Hey,
So I'm an unfortunate owner of a 2U Supermicro case that is ridiculously loud, and I am being relocated into a space I have to share with it intimately. I'm trying to decide whether I should try and sell or give the thing away, or fit it with some quieter fans.
It's a CSE-825 RB740 I believe (?) It's a UIO/WIO case, I have two motherboards that fit in it. The E3 variant X9SPU-F was tolerable because it had the optimal speed setting, but my E5 X10SRW-F board doesn't have optimal, so screw me. I tried replacing the stock fans which are Nidec 7000 RPM 80mm "fan0126-l4" SM models with "fan0094", which was cool because they are 700RPM slower and have higher static pressure, but it really wasn't slower enough to make any perceptible difference - they still sound just as loud. I've done the raw RPM commands through my SM IPMIVIEW app on my phone, which is a nice alternative to using IPMITOOL, since it can be done during startup, but I have to send the codes like 4-5 times because it keeps jumping back to "Full" which is jet engine territory during the startup process, and it's a pain.
So now I'm looking at these 3000RPM Arctic P8s, wondering what people think of them, and if anyone has replaced SM fans with some consumer -targeted ones. I know people do it with noctua, but does this really work? I am pretty sure fans that slow would make my drives fry, but a consumer fan designed for high static pressure while remaining slow and low on the volume sounds workable, as the Arctic P8 is supposedly.
I noticed the CFM are less than half of the FAN0094s I just put in it, but don't have any info on static pressure, which is what's really important for cooling the server, amirite? Or is that just important for pulling the air through the drive cage?
Anyone who's replaced their SM fans with consumer ones want to tell me your experience? Thanks
So I'm an unfortunate owner of a 2U Supermicro case that is ridiculously loud, and I am being relocated into a space I have to share with it intimately. I'm trying to decide whether I should try and sell or give the thing away, or fit it with some quieter fans.
It's a CSE-825 RB740 I believe (?) It's a UIO/WIO case, I have two motherboards that fit in it. The E3 variant X9SPU-F was tolerable because it had the optimal speed setting, but my E5 X10SRW-F board doesn't have optimal, so screw me. I tried replacing the stock fans which are Nidec 7000 RPM 80mm "fan0126-l4" SM models with "fan0094", which was cool because they are 700RPM slower and have higher static pressure, but it really wasn't slower enough to make any perceptible difference - they still sound just as loud. I've done the raw RPM commands through my SM IPMIVIEW app on my phone, which is a nice alternative to using IPMITOOL, since it can be done during startup, but I have to send the codes like 4-5 times because it keeps jumping back to "Full" which is jet engine territory during the startup process, and it's a pain.
So now I'm looking at these 3000RPM Arctic P8s, wondering what people think of them, and if anyone has replaced SM fans with some consumer -targeted ones. I know people do it with noctua, but does this really work? I am pretty sure fans that slow would make my drives fry, but a consumer fan designed for high static pressure while remaining slow and low on the volume sounds workable, as the Arctic P8 is supposedly.
I noticed the CFM are less than half of the FAN0094s I just put in it, but don't have any info on static pressure, which is what's really important for cooling the server, amirite? Or is that just important for pulling the air through the drive cage?
Anyone who's replaced their SM fans with consumer ones want to tell me your experience? Thanks