Old smps fan as chesis fan

bukaida

bukaida

In the zone
I am trying to upgrade my dad's computer which has a frontech cabinet (god knows the psu ratings) with original intel 865GBF mother board and two 1GB DDR1 RAM and Two 256MB DDR1 RAM with one LG DVD writer (sata) and WD Caviar Blue 250 GB Desktop Internal Hard Drive (7200 RPM SATA) with P4-2.4 GHz cpu. I have purchased a Cooler master elite 311 cabinet and corsair vs 450 PSU.I have not made the transformation yet. My questions are--
Is the new combination sufficient enough to accommodate the old one? (hope sufficient as I do not have any additional video card)
Is the PSU fully compatible with my old motherboard?
I have some burnt out smps whose cooling Fans are still ok. can I use them as my additional cabinet cooling fan (by manually attaching a 4 pin supply) ? Will it harm the performance of the system or is the internal one additional fan(supplied) is sufficient for my existing configuration?

Forgive me if I have asked something too silly.
 
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debarshi

debarshi

Otaku
Since that motherboard is ATX, it is very much compatible. And yes the cabby is enough for all of it.........

The PSU is also great.

And no, I dont think you will need additional fans for that config, provided your CPU cooler is up and running well :).

I dont know about the ratings of the SMPS fans, so cant say if it'll be totally safe running on molex.
 
kARTechnology

kARTechnology

Sony " VA" "IO"
Remove those fans from psu and they have two wires.
Use Molex cable for connecting the fan to the new PSU.
Black goes to black( any side)
Red from fan goes to yellow from mo lex

You will find lot of tutorials on the internet
 
coderunknown

coderunknown

Retired Forum Mod
SMPS from local brands have 40-60mm fans. it won't do any harm but attaching small fans won't be easy. moreover SMPS fans are usually attached in a slightly different manner than cabinet fans.

usually 2 fans are sufficient. 1 as intake & another as exhaust.
 
kARTechnology

kARTechnology

Sony " VA" "IO"
sam said:
SMPS from local brands have 40-60mm fans. it won't do any harm but attaching small fans won't be easy. moreover SMPS fans are usually attached in a slightly different manner than cabinet fans.

usually 2 fans are sufficient. 1 as intake & another as exhaust.
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Some power supplies which have small form factor have small fans as you said
Normal PSU have 80mm fans( compatible with cabinet fan holes)
 
Chaitanya

Chaitanya

Cyborg Agent
kARTechnology said:
Could you post. A pic if you diy'ed??
Cause I have no screws to hold the fan near hdd
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Hmm...
Sorry I cannot Post pic Cause right now i'm in hostel & PC @ home.

Here is actually what I did...

In CM Elite 311 there are basically Two HDD bays 1.fixed 2. removable...

I chose top slot of fixed bay..
then I Had a gap of almost 50mm or so..
I used G.I Wire to create a basic stand kinda thing (stand is almost 1mm high & is such that it holds Fan a little above ground so that It can take in air & it fits into screw holes of fan..

Next I stripped the wire & made it attach to the Molex pin but then i figured that it was a bit too noisy so then i tweaked the input power of fan using LM7809 IC & for cooling the IC i did use a bit of TIM & fixed on the cabinet.

Is it clear now??
If pics are reqd then pls wait for 2 months
 
Nerevarine

Nerevarine

Incarnate
I ripped apart a Belkin notebook cooler and attached the fan to my PC..
It was a generic 80mm fan anyway.. but the problem was, i had to use a usb port on the back of the panel to power it up because it didnt have molex power plug
 
kARTechnology

kARTechnology

Sony " VA" "IO"
Chaitanya said:
Hmm...
Sorry I cannot Post pic Cause right now i'm in hostel & PC @ home.

Here is actually what I did...

In CM Elite 311 there are basically Two HDD bays 1.fixed 2. removable...

I chose top slot of fixed bay..
then I Had a gap of almost 50mm or so..
I used G.I Wire to create a basic stand kinda thing (stand is almost 1mm high & is such that it holds Fan a little above ground so that It can take in air & it fits into screw holes of fan..

Next I stripped the wire & made it attach to the Molex pin but then i figured that it was a bit too noisy so then i tweaked the input power of fan using LM7809 IC & for cooling the IC i did use a bit of TIM & fixed on the cabinet.

Is it clear now??
If pics are reqd then pls wait for 2 months
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Thanks!!!
Got it, g.a. Wire
Won't the vibrations from fan cause more damage?
 
Chaitanya

Chaitanya

Cyborg Agent
kARTechnology said:
Thanks!!!
Got it, g.a. Wire
Won't the vibrations from fan cause more damage?
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you didn't get all.
fan is attached to cabby.
also i did sound proofing of frame by wrapping a thick cloth@points of cntct.

Nerevarine said:
I ripped apart a Belkin notebook cooler and attached the fan to my PC..
It was a generic 80mm fan anyway.. but the problem was, i had to use a usb port on the back of the panel to power it up because it didnt have molex power plug
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you can simply put in ripped wire into molex plug & tape it hard. if you want to do so remember to use red &black combo cause yours is a 5V fan
 
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bukaida

bukaida

In the zone
Thank you all for your valuable comments.The cooler master Elite 311 (Black with red border) took me Rs.2000 at Kolkata( with VAT). Did I pay more than usual ?
 
anirbandd

anirbandd

Conversation Architect
^a bit.. it should be around 1.8K max..

though im not completely sure. :p

Chaitanya said:
actually it had a better version with fan control using lm317 & 48k pot but one fine day i blew it during testing... :-(
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like these??? :D :D

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OP
bukaida

bukaida

In the zone
anirbandd said:
^a bit.. it should be around 1.8K max..

though im not completely sure. :p
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I have considered the following two as reference-
Cooler Master Chassis Cabinets-Elite 311-RC-311B-RKN1-Best Airflow-Black Interio | eBay

Cooler Master Elite 311 CPU Cabinet (Red) - Buy Computer Components @ Best Price | Snapdeal
May be they are not the correct reference for the local market:-(
 
anirbandd

anirbandd

Conversation Architect
ohhhhh.. i thought it was the Elite 310.. my bad :p

btw, here's another good ref: COOLER MASTER CABINET ELITE 311
 
Chaitanya

Chaitanya

Cyborg Agent
anirbandd said:
^a bit.. it should be around 1.8K max..

though im not completely sure. :p



like these??? :D :D

*imageshack.us/scaled/large/703/mg0175t.jpg

*imageshack.us/scaled/large/14/mg0177u.jpg

*imageshack.us/scaled/large/7/mg0174b.jpg
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Yeah like those but not that neat & clean. . . :-D
 
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