Modding 120mm LED Fan?

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  1. Josh*M

    Josh*M What's a Dremel?

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    I was wondering if there was such a thing as a 120mm LED fan, or even a UV sensitive one, and if so, where could I get one?

    I've looked high and low but have only been able to find shiny ones or normal black ones. :sigh:

    All the LED fans seem to be 80mm!!
     
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  3. Josh*M

    Josh*M What's a Dremel?

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    :D :D

    Thanks for that. I was beginning to think they didn't exist at all!
     
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  5. mushky

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    You can get them in the UK here at over-clock
     
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    And there's a good selection at Kustom PCs, which is currently my favourite online shop (as long as they get the Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu in soon :D)
     
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  7. Josh*M

    Josh*M What's a Dremel?

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    Cool, thanks!

    So which is better - an Akasa or Antec one?

    Sorry for all these questions, I'm a bit of a newbie to this whole case modding stuff, as you can probably tell! :rolleyes:
     
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    Well, my Akasa 120mm fan doesn't push much air, and it's not very bright, and rather loud. I'm not too impressed with their products as a whole, whereas Antec are double-plus good :D I'd be willing to try em out and see, but those YS-Tech UV reactive ones on over-clock also tickled my fancy...look at the CFM on those babies :D
     
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  9. Josh*M

    Josh*M What's a Dremel?

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    What do those UV-reactive ones actually look like when they're spinning?

    And do they only light up if they're under UV light, or something? How do they work - ie. do they need to 'charge up' during the day and let it all out at night?

    Complete newbie, as I said. :p
     
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    I don't know about those UV fans, but I can tell you about the Vantec ones - they look like colour-tinted clear fans in normal light, but when they are illuminated with a UV cathode or UV LEDs, they glow all over - rather pretty. If you don't have a source of UV light or a window in your case they're rather useless, though.
     
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    AdeTBun What's a Dremel?

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    I'd go for an Antec one! I used to have an Akasa heatsink with blue LED fan on my CPU, the fan was really dull and the heatsink was useless! Rated as cooling an XP2600+ but didn't even manage my 2100+! Not that it had anything to do with the fact that my 2100+ is a palomino and the 2600+'s were thoroughbreds of course (clearer description perhaps Akasa?)!

    Shame that Sunbeam don't seem to make 120mm LED fans, as their 80mm fans are both bright and push a lot of air! Really long cable on them too!

    Ade:idea:
     
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