SmokeMonster
Champion
Was it facing the other way originally? The way I positioned it, air is drawn inside. I thought that made more sense than exhausting from that side of the board. Should I flip it around?Why is your fan installed backwards? Is it a reverse polarity fan that sucks instead of blows?Any 60mm fan will work (60mm x 15mm deep). Here's the one that I used, which is $2.88/shipped. The problem is that almost all small fans, including 60mms, will run a bit loud. I installed this fan speed controller inside my A board and turned its speed all the way down.
No soldering is required, you just have to remove the fan speed controller's plastic shell and secure it in place with double-sided tape. I did shorten the wires on mine though to keep it clean. It's completely silent but still keeps a nice flow of air. I also took the precaution of replacing the thermal compound on the heat-sink with arctic silver.
Here's how it looks installed: