I had some "main rig mayhem" of my own this past week. As some of you may know, I like my computers QUIET! and will not tolerate even the slightest fan noise.
My computer has 4 fans in it:
-Stock Intel cooler Nidec fan, PWM. Fairly quiet.
-Turbine fan in my graphics card, it is a Magic ProTechnic. Fairly quiet.
-120mm Yate Loon fan in my Delta PSU. Silent.
-120mm Cooler Master sleeve bearing fan for rear case exhaust. Silent.
Well, this last week, the cheap Cooler Master fan started making some horrid grinding-type sounds. I would wiggle the fan blades a bit and it would go away. It would only do this at power-up, and it didn't do it every time, only sometimes. Looks like the bearings are just starting to pack up their things and get ready to go out.
I figured it was time to deep-six the Cooler Master and put a new one in. So out came the Cooler Master and in went this lovely thing:
Enermax HYDRO BEARING! With BAT-WING DESIGN. DETACHABLE BLADES. SUPER SILENT. 100,000 HOURS MTBF. Holy shit batman! Someone call the cops, this sounds like an awesome fucking fan!
I put it in and hit the power button.
This thing is LOUD. Sounds like a howling wind tunnel.
I don't care how much air the damn thing moves. I let it sit in there for a few days and it drove me up the wall. I had to shut off my PC at night because I couldn't sleep with a tornado next to my bed.
Today I took the old Cooler Master, removed the sticker, removed the rubber plug, cleaned the original grease off the spindle with a q-tip and put a drop of Auto Tranny Fluid in there. I put it back together and popped it back in my PC.
Silence. A relief to my ears.
Hopefully my ATF thing will keep the Cooler Master running for a while. I know its a cheap Sleeve Bearing POS. I don't care. It moves air, and it is quiet.
The Enermax is going back to Fry's in a few hours.
My computer has 4 fans in it:
-Stock Intel cooler Nidec fan, PWM. Fairly quiet.
-Turbine fan in my graphics card, it is a Magic ProTechnic. Fairly quiet.
-120mm Yate Loon fan in my Delta PSU. Silent.
-120mm Cooler Master sleeve bearing fan for rear case exhaust. Silent.
Well, this last week, the cheap Cooler Master fan started making some horrid grinding-type sounds. I would wiggle the fan blades a bit and it would go away. It would only do this at power-up, and it didn't do it every time, only sometimes. Looks like the bearings are just starting to pack up their things and get ready to go out.
I figured it was time to deep-six the Cooler Master and put a new one in. So out came the Cooler Master and in went this lovely thing:
Enermax HYDRO BEARING! With BAT-WING DESIGN. DETACHABLE BLADES. SUPER SILENT. 100,000 HOURS MTBF. Holy shit batman! Someone call the cops, this sounds like an awesome fucking fan!
I put it in and hit the power button.
This thing is LOUD. Sounds like a howling wind tunnel.
I don't care how much air the damn thing moves. I let it sit in there for a few days and it drove me up the wall. I had to shut off my PC at night because I couldn't sleep with a tornado next to my bed.
Today I took the old Cooler Master, removed the sticker, removed the rubber plug, cleaned the original grease off the spindle with a q-tip and put a drop of Auto Tranny Fluid in there. I put it back together and popped it back in my PC.
Silence. A relief to my ears.
Hopefully my ATF thing will keep the Cooler Master running for a while. I know its a cheap Sleeve Bearing POS. I don't care. It moves air, and it is quiet.
The Enermax is going back to Fry's in a few hours.
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