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XPS 8920, added 120mm front fan (with pictures)
Just happened to have these
Add double sided tape to low spots
Cut 3/8" thick weatherstriping pieces for corners and wrap with 1/4" x 1 weatherstriping
Add a little glue to 1/4" sides. It touches on 3 sides, not going anywhere.
Tape anywhere air can get in other than outside.
Pwm signals pulse , not controlled by voltage and are more precise for synching.
Those rectangular vents are the only place (outside) air can get in.
I tapped into the top fan lead with the Arctic fan pigtail (cpu fan spins too fast)
I found one more breezy area and used some more weatherstripping to fit
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June 3rd, 2020 15:00
@simmil I have an Arctic P12 PWM PST fan I was going to use, it has the splitter built in to the cable, so I planned to plug this into the motherboard, then the top case fan into the splitter.
That is exactly what was done by @546insp in his mod. I don't know exactly how that built-in splitter works, but you might want to swap the fans, so the Arctic is the top exhaust fan and the Dell OEM industrial grade server fan is in the lower front intake position. The fan connected to the 4-pin cable will be the modulation 'master' and the fan connected to the 3-pin cable will be the modulated 'slave'.
I'll page @GKDesigns for an expert opinion.
546insp
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June 3rd, 2020 19:00
Sorry I don't remember, it's been a while. I see others have chimed in though...……...
cmdmonkey
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June 13th, 2022 10:00
Does anyone know if the dell XPS 8920 silver edition comes with the 120 mm top fan or is it the 92 mm?
Seaquake2asb
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August 4th, 2022 09:00
I just replaced the fan at the top of my 8920 SE and can confirm it was a 120mm fan.