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December 13th, 2022 19:00

case fan upgrade 7020

hey yall , looking at upgrading the case fans for the 7020 M/T, 

fans- 120mm corsair RGB fan ( idc about lights was free ) and 80mm noctua NF-R8 1800rpm

what id like to do is swap out the old fan in the rear with the 80mm 4 pin

and put the 120mm in the front after removing the HDD/SSD caddy.

from what I understand I need 1. 4 pin to SATA 15 pin 2. a resistor to slow down the fan speeds. 

is this a good setup with the cables I have chosen? 

do I need a resistor for the fans? 

  • redxps630

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    Posted December 14th, 2022 00:00

    As you can tell from 7020 mt motherboard chassis fan header (SYS FAN header) uses Dell proprietary 5 pin (4 wire) latch style connector which means you cannot use the 80 mm 4 pin Noctua fan without an adapter like this one.

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    Posted December 14th, 2022 17:00

    thank you so much!  I have a follow-up question .. id like to use a 120mm fan at the front, would a SATA 15 pin be ok? 

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    Posted December 14th, 2022 18:00

    It will be ok if you use a sata male to 2 pin fan adapter.  The adapter only wires the 12V and gnd of the 15 pin sata (leaving the 3.3V and 5V of sata unwired).  You can connect the 120 mm Corsair fan to the 2 pin socket of adapter.  The fan would be spinning at constant rpm off 12V.  No tach read back of fan rpm and no PWM because only 2 out of 4 pins of the fan are wired.

    The psu sata 15 pin can support hdd 3.5” which goes up to 7 to 9w.  typical fan has power < 2w.  so each sata 15 pin can power up to 4 such fans.  therefore you see some adapters of sata to 4 x fan connectors.

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    Posted December 14th, 2022 18:00

    fan will be running 100% so it better be a quiet one.  other than that you get high air flow.

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    Posted December 14th, 2022 18:00

    much appreciated, you have been very helpful ! , youtube and google couldn't give me a great lead and understanding of the cables. thank you once again. 

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    Posted December 14th, 2022 18:00

    would fan speed be an issue? thank you for your help 

  • bradthetechnut

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    Posted December 19th, 2022 18:00

    120mm fan won't fit in the front.  Use 90-92mm fan.