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Cooling Bit of advice on fans

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by sjhujh, 29 Nov 2011.

  1. jtek

    jtek What's a Dremel?

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    Does it have to be pwm? The yate 38mm would be awesome in front of a rad, all that pressure.

    pwm is backwards compatible with 3pin isn't it?
     
  2. Wing Zero

    Wing Zero Ita-sha owner

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    personal preference, i rig up every fan to the CPU PWM header and have automatic fan throttling. Since PWM is a switching 12V supply, fans tend to start up and run at lower RPMs than traditional 3pin fans do.

    as far as i'm aware, you can plug a 3pin fan onto a 4pin PWM socket, but you don't get PWM control. but plug a 4pin PWM plug onto a 3pin socket and you have to vary the supply voltage to get any speed control

    Oh and it'd have to be 25mm thick, i don't think i could get 38mm to fit
     
  3. Tangster

    Tangster Butt-kicking for goodness!

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    Phobya Nano 2G's?
     
  4. sjhujh

    sjhujh Minimodder

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