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Antec Cyclone Blower Case Fan for Any Expansion Slot | 
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Brand: Antec
Category: CE
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $5.51
You Save: $14.44 (72%)
New (19) Used (1) from $5.51
Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Platform: No Operating System
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.8 x 3.5 x 0.4
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 761345-77094-1
Model: 761345-77094-1
UPC: 761345770941
EAN: 0761345770941
ASIN: B000051299
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Air Volume : 22CFM | | • | Noise Level : 28dBA. | | • | Fan Speed 2,200 rpm | | • | Fits any expansion slot |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Antec's Cyclone Blower slot-mounted cooling fan measures just 89 x 21 x 111 mm (W x H x D) to ensure a comfortable fit in any expansion slot. The high-power (2,200 rpm/22 CFM), low-noise (28 dBA) fan is optimized for keeping your video and other expansion cards happy and cool inside your CPU.
Product Description
A low noise, high velocity computer fan that fits into any expansion slot / 40% more cooling effect than conventional 80MM fans
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| Customer Reviews: Read 28 more reviews...
 Keeping Your (Computer) Cool July 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There's a vast amount of heat generated inside of a PC, especially if it's used for a lot of gaming and/or graphics activity. Add a few components such as an upgraded graphics card or sound card, and the temperature begins to climb even more. Adding extra RAM results in additional heat buildup. The original standard case fans help cool the system, but by and large they usually only provide basic airflow that's usually sufficient for the PC for which they were designed.
Heat erodes the life span of electronic components and devices. High case and component temperatures effectively making a PC more unstable and decrease the life of the components. If you increase air circulation, you will lower the case temperature. For cost-conscious shoppers and PC enthusiasts who want maximum bang-for-the-buck, use a cost-effective PCI slot fan. They work very well due to the fact that they exhaust the hot air directly out of the back of the case, instead of reticulating it.
Some of the best of these are the highly rated Antec Cyclone Blower Case Fan and the Cyclo PCI Slot Blue Led Fan from Thermaltake. Placing either of these in an open slot as close to a hot PCI video card or other high activity adapter board will usually give excellent results towards lowering the temperature inside of the computer case, and either is good for removing hotspots over PCI graphics cards.
If it appears that even more cooling is needed, usually due to the installation of a new video card, additional RAM and a new sound card as part of a full system upgrade, then the Thermaltake A2414 80mm Blue LED Dual PCI Slot Fan may prove to be the best overall solution. This fan installs in any two free consecutive PCI slots in the back of your case. This special dual-slot fan quickly and quietly removes hot air from a system case, prolonging the life of expensive components.
Though it doesn't exhaust the heat from the PC case, the Vantec Spectrum PCI Fan Card with Blue UV LED may prove to be another good solution, especially if it's placed in between hot graphics cards and sound cards. This Spectrum Fan Card serves a dual purpose of directly cooling any PCI/AGP cards surrounding it as well as providing better air circulation with two adjustable fans. This card works quite well with any of the above PCI cards as it's providing extra airflow while one of the other cards exhausts heat from the case.
Some of these cards feature built-in LED lights to light up the case while cooling it down, if that's your thing. Read the specs on each for more info.
Before you begin installing any of these cards, make sure your existing fans (and the rest of your components) aren't full of dust, because that will increase the temperature. In short, get rid of the dust bunnies before you start.
To install any of these cards, just find an empty PCI slot next to your video card, slide it in, screw it in, and plug the power cable into a free Molex connector (the one that plugs into the hard drive). Better yet, RTFM - read the fine manual that comes with each card!
One or more of these cards will not only keep your system temperatures down, but will assist in preventing dust and other particulate matter from settling and building up inside your PC. Any of these should help cool your computer... and help you keep your cool as well.
Recently bought. July 22, 2008
I highly recommend this product. Not only is it quiet but the thing actually works. It's dropped of heat in my tower by at least 5 to 6 digits from the usual temperature. Get two of them. I did.
 not all that but ok July 1, 2008
don't be fooled by it's name, it's does not blow air out like a hair dryer, but it is usefull,i did not use it in a pci slot, instead i istalled it on the front of the PC on top of my hdds (did requier some modification to the PC case), works good and not too noisy!)
performs well but noisy June 26, 2008
I'm using this fan in an older dell machine to cool a 7600GS silent card with the ginormous heat sink. I used the card for a day or two without the fan and it got too hot and locked up on me. I haven't had any heat problems since I installed teh fan. It seems to do a good job but it's really noisy. I bought the silent card thinking it would cut down on the fan noise but having to use this fan it ended up being just as noisy as a card-mounted fan.
Powerful cooling for the PCI slots. June 7, 2008
Power is an understatement. Moves a lot of air. Can sit next to a video card and keep it cool. Some video cards have a built in fan, but even so, the warm air can accumulate and cause failure. I have seen it happen with the most powerful cards. Now you can get the air to flow on the PCI side of the case. Moves more air than the standard 80mm exhaust fan.
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