Just put down my deposit and joined the club, 196 here!

Direct from Spooky, was totally painless and I don't see any harm in it. We'll see when it ships if I change my tune about that, though lol.

Shit, if that is viable, I'm down! I don't know if two pins shipping together would be cheaper, but if you get in and we can do that, I'm down hah

For me, I never really see the side art in my lineups anyways, so I don't think I would get to appreciate it the way some others might. It is nice though.

Fytr looks great man! Wish I could make it down to Calgary to take it for a spin, #196 seems so far off

Namaste

I'm 198, and they are currently just above 100 now. At their current pace, I'm guessing I won't see my game until probably around late summer. Those original estimates were certainly based on their "2 games a day" mantra, which if the production numbers being delivered indicate, they are not meeting. I'm not complaining or anything, it will get here when it gets here, I just wouldn't get your hopes up that those original estimates are still accurate.

So, I finally got sick of listening to the annoying power supply fan noise when the game is sitting idle and decided to do something about it. Here is what I have discovered:

-The fan itself is *not* noisy. The vibration from the fan resonating into the wood of the cabinet is what is making the noise. Don't believe me? Remove your fan from the housing and keep it plugged in. It's silent. I put a flipper rubber around the outside casing of the fan and set it down on the wood and it's at least half as quiet, which would be great, except for...

-There is basically no extra room inside the power supply housing to allow for installation of rubber, Dynamat or something similar to isolate vibration.

-You can install the fan on the outside, you just fish the fan wiring through current fan hole (or drill a small new hole). You will also need new hardware to mount the fan, I used some screws and nuts i had leftover from my computer build. This will allow you to install whatever kind of insulation and deadening you want, but I caution you to ensure that the fan is properly ventilating the power supply case and that no wires or anything are going to possibly come into contact with.

I'm still experimenting with this, but I'm baffled any of these made it through QC.

Edit: Here's how you get at least a 50% overall noise reduction, as well as almost completely eliminating the "car horn" tone:

-Turn off and unplug your machine
-Open up the power supply
-Disconnect the fan
-Take out two screws holding fan in and remove fan
-Cut up two flipper ring rubbers (or whatever, I used these and it worked good). One ring will be used between the fan and the power supply housing (cut in two two pieces, one on the top side and one on the bottom). The other flipper ring rubber is for underneath the power supply, and it will be cut into 4 pieces (one under each corner).
-Route the fan wiring through the bottom right fan vent hole (on the fan, the wiring comes out on that side, so it will put less stress on it), and ensure the fan is sitting with the writing on the power supply side (you want the fan to blow into the power supply, it vents on the other side).
-Using longer bolts and nuts instead of the original screws, mount the fan to the outside of the power supply(remember, writing on the power supply side) with the rubbers in between the fan and power supply.
-Close the power supply back up
-Put 4 rubber pieces under the corners of the power supply and screw it back down
-Drink 2 beers

It is still a fan, and you can still hear it, but it puts it on the level of the spike era sterns.

I mean, I hear you, there's no way you're going to notice it in the shop with everyone working, but this is an inherent problem at the design level. During the design and testing phase, when it was without a doubt used in at least one quiet environment, nobody noticed this? All they needed to do, really, was put the power supply on an isolation pad and it would have mostly solved the issue.

I don't really think most people would notice it unless, like me, your game room is also your office.