Hi all,
I'm looking for a quiet fan to put into a DIY NAS that I'm building using some recycled components (list on the bottom). I used an Ikea cabinet (Tutemo) as case, using only the four sides while leaving the back opened. I rotated it so the open sides are on the bottom and top and the hot air can flow naturaly to the top. The open sides are 36,5x36,5 cm.
My idea is to find a big and silent fan to put into the cabinet, in top position, to cooling all the components together (mainly CPU and PSU).
My first choise was the NOCTUA NF-S12A FLX, very silent but low air flow, and is only 120mm. Is it enough?
I read that instead of many small fans it's better a single bigger one, with lower speed (and so lower noise).
Can you suggest a big (>140mm) fan with low noise level?
Thanks in advance.
These are the components i used for my NAS:
- an old Asus p2b motherborad (slot1) (P2B Manual)
- an Intel Pentium III 550 MHz CPU
- PSU (AOpen FSP235-60GT - 235W)
- 3 SDRAM modules (256MB each)
- a 10/100 network card (Hamlet HN362TXW)
- a PCI SATA card (Promise SATA300 TX4)
- one (by now) HardDisk WD Red 1TB
Inside there is also:
- a Raspberry Pi, to switch the nas on and off and for other future monitoring uses
- a TP-LINK 5-ports ethernet Switch
- a usb hub connected to the Raspberry, both for powering it and for more USB ports
I'm looking for a quiet fan to put into a DIY NAS that I'm building using some recycled components (list on the bottom). I used an Ikea cabinet (Tutemo) as case, using only the four sides while leaving the back opened. I rotated it so the open sides are on the bottom and top and the hot air can flow naturaly to the top. The open sides are 36,5x36,5 cm.
My idea is to find a big and silent fan to put into the cabinet, in top position, to cooling all the components together (mainly CPU and PSU).
My first choise was the NOCTUA NF-S12A FLX, very silent but low air flow, and is only 120mm. Is it enough?
I read that instead of many small fans it's better a single bigger one, with lower speed (and so lower noise).
Can you suggest a big (>140mm) fan with low noise level?
Thanks in advance.
These are the components i used for my NAS:
- an old Asus p2b motherborad (slot1) (P2B Manual)
- an Intel Pentium III 550 MHz CPU
- PSU (AOpen FSP235-60GT - 235W)
- 3 SDRAM modules (256MB each)
- a 10/100 network card (Hamlet HN362TXW)
- a PCI SATA card (Promise SATA300 TX4)
- one (by now) HardDisk WD Red 1TB
Inside there is also:
- a Raspberry Pi, to switch the nas on and off and for other future monitoring uses
- a TP-LINK 5-ports ethernet Switch
- a usb hub connected to the Raspberry, both for powering it and for more USB ports
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