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C P U Fan Died R.I.P. C P U fan

#1 snorg

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Posted 26 November 2012 - 03:27 AM

I bought 2 of these fans for push/pull on my CPU cooler, they are 110cfm and only 10 bucks.
One died in a month, the other died today at about 6 months.
Do Not buy this fan.
Scythe Slip Stream Kaze Jyuni 120MM Fan 1900RPM 110.3CFM 37DBA
manufactures Part #: SY1225SL12SH

I have ordered this fan, should be here in 5 days.
Silverstone 120MM FM121 Case Fan 800-2500RPM 17-39.5DBA MAX. 110CFM W/ Black Knob
manufactures Part #: RL-FM121-B
Its 110cfm, 2 ball bearings, 12 bucks, hopefully it will last along time.

Meanwhile I under clocked CPU to 2GHz, it was overclocked to 4GHz, so this will keep CPU from getting to hot for now. Its about 58c rite now under little load.

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Posted 26 November 2012 - 07:36 AM

I like the RPM range on those Silverstone units. I use ducting to get the most from each fan and the lower the speed, the lower the noise. I run four fans on the server, besides the PS fan asnd it is closed off from the case so that fan just cools the PS.

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Posted 26 November 2012 - 12:58 PM

That is sad to hear.... Scythe used to make terrific products. Hope the new fans work well for you.

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#4 snorg

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 06:22 PM

I found push/pull didnt make much of a difference so I will be getting only one fan.

I dont care if its noisy or not.

I just finished tearing down PC to put new video card in, had to move a hard drives out of the way to get it to fit, theres 4 hard drives, then a few days later fan dies, typical......

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#5 snorg

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Posted 29 November 2012 - 07:55 AM

CPU fan returns from the dead, like bride of frankenfan.
It works again, but I dont trust it, Im putting new fan in when it gets here.

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Posted 01 December 2012 - 09:33 PM

I put new fan in, its not like the website said.
The website showed a pic of the control knob just hanging on the end of the wire and implied it had 3 speeds.
In fact the control knob is on a plate that fits in the floppy bay on the case, and the knob is a potentiometer giving infinity variable speed.
Max RPM is rated at 2400, mine does 2500, setting the knob at 53% gave me about 2280 RPM, it cools good there and I figure it will last longer cuz its not running at full speed.
Is cools a bit better than the fan it replaced.
Its a bit noisy, high pitched whine, if you slow it down it dosnt get much quieter just a lower pitched whine, but CPU is overclocked lots so I dont care about noise.