Trying to quiet down my P4000M intel chassis. I did everything prescribed with BIOS and it is reasonably quiet. It's got 2 fans, one for expansions area/ram and another for CPU.
And those fans are different according to labels.
By manually stopping them both I figured that source of this very annoying "drone" noise is coming from CPU fan. I'm going to replace it with something else. Preferably Noctua as I have good luck with their fans.
So.. Question is - what do I need? I know current fan is 120mm x 38mm. 12V, PWM (4 wire)
But I can't find any detailed specs on it so I can find comparable Noctua product. Also, on Noctua website there is no "thick" fans like this, they all 1inch (25mm) fans. It's not really a problem, I can make thinner fan work. Main question - which one is comparable in specs?
Is Noctua NF-S12A PWM decent enough for this task? It needs to push air through 2x E5-2670 passive coolers under idle..
Also, how do I describe my "use case"? Which fan is right for me?
It is radiators, but it's under shroud so.. Not sure which one it should be
P.S. I think I can go with most powerful Noctua, right? Another important note is that this is NOT 100% duty server. It is idle 99% of the time so it's not like I'm going to have cooling problems if fan is not going to push as much as original one..
And those fans are different according to labels.
By manually stopping them both I figured that source of this very annoying "drone" noise is coming from CPU fan. I'm going to replace it with something else. Preferably Noctua as I have good luck with their fans.
So.. Question is - what do I need? I know current fan is 120mm x 38mm. 12V, PWM (4 wire)
But I can't find any detailed specs on it so I can find comparable Noctua product. Also, on Noctua website there is no "thick" fans like this, they all 1inch (25mm) fans. It's not really a problem, I can make thinner fan work. Main question - which one is comparable in specs?
Is Noctua NF-S12A PWM decent enough for this task? It needs to push air through 2x E5-2670 passive coolers under idle..
Also, how do I describe my "use case"? Which fan is right for me?
It is radiators, but it's under shroud so.. Not sure which one it should be
P.S. I think I can go with most powerful Noctua, right? Another important note is that this is NOT 100% duty server. It is idle 99% of the time so it's not like I'm going to have cooling problems if fan is not going to push as much as original one..
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