quiet 80x80x15 mm fan, anyone?

[tart666]

Just noticed the overabundance of cheap micro-ATX book-size cases at Newegg. I got this one: lite-on.

Update: Anyway, the PSU fan is a SUPERRED, pretty loud. (edit) It's low-profile, only 15mm thick. I have some 80mm quiet fans, but they are all 25mm thick. Does anyone know where I can get a 15 mm thick fan that is really quiet (and cheap, hopefully)

 

[optimistic]

Why are you bothering with the last one? It costs $76 shipped and only accepts slimline cdroms. And I can't say much about it's looks:disgust:

The Aopen had good reviews about it being quiet.

 

[tart666]

not bothering, just put it there as an example. It does seem worse than the others. (edit) The Aopen is getting good reviews, but it's OOS...

I already ordered the lite-on (based on my experience with their CD products) Perhaps foolishly...

Anyway, if anyone knows how good / quiet the PSU is I just might return it without opening... Or not... All the talk about mini-ITX got me thinking about Home Theater MP3 system I've been wanting to build. And I can make it cheaper than the $200 HP system!

 

[tart666]

Anyone know anything at all about Lite-on Enclosures? loeusa ?

They also market their stuff under the name "sun cheer" ...

 

[tart666]

Alright, I guess I will have to be my own reviewer (it came yesterday)

Overall an excellent quality well-thought out case. The only con is the loud PSU fan... Thinking of getting a new PSU or swapping the fan.

Does anyone know a good quiet 80x80x15 mm fan?

 

[powergyoza]

80x15mm fans are rare.

A solution may be to cut open the grill, remove the inside fan, and replace with a 80x25mm undervolted Panaflo on the other side of the vent. It just depends on whether you'll have enough clearance w/ the mobo & HSF.

 

[tart666]

Nope. THere's about 5 mm on between the PSU and the heatsink for the CPU. See here. The asus mobo has the CPU way on the right, right against the PSU in the picture.

Damn those tight small cases.