Quote from: philipma1957 on April 26, 2014, 11:59:56 AM

leave the stock one in it really moves a lot of air. but if it slows down to 1200 rpm it is not that loud. just add a good second fan.

I have some photos. This one shows how to add the second fan

how to power it I cut these

http://www.amazon.com/Syba-SY-CAB65007-Female-Connectors-Extension/dp/B002G1YNQS/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1398513944&sr=8-5&keywords=y+fan+cable

Why would you cut up the fan connector and connect the cables into the power directly instead of using the fan header shown in your picture? since you have a 3 prong fan and not a 4 pin PWM fan, it should run at 100% just the same as what you did....