On Sunday 11 December 2005 20:37, James wrote:
> I replace a lot of these in peoples puters. Although the oil trick will
> work for a time i find it much easier ( and more profitable)to replace the
> factroy sleeve bearing fans with vantec stealth double ball bearing fans.
> Although i can replace the usual 60 mm , i try upgrading with 80 mm and
> even 120mm units with smart fan built in. This lets the fans run at a lower
> speed thus lower noise. The bigger fans are rated at the same Db level as
> the smaller ones. I usually order a few dozen from directron.com at a
> time.They also have all the fan adapters and accessorys available.
I agree, best is to just get quality fans, when possible. Usually it's never
very many $$ either.
--Steve Szmidt
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