( 4 reviews )
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Posted: Dec 24 2008
I found this product to be the perfect solution to a failed fan in my HP-branded desktop. Between calling and stopping in, I checked almost 20 retailers in my area. Many hadn't heard of a 92mm fan, one even saying there wasn't such a thing. No problems with noise or performance.
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Posted: Jul 23 2008
The stock fan that came with my Dell Dimension 8400 was pretty noisy. This fan is noticeably quieter. Like the stock Dell fan, this fan adjusts its speed based on the temperature of the air flowing past it, and has a wire that allows the BIOS to monitor it, which prevents a boot-up error that would occur without it. Unlike the stock fan, this fan does not contain a fourth wire that allows the fan to be controlled by the motherboard, but this does not remove any real functionality--it just isn't possible to use other software to set the fan speed. The lone difficulty is installation. The Dell motherboard uses a proprietary 5-pin connector, and the 3-pin plug on the fan won't fit. To make it fit, you need to use pliers to take off the plastic sheath around the pins. *Be careful, as it can be easy to bend the pins or gouge the motherboard!* You only need the sheath to be off the three pins you will connect to. Take note of which pins the original fan's wires connected to. At this stage, you can plug the 3-pin plug onto the pins, ensuring that white, red, and black are on the same pins as the original fan. You could also attach the white wire alone to the pins, using the 4-pin Molex power plug of the Y-adapter to plug the fan into your power supply instead, but this isn't necessary. Once the wires are in place, the fan assembly can be installed and uninstalled easily, as the fan is held in the shroud by rubber pins. Just gently pull the old fan off (its okay if the pins come out too). Then take the pins, insert them into the holes of the new fan (stationary Antec logo facing out of the PC) with the stumpy side towards the case exterior, then position the rubber pins at the holes on the shroud assembly and pull them through from the other side.
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Posted: May 14 2008
fan was easy to install, comes with screws... this fan at full rpm is so much quieter then my old stock fan... and as well it moves more air through the case keeping everything inside happy
