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--- blog:amiga_1200_tower_psu [2020/08/01 15:28] – [Case] john
+++ blog:amiga_1200_tower_psu [2020/08/11 08:48] (current) – [Replacement PSU] john
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 ===== Case =====
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+It's a fairly basic case, obviously a modified AT design, with panel cut-outs for old fashioned serial and parallel ports, absolutely minimal cable management features, etc.
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+Still, there's plenty of room inside:
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+In there we have:
+   * Blizzard 1260 68060 accelerator running at 72MHz
+   * Blizzard SCSI IV
+   * Reset fix board
+   * PS2 keyboard module
+   * USB keyboard module
+   * MicroMys PS2 module
+   * 3.1 ROMS
+   * CF to IDE reader in a 3.5" bay
+   * Amiga floppy in the 3.5" floppy bay
+   * HP 32x SCSI CD-ROM
+   * Seagate Cheetah 18.1GB SCSI SCA drive with SCA to 8-bit adapter
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 ===== Power Supply =====
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 .. and that's the fan. Yet again it's a bog standard 80x80x25mm 12v DC fan. There's all sorts of things to replace it with, but I'll probably stay with something like a basic Coolink or Noctua - nothing expensive.
+===== New Fan =====
+It's still not silent, due to the horrible design of the fan grill and the not-quite-cut-out-the-right-shape hole in the case for the PSU, but it's much better:
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+===== Replacement PSU =====
+**[Update - August 11th, 2020]**
+Wasn't happy with the noise coming from the replacement fan, so I swapped the power supply with a Corsair CS450M instead:
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+With the 120mm fan and almost no load from the Amiga compared to the average PC, it's totally silent.