HAF X rear exhaust fan replacement.

painter24 · 4 Aug 2011 at 13:58

As above really. Looking for a quiet, preferably red LED 140mm fan to replace the HAF X's stock rear exhaust, as it's the noisiest fan in the case (replaced side and top stock fans with Coolermaster Megaflows). If not LED, something with red blades would be good, low noise is the priority.

Thanks guys

stulid · 4 Aug 2011 at 14:00

http://www.enermax.co.uk/produkte/l...='&PHPSESSID=20cdd2f6b78e8c7fa220ace76d6ba0b2

Should fit the bill nicely.

EniGmA1981 · 4 Aug 2011 at 14:07

Try the BitFenix Spectre 140mm, that's the fan I'm planning to replace the one in the back of my HAF with

They look great, give decent airflow, plus they're pretty quiet from what I've read

painter24 · 4 Aug 2011 at 14:48

mmm, thanks guys, wouldn't mind either of those to be honest. As for the Enermax linked, is it 3 pin, and does the controller only control the LED functions or the rpm as well? I want to control it with my fan controller.

BringTheRain · 4 Aug 2011 at 15:39

It is 3 pin, the controller controls the rpm AND the patterns.

painter24 · 4 Aug 2011 at 15:47

BringTheRain said:
It is 3 pin, the controller controls the rpm AND the patterns.

Would it be possible to bypass the controller by plugging the 3 pin into my Lamptron controller and disconnecting cables to the Enermax external controller? Or, put another way, can I isolate the rpm control from the Enermax controller?

BringTheRain · 5 Aug 2011 at 22:25

painter24 said:
Would it be possible to bypass the controller by plugging the 3 pin into my Lamptron controller and disconnecting cables to the Enermax external controller? Or, put another way, can I isolate the rpm control from the Enermax controller?

I am not 100% but the led pattern controller and rpm changer are on a separate unit. So yes

I had mine plugged into a zalman, just cant remember lol

painter24 · 6 Aug 2011 at 12:04

BringTheRain said:
I am not 100% but the led pattern controller and rpm changer are on a separate unit. So yes

I had mine plugged into a zalman, just cant remember lol

Excellent, that's sold it then! Thanks for that

TB1968 · 6 Aug 2011 at 13:29

Hmmm my HAF-X is deathly quiet (cant hear the rear fan at all, just the side) though its pretty new, maybe it needs to wear in a little

though I have a coolermaster 200x30mm fan to go in the spare top slot. (Note my PC is in quite a warm room when its summer, freezing cold in winter!)

Tony

painter24 · 6 Aug 2011 at 14:27

TB1968 said:
Hmmm my HAF-X is deathly quiet (cant hear the rear fan at all, just the side) though its pretty new, maybe it needs to wear in a little though I have a coolermaster 200x30mm fan to go in the spare top slot. (Note my PC is in quite a warm room when its summer, freezing cold in winter!)

Tony

Hi Tony, yeah tbh, I may be being over critical with the noise. It is an extremely quiet case. My 3 200mm Megaflows, and the 230mm front intake are barely noticable. And again, tbh once my old Zotac GTX260 Amp2(built my new rig about a month ago now, but still indecisive about which GPU upgrade to go for. I may go with the MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK "Super-OC" as a stop gap til the next gen arrives) ramps up when gaming, its the noisiest thing in the case.

Doh, i'm a complete moran!! I totally forgot, my rear intake is still powered from the mobo as I forgot to get an extra extension fan cable to run it to my Lamptron

,so it's running at 100% constantly. Jeez I'm such a n00b. But anyway, I do like the Enermax fan and its red swirly goodness, so will aquire one anyway