Hence my post. Until (IF) Fractal replies, it is all speculative, and thus meaningless (regarding the actual question: did Fractal actually approve of this fan as a direct replacement for the stock one?).
And I will continue to gladly beat this horse, even if laying on its side, feigning death or not, especially when people keep propping said horse up. Fractal is the ONLY authority in this case, and the only entity capable of pronouncing said horse as truly dead. Replies by any other entities are simply speculative, as they are not qualified to provide an objective "horse death" assessment.
Indirectly, this provides for the following to be true then: "The Noiseblocker NB-BlackSilentFan XR2 60mm fan is a direct replacement, Fractal approved fan for the Axe-Fx II."
Yes? It would be case-closing (I suppose?) for Fractal to provide a thumbs-up or -down on this, as all of the G66 reports coming in are overwhelmingly positive.
While an email can provide a direct (and often quicker) response, it unfortunately does not afford all of the others with concerns an official answer. Whenever an issue/question is a shared concern of many, or has potential to be so, I always prefer a more public venue, as this provides a public point of reference, for future reference and citation. If I received an answer, cutting and posting here would require permission from the sender (because it is respectful to ask), and even then would still not technically be an official answer for everyone else (it would still be hearsay). If someone else posted here with a statement they claimed came from Cliff himself, directly, and even if they provided a (claimed) cut 'n' paste from the email they claim contained such information/confirmation, it would still not fulfill the criteria required to label it as "official word" (once again, potentially, hearsay). I am not trying to be difficult, this is how my brain works.
Thank you very much for this reply!
I could tell your OCD was kicking in....
The "D" stands for Detail I tell you! DETAIL!!! (lol!I could tell your OCD was kicking in....
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Fantastic. I just ordered one of those stupid fans this morning so I have that going for me.
TIP! Change your forum name. Google translate "kuk" from swedish to english
Fantastic. I just ordered one of those stupid fans this morning so I have that going for me.
I don't care about difficult to install. It's a fan. Trust me when I say that I've had to work on things a lot more challenging. :mrgreen
You should see the custom CPU cooler I made back before you could get aftermarket coolers or the time I made a noiseless duct system from a tupperware bowl, a fan and heater/AC ducting from the autoparts store. It looked like it was the precursor to those pills you see them selling on TV today...you know the ones that Jimmy Johnson or the girl with the creepy wandering eye swear by? It would have been better if she said "it works so good I can't see straight anymore." You know the one that Austin Powers kept saying wasn't his.
