Broken Scythe Mugen 3 Fan - Possible Replacements?

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MondSemmel
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Broken Scythe Mugen 3 Fan - Possible Replacements?

Post by MondSemmel » Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:37 am

After removing the dust from my PC case, I noticed my PC was running quieter than normal. Pleased, I looked into the PC case... and saw that the CPU fan had stopped working. Unplugging & replugging the fan power cord didn't get it working again.

Now I want to replace just the broken fan of the Scythe Mugen 3. The fan is apparently a Scythe Slip Stream PWM 120 fan with an rpm of "300 (± 180) ~ 1600 (± 10%)".

Which leads me to this question: Can I replace the broken CPU fan with any random fan of dimensions 120x120x25 mm, or do I have to keep something else in mind? For instance, can all fans be mounted on that cooler?

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Broken Scythe Mugen 3 Fan - Possible Replacements?

Post by CA_Steve » Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:22 am

Welcome to SPCR.

Are you sure it's the fan and not the fan header or a BIOS issue? Have you tried connecting the fan directly to the PSU?

If you need to replace it, there are 120mm PWM Slipstream fans available online (US listings).

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Re: Broken Scythe Mugen 3 Fan - Possible Replacements?

Post by Abula » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:23 pm

MondSemmel wrote:Now I want to replace just the broken fan of the Scythe Mugen 3. The fan is apparently a Scythe Slip Stream PWM 120 fan with an rpm of "300 (± 180) ~ 1600 (± 10%)".
If you want similar,
Scythe Slip Stream 120mm x 25mm PWM Fan - 200 ~ 1600 RPM (SY1225SL12LM-P)
Scythe Glide Stream 120mm x 25mm PWM Fan - 300 ~ 1900 RPM (SY1225HB12SH-P)

Niether is the exact model, the Slipstream that came on the Mugen3 was the H or high, so was the 300-1900rpm version (at least from what i remember), the one that i linked is the SM (slow mid) thats the 200-1300 (from what i remember). And now the Mugen4 changed it, it comes with the lower speed glidestream.... again from what i remember, so its not the same as i linked above as thats the glidestream H. Either way im sure either works, just chose the range you want it to operate.
MondSemmel wrote:Which leads me to this question: Can I replace the broken CPU fan with any random fan of dimensions 120x120x25 mm, or do I have to keep something else in mind? For instance, can all fans be mounted on that cooler?
You should be able to mount any standard 120, i mounted a Scythe KamaFlex2 on my Mugen3, but there might be some special fans that could have issues, depending on how its mounted, some have solid sides, but very few.

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