Fan Upgrade

[Adrian]

I have a Norco 4220 and I'm trying to my HD temps down a bit. I took a look and it looks like the 4x 80mm fans in the center are Enermax Marathon 80mm. They were probably put it at some point to lower the noise. But now the server is in the basement, tucked away so noise is a bit of a non-issue. I'm looking for some suggestions. I searched, but it seems all the posts are about replacing stock fans with quieter fans

 

I'm also open to getting 120mm bracket if that give me better options.

 

Thanks,

Adrian

Edited November 21, 2017 by Adrian

[miniwalks]

As a Norco 4224 owner,
Get the new 120mm fan wall as it has “hot swap” style 120mm fan carriers

From there your choices are a lot higher, I run the Noctua 120mm industrial fans with a custom fan curve setup through IPMI


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[Adrian]

Ok, I ordered the 120mm fan wall. Is the Noctua the NF-F12?

[miniwalks]

Ok, I ordered the 120mm fan wall. Is the Noctua the NF-F12?

That’s the one


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[allischalmersman]

My norco 4224 started having high temps on parity checks this summer when my basement was 85 degrees due to mining gear. I bought the 120mm adapter and bought 3 delta fans that move 240 cfm EACH. Crazy loud, but keeps it cool and its in the basement like yours.

 

They were the most powerful reasonably available 120mm fans I could find. Im not kidding they are very loud. At 35 watts a piece dont even think about plugging into your motherboard.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=35-213-001

 

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[Adrian]

Well I contacted Noctua and they recommended I use NF-S12A. So I got 3. I probably won't really know how good they are until the summer, but I'll probably have additional cooling by then.

Edited November 28, 2017 by Adrian