades look pretty cool in my book.

I originally bought them when vertical blow holes on custom PC's were still in vogue. I created a mock-up then I realized how utterly ---smurfing--- stupid and useless vertical blow holes were and dropped the project entirely. I eventually installed one in Badtz Maru custom case mod I was creating, but pulled it out before my psycho ---smurfette--- of an ex took the computer. Last I heard, the PC melted. Guess I should've declocked it.  >:D Then I tried it in a radiator design, but ran out of money before I ever finished.  :cry:

Oh well. I misplaced them in a box with all the other weird components I collected over the years. Somewhere in a box, I have a pair of 10" fans, a pair of treadmill motors, some 120v 80mm fans (WTF was I going to do with those?), glowsheet samples (that I could never get working), and a bunch of other stuff.

SavannahLion:

Come to think of it, I don't accurately recall if the fan is rated for 400 CFM @ 5v or 12v. I do clearly recall it moves at least 400 CFM and it operates perfectly with a PC PSU.

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