CNPS9700 fan replacement / mod

[cortexodus]

Just did this up tonight and really enjoying the resulting lack of audible noise coming from my CPU cooler now. Figured I would share

 

[Crystal_Castles]

Hmm looks nice! Would be cool to slap a Ultra Kaze 3k in that thing!

 

[Jorona]

Heh, Go big or go home. Maybe a nice 5k rpm Delta!

 

[cortexodus]

Heh, Go big or go home. Maybe a nice 5k rpm Delta!

Funnily enough, I considered that. I have a number of 120mm x 38mm Deltas laying about from some experimentation I did involving ridiculously over-the-top airflow and cut-foam panels to duct airflow around things. Even at low RPM they move a lot of air. I saw somewhere that someone did a mod to the 9500 that involved clipping the "cowl" of copper around the fan off of the heatsink entirely and then strapping a huge-ass Delta onto it. I was shooting for quiet over cooling performance, though

 

[cortexodus]

Well, disregard everything about that mod I did... Load temps are not even remotely acceptable. System reboots. Not enough air jamming into the cooler with the Silenx fan. Ah well.