Spent $80 on a fancy server rack cooling fan that didn't fit

Bought a Noctua fan for my home lab rack last month because everyone online swore it was silent, but the mounting holes were off by half an inch. Ended up zip-tying it in place and now it vibrates like a dying fridge. Anyone else waste cash on parts that looked good on paper but were useless in real life?

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walker.michael5mo ago

Noctua fans are overpriced, usually a Corsair does the job.

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jessica_dixon5mo ago

Yo @walker.michael, I get where you're coming from, but have you tried Arctic fans? They're cheap and have never let me down. I ran into the same issue with a fancy Noctua not fitting my rack, so I just swapped to an Arctic P12 and it's been dead silent with zero vibration. Way easier than zip-ties and hoping for the best. Saves you that $80 headache too, since they're like $10 each. Seriously, check the mounting hole distances before you buy anything else, that half-inch gap nearly drove me crazy.

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