quiet fan

@Feline1 - Thats exactly what im after.. What make/model fan is it? (Silenx by any chance?)

@jimfowler - Thanks, that gives me a good idea now of its loudness, which seems very low yet still just audible from what you described. Its got good reviews.
I think i will just get this fan and use the "Low Noise Adapter" it comes with like you said to spin the fan @ either 2400 or 1600 RPMs.

While we are on this topic..
Im pretty sure the only reason Akai put a fan in the 4000 was to cool the unit/Hard Drive down. So even not using any fan at all (if youve installed an SSD/CF card) should be fine. Why are there no fans in the other older mpc's without HD's installed

I always wanted to ditch the fan and the hard drive, and try to retrofit a heat sink.

U3 wrote:@Feline1 - Thats exactly what im after.. What make/model fan is it? (Silenx by any chance?)

Can't remember, sorry, it was years ago (and so the same part number probably isn't even still available anyways!) Have a read at old threads, though, cos it was all discussed at the time.

I remember reading that thread a looong time ago!
Just checked it again now.. Damn, your lucky to be alive still after that shock huh..
Anywayz, yeah you did buy the SilenX (if anybody else is interested here it is):
http://www.silenx.com/quiet.fans.asp?sku=ixp-34-12
Will have to decide on this or the Noctua soon..
Thanks

Well, it clearly was not my time to die just then

U3 wrote:... Anywayz, yeah you did buy the SilenX (if anybody else is interested here it is):
http://www.silenx.com/quiet.fans.asp?sku=ixp-34-12
Will have to decide on this or the Noctua soon..
Thanks

Funny enough... today I bought the Silenx Effizio 80mm fan from Fry's Electronics. I could care less about the built in blue LED.
http://www.silenx.com/index.asp
http://www.silenx.com/quiet.fans.asp?sku=efx-08-15b
Not bad for $10 since it has a 3 year warranty, fluid dynamic bearings, extra quiet (15dBA) and extracts more air (32 cfm) than my stock MV8000 fan.

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=157465&p=1537150#p1537150

Any issues with the fan replacement? I might go get one of those silenx fans and take out the led light. Isnt that annoying?

thanks for the info, replacing the fan in mine also. Once I hit no spin I hear the fan, so its gotta go Its not bad if other things are on (AC, TV, etc)

I have often though of ditching the fan all together and adding heat sink, in place of the fan

rogue scrunt wrote:I have often though of ditching the fan all together and adding heat sink, in place of the fan

Interesting, if its possible whats stopping you?

So.. referring to this..

"dimensions are identical to the original. two quick solders and you're up and running. "

I have this fan, but the internal (pre-existing) fan is a 2 (black & red) wire.. this new fan is 3 wires (black, red & yellow and has a completely different fitting...)

Any idea how I get this fitted ... or care to shed any more light on exactly what was needed to be done to fit this fan into the 4000 ?

You won't need the yellow wire. The third wire (yellow) is usually used to adjust the speed of the fan.

dustymaestro wrote:

rogue scrunt wrote:I have often though of ditching the fan all together and adding heat sink, in place of the fan

Interesting, if its possible whats stopping you?

I think it's not that easy to create a custom heatsink which could cover all warm elements.