Fixable..
09/03/2013
This review is from: Antec BIGBOY200 200 mm Case cooler
Pros:
Low RPM, quiet, good volume, well made motor, came in my Antec 1100. Will run OK at 500rpm, and silently but still moving a fair bit of air due to it's size.
That's probably the point of a 200mm fan.
Cons:
3pin, if that's a con even, was very noisy and not correctly assembled initially, but quite fixable and is now quite satisfactory. If I could have gone down the street the night I was building my computer and bought another, I would have, but it was 2am and I wanted to see my new box come to life, so I fixed it. Like a carburetor. Only more simple and without the gas.
Overall Review:
The thing hangs face down in my 1100, the droop was too much since the assembly was put together missing a rubber o-ring that serves as a spacer, to prevent excessive hanging down. Once you pull it apart you'll understand.
Pull off the round center sticker, remove the rubber plug, brace the fan carefully and exert a pop of force downward on the tiny silver shaft sticking out of the center of the fan. This will force the round split clip out of the groove in the fan and release it. Once apart you'll see how it works, lube well, 0-ring it to taste (too tight=slow, too loose=noisy), and reassemble using a deep well 1/4 socket to drive on the clip. The guts of the fan actually seem pretty well made, the one from my Antec 1100 which looks identical is in fact NOT a ball bearing, but a pretty good sleeve design which IMO is fine for this sort of thing if it's lubed and pretty sealed up. For under $20, what does one expect really? I imagine there are really really nice 200mm fan's out there somewhere, but they are probably $50 or so.
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- Rex J.
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