Recently I bought a second hand Supermicro server, and it has noisy fans. Even at energy saving mode in the BIOS.
So, when looking around I came to some nice Noctua fans, but a bit unsure it would be wise.
The chassis is the 813MTQ-350CB and the motherboard is the X8STi-F with a Intel Core i7-950 CPU.
Fan wise, there are four FAN-0065L4 in the chassis, rated at 13K rpm, 23.1 CFM and 52.5 dBA max.
The Noctua fan I am looking at is the NF-A4x20-PWM, rated at 5K rpm, 5.52 CFM and 14.9 dBA.
So, a lot less noisy but also a whole lot less CFM wise.
Max rating wise, that's not good. But how would you guys/girls figure it would be if I set it to Performance or Balanced more in the BIOS?
Ideally, I would add five of the Noctua fans, because I want to add a 10GbE NIC as well.
I tried searching on the forums, but I can find replacement topics, but specifically with these small fans I've not come a across a topic.
BTW: The CPU is a Socket 1366 model, so probably not too efficient, but for some testing it's fine.
Might use the chassis with another motherboard in the future.
So, when looking around I came to some nice Noctua fans, but a bit unsure it would be wise.
The chassis is the 813MTQ-350CB and the motherboard is the X8STi-F with a Intel Core i7-950 CPU.
Fan wise, there are four FAN-0065L4 in the chassis, rated at 13K rpm, 23.1 CFM and 52.5 dBA max.
The Noctua fan I am looking at is the NF-A4x20-PWM, rated at 5K rpm, 5.52 CFM and 14.9 dBA.
So, a lot less noisy but also a whole lot less CFM wise.
Max rating wise, that's not good. But how would you guys/girls figure it would be if I set it to Performance or Balanced more in the BIOS?
Ideally, I would add five of the Noctua fans, because I want to add a 10GbE NIC as well.
I tried searching on the forums, but I can find replacement topics, but specifically with these small fans I've not come a across a topic.
BTW: The CPU is a Socket 1366 model, so probably not too efficient, but for some testing it's fine.
Might use the chassis with another motherboard in the future.