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Pearl Jammzz - Sep 7, 2004

		Pearl Jammzz		Sep 7, 2004
			Looking for Panaflo's for cheap... Hey guys, I am looking for L-rated Panaflo fans for cheap. Everywhere I am lookin it's like 8 bucks a fan. Anyone know of a cheaper solution? Any help would be appreciated . Thanks. Also, a molex connector would be a MUCHO plus.

		Alexvrb		Sep 7, 2004
			Looking for Panaflo's for cheap... Good luck buddy. Try buying used? Not that I'd personally buy a fan used.

		Pearl Jammzz		Sep 7, 2004
			Looking for Panaflo's for cheap... naw, used isn't an option. I want a new one. I remembering someone posting a good find (10 for 20) awhile back. Think it mighta been racket. I found that old post but link doesn't work anymore (was a link to a messageboard topic that had a link to the site in it).

		Curtis		Sep 7, 2004
			Looking for Panaflo's for cheap... eBay has panaflos... going for as little as $1.99 for the 80mm models.

		Pearl Jammzz		Sep 7, 2004
			Looking for Panaflo's for cheap... Hmmmm, good prices on the actual item but shipping is insane. 7 bucks to ship, and for every fan you add you add 5 bucks. That's crazy, lol. Anyone know of anymore? Would like all the options I can get .

		Pearl Jammzz		Sep 7, 2004
			Looking for Panaflo's for cheap... Here... Is where I can find the cheapest. 4 bucks plus free shipping. It said free shipping on pricewatch but I can't find it on their site so am not 100% sure. Anyone heard anything about Best Byte? Good service? Bad service?

		Alexvrb		Sep 7, 2004
			Looking for Panaflo's for cheap... I was about to report having good luck with them. But then I looked and it's not the same Best Byte. There are like 50 different Best Bytes, apparently. So I have no idea. I DID notice that the page you linked to lists them as being 2-pin. That means you either need an adapter or need to do some shaving to get it to plug into a 3-pin.

		Pearl Jammzz		Sep 8, 2004
			Looking for Panaflo's for cheap... I am pretty sure I have 2 pin ones (antec ones that came w/ case) plugged into the 3pin slots. It just covers 2 pins and the third is just out there. I will most likely hook the case fans into the PSU though (99 cents for a converter).

Alexvrb

Sep 8, 2004

Looking for Panaflo's for cheap...

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Pearl Jammzz@Sep 8, 2004 @ 05:16 AM



 I am pretty sure I have 2 pin ones (antec ones that came w/ case) plugged into the 3pin slots. It just covers 2 pins and the third is just out there. I will most likely hook the case fans into the PSU though (99 cents for a converter).

It specifically mentions it, if you'd do that whole read-the-page-you-linked-to you'd catch it too. That's why I mentioned it. I'm not using 3-pin fans, and I didn't need to cut anything - but my fans didn't specifically state that I'd need to do so.

Unless they're just being stupid.

Anyway, next time I buy fans I'm going to buy ones with an RPM wire, and if I run them off my PSU directly, I'll use the adapters that run that signal to the mainboard/monitoring device. It bugs me a bit to see 0 RPM for all my fans but the CPU fan.

		it290		Sep 8, 2004
			Looking for Panaflo's for cheap... I generally just cut the wires and plug any additional case fans into the spare molex connectors coming off the PSU. Works great, and unlike Alexvrb I don't really care about the speed of any fan other than the CPU fan (well, and the GPU fans, but I don't know if any of those even support status monitoring -- unless you plug them into the mobo, of course).

		Pearl Jammzz		Sep 8, 2004
			Looking for Panaflo's for cheap... I believe they are just bein dumb. I have never seen a fan where u have to chop shit off. I e-mailed em and am waiting for a response if it'll work with their power adaptors so I can hook it up to my PSU.

Alexvrb

Sep 8, 2004

Looking for Panaflo's for cheap...

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by it290@Sep 8, 2004 @ 11:13 PM



 I generally just cut the wires and plug any additional case fans into the spare molex connectors coming off the PSU. Works great, and unlike Alexvrb I don't really care about the speed of any fan other than the CPU fan (well, and the GPU fans, but I don't know if any of those even support status monitoring -- unless you plug them into the mobo, of course).

I can't set up alarms if the computer doesn't have any feedback from the fan. I'd just really prefer an RPM wire, you can hook it up yourself easily if you don't want to buy an adapter. So you can still be cheap and power off the PSU directly. Anyway, it's not an emergency thing, which is why I said next time I buy fans. I'd just think that by now, computers should tell me if a fan kicks the bucket. It'd be nice to know.