Kleric

I saw this just today, BS or a good buy?

Alphacool Fan Attenuator

tr8rjohnk

No history with the item but I really would want to hear MANY success stories before I tried something like this.

Most importantly, (aside from the fact that advertising is misleading) you must ask under what conditions something like this was tested.

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killnine

All an attenuator does is reduce a signal (its a common electrical device). It probably just provide a voltage drop to the fan so it doesn't run as fast. Or, it may just have a capacitor to try and condition the voltage coming into the fan.

My guess is that its a gimmick. Sure, it probably does SOMETHING, for any good it may do to your fan, it probably takes away from the efficiency of your PSU. (Molex plugs induce increased resistance).

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Kleric

Yeah I thought it was probably useless, just posted about it just in case.