Quieter fans for 1U Dell PowerEdge server?
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:43 am
I've got a feeling the answer to this is going to be "the fan size is Dell-proprietary and no one makes them" but I thought I'd go ahead and try.
Dell PowerEdge 1750, dual power supplies (only one will be in use), dual Xeon processors installed.
It has one fan apiece pulling air through the power supplies and five blowing on the two processor heat sinks. It also sounds like a jet engine while in operation. This is going to be a hobby box that will be in operation roughly 5 feet from where I sleep at night and I'd like to quiet it down by replacing the dual-motor fans with single-motor fans in the same form factor. I don't have the exact dimensions handy atm, but they are rectangular in HxW and thicker than anything I've seen on the shelf at the local computer stores. If anyone can suggest a manufacturer or part number I'm all ears.
Option 2 would be to punch holes in the lid and slap on regular ultra-quiet 90mm fans but I'm trying to avoid that as I don't have ready access to the necessary tools.
TIA
Dell PowerEdge 1750, dual power supplies (only one will be in use), dual Xeon processors installed.
It has one fan apiece pulling air through the power supplies and five blowing on the two processor heat sinks. It also sounds like a jet engine while in operation. This is going to be a hobby box that will be in operation roughly 5 feet from where I sleep at night and I'd like to quiet it down by replacing the dual-motor fans with single-motor fans in the same form factor. I don't have the exact dimensions handy atm, but they are rectangular in HxW and thicker than anything I've seen on the shelf at the local computer stores. If anyone can suggest a manufacturer or part number I'm all ears.
Option 2 would be to punch holes in the lid and slap on regular ultra-quiet 90mm fans but I'm trying to avoid that as I don't have ready access to the necessary tools.
TIA