80mm to 1200 fan adapter help

[ThePunkerGuy]

Ok, my current Sunon fan is over 40dba @ 50cfm and is pretty loud. I bought a Vantec Stealth fan that is 28dba @53 cfm. Now, i wanna see if there is a more affective way to adapt it to my 800 Apha PAL8045 than the classic adapter. Does anyone know where i can get a well designed adapter, or how i could make one that would have minimal air turbulance and that would work well? Any ideas? Thanks guys!
- Mike

[felix88]

i've never had much luck with any fan adapters.

maybe you could try building something yourself?

[sandman]

generally thy don't work that great, but if you could prove us wrong, it would be great.

Also, is your sig long enough? ;)

[BigDov]

I know that you could probably make something with 4" and 3" PVC that would be ducted to/from the side of the case......... might not be the prettiest, but it would work :D

[dioSRL]

air pressure will not be so good with an adapter .. i made one (60 to 80mm on my intel stock fan) and even with tt scf2 on it it was less performant than original fan. Now I have slk900, less noise, good performance(lapped to hell, also the cpu)

[Kunaak]

I once took a MCX462, and a 80-120 mm fan adaptor, and two tornados, and did't get a ounce of extra OC outta it, and the temps fluctauted so much, I really couldn't say I got a temp drop...

:(

[ThePunkerGuy]

Originally posted by Kunaak
I once took a MCX462, and a 80-120 mm fan adaptor, and two tornados, and did't get a ounce of extra OC outta it, and the temps fluctauted so much, I really couldn't say I got a temp drop...

:(

Yeah, i wasnt really looking to get extra Overclock, just maybe a tad quieter PC
- Mike

[BigDov]

Well, I know that Sidewinder and FrozenCPU both sell the aluminum 80 t o 120 adapters.... kinda spendy though at around $20 - $25

[ThePunkerGuy]

Yeah, i went and got one from svc.com for about $8 after shipping
- Mike