I've had the samething happen to my CoolerMaster fan since it was new. When it starts it would roar then quickly subside to its normal noise levels. I don't think its anything big to worry about.

The way that the review said it was pushing the graphics card, that already takes it off my possible shopping list even without being super heavy.

I've had the same problem. It happens when my fan speed dropped below a certain number. 2500 for CPU and some other number for case fan. It would only report it after I open another detector to read the fan speeds. If I have Speed Fan on, I can open Lavalys and Speed Fan would start reporting speeds...

I picked 30dba garbage. My room is messy enough. And well, I think my computer does around at least 25-30.... Hmmm... maybe I should just stick with what I have, I always have my music on anyways.

The heatsink looks like a winner.... though the combination of the sink and the fan looks kinda weird....

ultraboy: No problem, I can wait, I'm not in a hurry anyways.

frankgehry: Not saying that its a bad fan or anything, but it looks weird. Blue on the outside, clear on the inside. The look doesn't really suit my tastes. (I have a window case, so it does matter.)

I think they are charging just for it to look better than a homebrew solution. I definitely think a home solution would be better as you can tailor in how thick the damping you want and what material to use.

ultraboy: Can you post a short something after you get the fan? I'm looking around for glowing 92mm fans for a XP90.

frankgehry: We are talking 92mm fans here, lol.

Are they any good?? As in how much airflow and how much noise??

PS: which one did you buy?? I might order one at the local shop.

Has anyone found 92mm fans with LEDs?? I haven't seen any at all. 92mm fans seem rather rare other than from the few main brands. its always the 80mm and 120mm that gets all the attention. And why the extra 2mm anyways??

Any recommendations of UV reactive or LED 92mm fans would be welcomed.

er... no

I'm at the point of swapping fans out constantly. the 2 loudest things are the CPU fan and GPU fan, both 80mm.

My orientation of the fan is similar, but my fan isn't as big, I think I should grab some 120mm and put it like urs, 120mm blows more air too. Silent computing is a costly hobby. I have gone through around 7 fans without finding a very good one. If it wasn't for this site, I probably wouldn't have g...

cyberknight: seems like a good idea, will buy once I get around to NCIX. Too busy for the time being. mathias: I never knew that, people keep suggesting sites that are in the US. dyle: Is ur fan parallel with the video card or is it blowing diagonally?? If its anything but blowing straight at the vi...

I'm looking a fan that I will run at 12v inside the case, and also looking for at least 80mm or bigger. I'll describe my situation: I ditched the 40mm that came with my video card(Sapphire 9600XT) and mounted a 80mm fan blowing on it. The 80mm fan is rather loud and isn't doing a very good job of co...

Anyone have any experience with their fans?? I'm currently looking at getting this for my heatsink to replace my CoolerMaster fan. My CoolerMaster fan is 2500RPM, 32cfm, and 25dba(doubt it). Since this fan comes with a manual speed setting, would it by any chance make a difference?? and would the ex...

Yeah, I've found the fan, its the top blow hole LED fan, the clicking is grew very very faint with it being undervolted.

ok, time to empty out my wallet.

halfpower wrote:Intel P4 550 3.4 GHz LGA 775 1MB cache

Why not get a "J" core?? I think these are suppose to be cooler.

Right now I am looking at 3 power supplies to replace the howling stock generic unit in my rig. Enermax EG365P-VE ATX-FMA 24/20PIN 350W Power Supply (would the one Mike is selling on the forums be a good choice?? its a whole lot cheaper) Seasonic SS-300FB Super Tornado 300W Seasonic Super Silencer 3...

so then what would be a cheap alternative I can go to??

Will that stuff short out the video card?? I don't want a dead video card, or even possibly a dead mobo.

lol, maybe Ferrari would be a better choice?? They are the similar to "exotic" parts that we have been doing.

I don't have money, lol (I know I suck)

I would also like to know it it is possible to mount the fan with just 1 screw??

EDIT: Would it be safe to hang the fan off the video card with things like elastic bands or string??

lol, then my desk is for you. I have an absurd amount of ways to place my feet.

nice little bit of reading, no wonder WD 40 doesn't work well on a bike, lol, I never paid much attention to what it does.

would stuff like WD 40 do, or do I have to go find something else more professional?

Its not fanless, but has a dinky 40mm fan which is making a racket. So I'm gonna remove the 40mm and install the 80mm under the card to do what teh 40mm did. I'm pretty sure that a 80mm would do a lot better what a 40mm could do, at a much lower noise level too.

I'm planning to manupulate a PCI cover to mount a 80mm fan blowing at the video card. I have gotten myself a fairly quiet sleeve bearing fan and just have one question left. Should I mount the fan on the sucking side or the blowing side?? Also how far should I mount it away from the video card?