replacing fan

[insideout]

Do computers need specific fans to work (like with their voltage) or can you just get any fan that is the right size?

I have a Sony Vaio VGC-RC110 and i wanna replace it's fan with this http://www.frozencpu.com/fan-22.html

I'm an amateur so I don't want to order it only to find out I didn't know something beforehand so any help would be greatly appreciated.

[disturbed]

any fan will do - id watch for those high cfm fans...125cfm will move a lot of air but will be incredibly loud....

i highly recommend these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835129030

Air Flow 79CFM

Noise Level 29.8dBA

[dlewis23]

insideout that fan will work, i would go with that one, its loud, but it moves alot of air.

[RAINMAKA]

i highly recommend these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835129030

Air Flow 79CFM

Noise Level 29.8dBA

i have this exact fan and i can barely hear it, plus it keeps my heatsink nice and cool

[insideout]

so 125 mm is way too much? Is it common for people to use it? I think the noise level is important to me too; exactly how loud would a 125 mm fan be like? would it be as loud as a vacuum cleaner?

[Swimmer]

that 120mm is going to be pretty loud.. the more air it moves the louder it is going to be..

[Guest PeePs]

not all 125 mm fans are really loud.

i highly recommend these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835129030

That fan looks like it would be your best bet if your concerned about the noise level.

[dlewis23]

so 125 mm is way too much? Is it common for people to use it? I think the noise level is important to me too; exactly how loud would a 125 mm fan be like? would it be as loud as a vacuum cleaner?

thaqt fan you picked out is 50db thats not quite as loud as a vacume cleaner but close, personaly i would go with the one disturbed posted.

[php]

from http://www.jimprice.com/prosound/db.htm

[b]Sounds[/b]	[b]dB SPL[/b]
Rocket Launching	180
Jet Engine	140
Thunderclap, Air Raid Siren 1 Meter	130
Jet takeoff (200 ft)	120
Rock Concert, Discotheque	110
Firecrackers, Subway Train	100
Heavy Truck (15 Meter), City Traffic	90
Alarm Clock (1 Meter), Hair Dryer	80
Noisy Restaurant, Business Office	70
Air Conditioning Unit, Conversational Speech	60
Light Traffic (50 Meter), Average Home	50
Living Room, Quiet Office	40
Library, Soft Whisper (5 Meter)	30
Broadcasting Studio, Rustling Leaves	20
Hearing Threshold	0

[/html]

[tommie gorman]

Nice list there php. 

So not quite as loud as a "Rocket Launching" then?

[php]

Nope.. lol

Personally I like a quiet machine... mine's not real quiet and it irritates me sometimes.  Ideally I would like to have a whisper quiet machine, but short of putting it in another room, or an insulated, ventilated cabinet, it's pretty hard.

[insideout]

The 120 mm fan has a sound level of 49.5 dBA so that's not very loud isn't it? it's a little bit more than whispering so it shouldn't be that loud right?

[Blunted 2]

i have  db meter and its pretty loud

[disturbed]

49.5 is pretty damn loud for a fan

[disturbed]

my 120mm fan when running max speed is i think 28db and i find it unacceptable....thats why i got myself a fan controller

[RAINMAKA]

i gotta get myself a fan controller, along with the list of little things i would like to buy. gpu cooler, mouse, keyboard, monitor, chipset cooler, maybe watercooling.

[insideout]

what is a fan controller?

[tommie gorman]

An example:"This Aspire Multi Fan Speed Controller helps keeping noise level down while maximum your cooling capability and give you the ability to take control of your case fans"

I am hoping this is a good explanation.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=fan+controller&Submit=ENE&Ntk=all&N=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

[Swimmer]

it is basically a voltage regulator that allows you to control the fan speed.

You can build you own..  I built one of my case about 4 or 5 years ago.. I will dig up the pics..  It was just a simple on/off switch but you would be amazed how much it helped..

One other thing..  If you already have a case fan in the computer make sure that you are not creating a vacume inside the case.. otherwise that will not help the cooling system.

[dlewis23]

One other thing..  If you already have a case fan in the computer make sure that you are not creating a vacume inside the case.. otherwise that will not help the cooling system.

so true, your system can actually get hotter if you let this happen.

[insideout]

Do fans come in different voltages or are they all the same voltage?

[dlewis23]

Do fans come in different voltages or are they all the same voltage?

they are 12v because your power supply outputs 12v, you can get special fans that have more volts and there own transformer.

[php]

There also might be the occasional 5v fan... but they're not very common

[Dark06]

if noise is a prblem add static proof paper inside make it think and the noise is muffled a bit

sometimes it makes it echo depending on the paper and position

or make a cabinet for it out of air vents i seen ppl do that and use air filters to keep it more quite and clean 2 make sure u use vents on both sides of the cabinet better if its made out of rubber or plastic vents so theres less static make it big so u can give about 3 inches away from the pc case to the air vents to prevent static discharge

[Swimmer]

From what I have seen.. the sounds dampining materials, the stuff you stick on the inside of your case, acts like insulation..  So if you have a heat problem or are running a little bit warm.. it is just going to be amplified by that stuff..

However,  I do think that the rubber gaskets work... I was rather impressed by the difference that it made on one of my cases.