Antec Cyclone Blower, Expansion Slot Cooling Fan

I bought this fan so I could get more airflow through my computer case and to keep my graphics card cool. It really does a good job at both. The temperature in my case is 5-10 degrees Fahrenheit cooler since I added this fan. And it only uses 1.68 watts. So you can use one of your four pronged plugs that powers one of your hard drives, plug your hard drive into it, and plug it back into the drive. It comes with a male and a female connector, for just that purpose(it piggybacks on your hard drive's power connector). Or you can just plug it into a spare power connector if you have one. This is the old style power connector, PATA not an SATA power plug. This is also a good fan to cool off your graphics card because it's narrow, it fits between my graphics card and my sound card. There is not much space between my graphics card fan and this fan, maybe 1-2mm at most. But it takes the hot air coming from my graphics card and sucks it right in and out the back of the case. If you have a high profile graphics card, then you'll have to put this fan in another slot. The only thing I don't like about this fan, is the noise level. It's kinda loud. Before I put this fan in, I could hear my 2 internal hard drives. Now, this fan drowns out my hard drives. But other than that, it's a great little PCI slot fan!

I'm extremely upset at the moment, so please excuse me if my review is a little harsh. I was looking for a blower for my computer to help exhaust the hot air from video card, I have a Thor V2 with two Geforce Gtx 660's. When my Antec Cyclone Blower arrived I installed it with no problem, it was very simple and easy to install. Once it was all plugged in and ready to go, I sealed up my case and plugged everything back in. I hit the power button, and that's when everything took a turn for the worst. I suddenly heard a loud spooling up noise, kind of like what you hear when your in an airplane. The noise began to get louder and louder and suddenly I was hit with such force, that I was thrown into the wall behind me.(I was sitting behind the case because I wanted to feel if it was working or not). The noise began to get louder and louder and suddenly I was being pressed against the wall, I couldn't move at all, I kept thinking to myself that this is what the astronauts must go through at space camp. It felt like I was on the Graviton at the fair. Suddenly the spooling noise kicked up a notch and I was instantly hit with what the National Weather Service called Hurricane 4 level force winds. Which according to them is anywhere from 131-155 mph(114-135 kt). My parrot, Mr Fufu, was blown away in his cage, my tv was shot out into the clouds and everything around began to crumple. Lucky for me my gardener was in the front of the house and when he heard all the commotion in the back he accidentally slammed his shovel a little harder than normal into the ground and it severed the power line to my house. The blower finally stopped, but my house was destroyed and Mr Fufu was dead. I immediately called Antec customer service and after waiting 45 minutes was able to speak with Martha, who transferred me to Daniela, who transferred me to grace, who transferred me to the police department, who hung up on me. So you can see why I am upset. After posting on some internet forums I found out this could of been due to a faulty unit, so I understand. The blower did also lower my GPU temp to 32c at idle. So it did work in the cooling aspect. Overall not a bad product, just have someone nearby when turning it on to kill the computer in case you get a faulty unit

I have a Gateway DX4850 27eu, with an I5 2300. I'm a noob when it comes to upgrading and Gateway really doesn't offer much help. I added a GT 430 card to it and the fps in SWTOR with the settings on low stunk; it was playable but wonky enough it bothered me. Due to the limited 300W power supply in the DX4850, I was going to have to do some upgrades before I could even think about getting a decent graphics card.I started with the power supply:Corsair Enthusiast Series 750-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply Compatible with Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and AMD platforms - CMPSU-750TXV2I probably could have went with a 650W or maybe even a 550 but it was only a few dollars more for the 750. This power supply is about an inch longer than the stock 300W power supply in the DX4850; it is snug but there is plenty of room around the fan. It works great!Next was the graphics card:EVGA GeForce GTX560 Ti 448 Cores FTW 1280 MB GDDR5, Dual-DualLink DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, SLI Graphics Cards 012-P3-2066-KRI had plenty of power for a card but space is an issue in the DX4850. This card is around 9" long and fits perfect - any longer and I would have had to buy longer power cables to make room for existing short power cables in the case.I got those sweet upgrades in and then noticed that the case was getting hot, really hot. So, I needed fans:Antec PRO 92mm Double Ball Bearing Case Fan with 3-Pin and 4-Pin ConnectorI got this fan for the case, it connects with the 3 pin (theres only one wire connected to the 3 pin connector) to the mother board and a 4 pin to the power supply. It is much more powerful than the DX4850 stock fan and works great, the screws are kinda tough to get in but I highly recomend it.Since my case was so hot and the fans are pretty inexpensive I also added this fan:Antec Cyclone Blower Case Fan for Any Expansion SlotThis fan is also easy to install, it is powerful and helps vent the graphics card great. The air blows out the back, great little fan.All this was cheaper than buying a new computer with the same specs and the end result is great. I went from barely running Star Wars The Old Republic on low settings to where I can run it smoothly on high settings. The heat makes me a little nervous, this being a Gateway and all, so I run SWTOR on medium settings and it is awesome!

Good product

Weak, but effective. Fan is terribly noisy. It wobbles within the expansion slot no matter how much it is tightened, but you get what you pay for. Essentially it is used to extract heat from a card IE/GPU, RAID, SOUND, and blow it out of the case. Cheaply built. Shell out a few more bucks and get something better.

Esperaba un poco mas pero para lo que sirve lo hace bien, útil para sacar aire caliente de esos lugares de los que los abanicos normales no lo logran hacer, no esperes que te resuelva la vida pero para lo que sirve lo hace bien.

Great fan

Great product, nice and quiet

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