Thermaltake Thunderblade 120mm Fans

The-MMMs

So i got 2 of these for my case, Thermaltake a90, one for the side and another one for the the front, and they run consdierably loud

i gave a quick look at the fan controller in lebanon thread and it seems it hit a dead end ?

anyway all things aside, the fans seem to be running on the full 12v blast - expected

i googled around and i started reading on some 7v fan mods and what not - too technical for me

in dismay, i stumbled across this though (wont link to external sources i'll just quote):

I had some of those at some point and no they aren't that quiet when you run them directly on 12V, what I did is reverse the molex connectors so they run on 5V instead. You won't be able to software control the fans since they work with a molex and the 3 pin connector only has the fan speed sensor wire. Since they run off the PSU, you can use as many as you want, although your board only has a certain amount of fans it can monitor (that's in your manual)

This guy was also talking specifically about the Thermaltake Thunderblades as well

Excuse my poor knowledge, and i feel quite ignorant asking this, but how do i do that - i.e. reverse the molex connectors ? I mean i tried flipping the connection between the the power cable and the fan connector (sorry the vague description i hope that made sense) but then the fan wont connect to the power cable so that's quite useless

I don't mind if they run on 5 v to be honest, i want them to just help the airflow along and add the nice lights to the case - it's not as if im running crazy overclocks.

Thanks for any help / or other advice. I also don't mind if guys can link to any trustworthy documentation so i can read up about molex connectors and all this 12/7/5v madness that i can't seem to understand.

Thanks !

AvoK95

Thermaltake fans are known to be loud.
You can either install a diod, or resistor to the negative cable so that it lowers the RPM.
Your other choice will be building your own fan controller (You can lots of tutorial on Google

The-MMMs

thnaks for the reply !

But can't i do as just said above ? Does it make any sense to you as how i should go about doing it ?

yasamoka

The-MMMs wroteSo i got 2 of these for my case, Thermaltake a90, one for the side and another one for the the front, and they run consdierably loud

i gave a quick look at the fan controller in lebanon thread and it seems it hit a dead end ?

Dead End ;)?

http://www.facebook.com/Innovo.lb/posts/182966748454469

AvoK95

The-MMMs wrotethnaks for the reply !

But can't i do as just said above ? Does it make any sense to you as how i should go about doing it ?

Try this tutorial.

The-MMMs

yasamoka wrote
The-MMMs wroteSo i got 2 of these for my case, Thermaltake a90, one for the side and another one for the the front, and they run consdierably loud

i gave a quick look at the fan controller in lebanon thread and it seems it hit a dead end ?
Dead End ;)?

http://www.facebook.com/Innovo.lb/posts/182966748454469

My only reference was the thread on lebgeeks ! - i didn't know about that, thanks for sharing.

My goodness. Fingers crossed - hope its reasonably priced ^_^

Avok, i appreciate all the help, yet that site is giving me 404 error.

Edit: seems a space was added at the end of the link with a %20 .. deleted it now it works.

yasamoka

If you guys want, I'll be sure to try out the fan controller, and make a video review of it, once it gets released! It's simply epic isn't it? I couldn't find one like that even in the US or UK!