Quote from: dman99 on October 03, 2015, 04:02:08 AM

Quote from: psycodad on October 02, 2015, 01:18:19 PM

My A2s all have ~19/17W fans (12V/1.6A or even 12V/1.4A). May I ask what kind of fans you are using now?

Honestly, I put some slower fans in there since the stock Nidec BETAV TA450DC seemed to be pretty overkill. I replaced the 3 front fans with Yate Loon D12SH-12 fans (~2200rpm) and added two 140mm fans to the back (Yate Loon D14SM-12). My temps seem to be pretty close to what they were with the stock fans (maybe 2-3 degree difference at their hottest point), but the A2 is a lot quieter and uses about 50 watts less at the wall.

I'm sure if you had a bunch of them in a data center it wouldn't really matter and you'd want the extra airflow with the stock fans, but in a residential setting with just a few units these replacement fans seem to be pretty suitable.

Yeah, if I were running them in my house instead of my garage I might care about the noise. My A2s are at a disadvantage, though. My 60MH only has 2 fans pushing air through in the back, and the 88mh only has 3 fans in back pushing air through.