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kwantai
Oct 29, 2008Aspirant
Replacing the fan in ReadyNAS Duo - possible?
Hello. Has anyone replaced/changed the (stock) fan in the Netgear ReadyNAS duo? I would like to do this, since I think the fan makes far too much noise. Any comments and thoughts about this is w...
Ennio1
Nov 19, 2009Aspirant
exrazorfish wrote: You need a Noctua NF-R8 fan
Daryn wrote: I just installed a Noctua NF-R8.
Why are you all so hooked on Noctua fans? They're not the most silent fans out there, considering their air-flow.
I can highly recommend Nexus fans, like the one I used: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=22612&start=32
It's now 9 months after I mounted that fan and all is still exactly the same, fan- and temperature-wise. The Duo did not fail on me once with this fan;

ambient temperature around the Duo is 22 degrees Celsius at the time of this screenshot..
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