JM2005 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I have had my Norco 4220 case with stock fans for many years that was in another room away from anyone to hear the loud fans. I have since had to relocate it where it can be heard and it sounds like a jet engine. I wanted to see if any of you still use this case and if you have any suggestions to help reduce the loud fans. I did goggle it and read old stories about a bracket to replace the center 80 cm fans with 120 cm fans. Thanks, JM Quote Link to comment
Lev Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Here's what I did... Replaced the two stock rear 80mm twin axle fans, with Noctua NF-A8 PWM 80mm . Simple and good first place to start. Find and order the 120mm center bracket. I've used two kinds of fans in this setup NF-F12 iPPC 3000 PWM -- Loud, but they move some air! If you have fan speed control you can adjust 50% to be the same as option 2. This is what I use now. Noctua NF-F12 PWM -- Quiet, I found when I got 7200RPM drives or more than 16 drives in the case that I needed more speed. I no longer use these. One tip to always keep the top cover of your case on when the system is on, the fans need the static pressure to pull air in through the front of the case. Quote Link to comment
miniwalks Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 There's actually 2 editions of the 120mm fan wall now I found outThe old standard one, and the new one with hot-swap 120mm fan cages which I was lucky to get with mineSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
JM2005 Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 (edited) Thank you both for your replies. Edited August 1, 2017 by JM2005 Quote Link to comment
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