PSU fan replacement for noise reduction

[Justintime]

Hi Guys,
Basically i've got an FSP 600 GLN (i think, currently away from home) that seems to ramp up and stay at 100% speed no matter the load.. quite annoying. I'm planning on removing the fan and inserting an Antec Tri cool at low or mid rpm. Its yrs out of warranty and i've had a few FSPs develop this bad habit of not regulating the fans properly.

The PC has:

1x PCIe USB 3.0 Card
2x PCIe x4 Intel Gbit 4 port and one 2 port pro 1000
Gigabyte H67 board with 8GB DDR3, onboard video
I5 2320
2 Agility 3 120GB SSDs
Its basically a network bridge and vm test box.

That is it, all said and done less than 300w by a fair margain likely.. Surely the air flow will suffice?
P.S no need to tell me of the dangers, i know of them

 

[snips86x]

I would be more inclined to replace it:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 630W '80 Plus' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
Total : £284.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[dacads]

So which fan do you intend on using?

 

[Tealc]

You could always use a fan controller to modify the fan speed until you find a suitable point with which the heat does not build up too much.

I use an Enermax Magma in my FSP Aurum PSU. I chose it because it is marketed with 100,000+ hour at 85 deg C (as it gets quite warm in PSUs sometimes). It also has a bearing that is suitable for horizontal mounting, something which the Tri-Cool will not have.

If the swap is only for a couple of months then throw any fan in there. If it's to be used more long term then pick the right one for the job.