psst psst.... just itchy wanna add

12v-5v SWITCH <- i did this for the fans in my case

12v-7v SWITCH

now can have high or low speed at a flip of a switch... no need open up casing and put the wire here or there bla bla bla

as for 13.5k rpm fan that allngap mentioned...i actually bought one of those from him... 40mm sunon screamers... serious bad ass fans. tried using it for my NB heatsink but it ended up vibrating my entire case

Nice bro...
U make me think of doing it also...

For my hyper 6+ offcourse...
[That heatsink fan doesn't come with a fan speed regulator ]

i say go for it man... do it....it seriously makes life hell of alot easier if u wanna have silent + performance coz u can choose either 1 at a flick of a switch

I will...
I will...

Waiting for tomorrow, i will go to giant and search for some mini switch...

This trick will not work if the fan got a built in temp sensor.

Want to make your fan spin faster.....splice the -5V from your psu and connect the negative wire from your fan to that -5V line. Bam!!! your fan runs at +17V......



This post has been edited by Shah81: Jul 15 2006, 06:21 PM

Ngiahaha...
You're funny man...

Offcourse the fan would die...

Tried that setting before liao...

2 off my fans already died...

wait a minute.... do 24pins psu still have the -5v wire if it doesnt have the -5 rail???

Don't ask me about that...
I know nothing about electricity...

Muahaha

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Jul 15 2006, 06:29 PM

anyone tested with it oledi? i wanna try but..scared my fan will 'blow'...lol

Offcourse the fan will blow as it exceeds the stock 12V voltage...

Actually it's just switching either 12v or 5v for case fan.
not much help on raising up the fan speed (RPM), but when your set to 5v will slightly slow down the RPM of the fan.

that day i saw a molex converter, output is (3pins 12v x 2) + (3pins 5v x 2). i mean 1 molex to 4 case fan output.
function is let us choose the high speed 12v or low speed 5v power supply.

I know which one u're talking about...
I have it in my hand...

But never used it...

you guys talking about this right??



my suggestion is to cut and use it to make the 12v/5v switch so that u can straight plug in ur fan into the headers without cutting the fan wires. i myself bought quite a few for this purpose... and i use it for my switch. so i dont need to cut my fan wires. and i can remove/ change my fans anytime i want. with the 12v/5v switch u can easily lower down ur fan speed without opening up ur case.

u can use the 3pin connectors for the fan....and of course u can also reuse the male molex right now u can get them in the bulk section HERE (same guy i got mine from - can be trusted )

@SkyDriver
setting it at 5v wont 'slightly' lower down the rpm...itll actually reduce it quite abit... imagine my 120mm delta ffb screamer can go to a bearable silent with 5v

@sHawTY
done the switch yet? use the multi connector like i said above if u gonna do it man
and remember to post a step by step pic of how to do it here

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Jul 20 2006, 12:29 AM

Didn't even start yet...
Dunno where to start...

I'm not free yet this days...
Maybe later on will start doing that...

Thanks Sifu!!

here... lol

Err...
What's the point you're putting it here too?
Madman already put the same thing here...

Wait...
Don't tell me you're spamming?

just showing your way cant make the fan to reach the highest speed, since using 12v power already running at highest speed! totally no different after modified from 3 pin to molex.

Huh?
It's different maa...
My way is to make the fan turn at the maximum speed all the time...
If using with the motherboard, sometime the motherboard slows down the fan speed...

i agree with Shawty,

the mobo does slow down the fan sometimes,

in my case , when i run the application ABIT EQ, u can automatically hear, ur fans ( fans connected to mobo 3 pin ) slowing down.

Yes...
That's what i'm talking about...

If the motherboard senses the processor is cooler, it will slow down the fan...
It will only let the fan turns at the maximum speed when the processor temperature is rising...