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jtroutma · 11-23-2002, 11:11 AM

I had great success sanding down my fan blades. I have a Sunon 120mm that is rated at 42dbls and I sanded both sides of the fins with 600 then 1500grit paper. ONLY useing the "ear" test, I would say that it droped to 40dbls, MAYBE 39 from just the sanding. It did make a NOTICEABLE difference for me.

Side rant:
Now if I could just get this damn Sedra to shut up I would be able to enjoy the extra silence of doing all that work!

11-23-2002, 11:11 AM	#10
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	I had great success sanding down my fan blades. I have a Sunon 120mm that is rated at 42dbls and I sanded both sides of the fins with 600 then 1500grit paper. ONLY useing the "ear" test, I would say that it droped to 40dbls, MAYBE 39 from just the sanding. It did make a NOTICEABLE difference for me. Side rant: Now if I could just get this damn Sedra to shut up I would be able to enjoy the extra silence of doing all that work! __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250