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Review title: Noisy at first. Now it's almost silent.
Product review: I bought this to replace the noisy 3-pin stock fan on my Socket AM2 system.All the reviews said this was a very quiet and affordable 3-pin fan, even at full load. I thought I would need a 4-pin CPU fan to utilize PWM fan control to keep things quiet, but decided to give this one a shot.Installation was very easy, especially if you're already familiar with installing CPU fans.Unfortunately, when I booted the system, it was rather noisy. The sound of plastic lightly hitting on something with the rotation of each fan blade at high speed.I unscrewed the fan from the heat-sink portion and punched the rotational fan portion into its fan-guard, in a frustrated attempt to locate the source of the sound (which was not visible with inspection).This maneuver completely removed the annoying sound, and now it's operating at near silence at full speed.I would have given this 5 stars if I didn't have the initial noise issue. Good fan. Much better than any stock fan.
