FOP-32 fan upgrade

[KV]

Does anybody know a good high performance (not too loud) fan to replace the 26 CFM stock fan on a FOP-32? I think we can fit a 80mm fan up there. Trying to find a good fan seller. Thanks.

KV

[DaveB]

No, you're pretty much at the limit. Otherwise you'll have to go for one of those super loud (46.5 dBA) 38.5 cfm, 60mm, 6800 rpm, Delta screamers that sound like a helicopter. that would, in effect, simply convert your FOP32 to a FOP38 anyway.

There's a 60mm to 80mm adapter out there but it's very expensive ($38) and specifically doesn't work on GlobalWins.

http://www.plycon.com/80to60.htm

I suppose you could make up your own with some foil duct tape or something like that.

[Phil]

you can put an 80mm fan on and there are only 2 real options with this, you can get a 35cfm or so fan, this would probabally cool about as well as the 27cfm ys-tech fan due to the over hang but it is extremely quiet, or you can get a 45cfm or so fan and get similar cooling to the 80mm delta but a lot quieter, slightly louder than the 60mm ys-tech but not as bad as the delta.
I have a 47cfm ys-tech 80mm and this cools almost exactly the same as a delta but is far moe tolerable, in a case full of fans it disapears where as the delta stands out with it's high pitch whine.
in my experiens 60-80mm shrouds don't do much for extra air flow as 80mm fans just don't push hard enough so you get a lot of back flow, I have tryed my 80mm fan on the FOP with the clips and a home made shroud and all the shroud did was make it noisier but didn't cool any better, I would really recomend the 47cfm ys-tech fan as like I said about my case being full of fans you can't tell the differance with this one extra fan, where as if I have the 60mm ys-tech, quiet as it is it still stands out due to the slightly higher pitch and the 47cfm cools about as well as a delta

[FrankMasterFlash]

I think that you can bend the clips that hold the fan to fit an 80mm fan. Look at 3dfxcool .com, they did it with their BigMoFoHO.

[Shadow ÒÓ]

someone just asked about this.......I only had enough juice to get one pic from my camera so the quality is lousy. But you get the idea....no tools necessary.

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[Phil]

that is how I currently have mine mounted, except my fan doesn't over hang by the same amount on every side, I figured that due to the dead spot more air would be directed at the heatsink with the fan lined up on 2 of the sides, I also tryed using flat peice's of plastic on the 2 overhanging sides to duct the air to the heatsink which dropped my temps about 1oC but better than nothing

[KV]

Great input. I love the 60mm to 80mm converter. It's perfect. Except for one detail. $39 plus shipping. Oh well. I like Shadow's attachment idea better, it's free.

I'll check out those fans. Thanks for the great info, again.

KV

[Phil]

like I said in an earlier post the fan adapters don't work that well, especially when pushing because the fans don't push hard enough and a lot of air is blow back, hardocp recentall did a review of one, and the temps were the same for most heatsinks with the delta 60mm and the delta 80mm, considering that the 80mm fan puts out about 60% more air I would expect that the fan without a shroud/duct would out-perform the 60mm delta and they even comented on the blow back.

[batboy]

Go with the 80mm swap, you'll be glad you did. I'm using a Sunon 80mm high output fan that is rated 42 CFM. Not only does it flow more, but it is 10 db quieter than the Delta 60mm shrill whiner.