what do you mean by hard disk fan? you mount it to a fan controller 5.25 bay? it depends on the temperature then. the fan controller will calibrate the fan speed according to the temp. you don't want to run the fan at max speed with screaming sound all the time right?

oh... forgot, i mean the fans that attach in hard disk cooler

I have another question. Apparently my casing side panel has some 80mm blowholes... should I leave it be or get someone to mod it and close it up with acrylic and make it like 'air tight'? Which is better?

Cos right, when I use paper to paste up the blowholes, the temp of my CPU rise up by 3�C.... so how ar? Anyone knows what to do?

^why do u wanna close it in the first place?? why not add an 80mm fan there? or why not just leave it as it is?

if ur worried about dust coming in from the blowhole.. then just get some women's pantyhose, cut it up and cover the hole with it. itll act as a filter. but remember to clean it out once in a wihle

sidepanel is the best place to supply the CPU area with fresh air.....dont block it la....

I guess I'll just leave the hole there as it is. I dont wanna use a 80mm fan cos it will disrupt the airflow.

Hey AllnGap... I finally kena cut by your badass Nidec fan

lmao... post of the week. high cfm? how high does 22cfm goes? and how quiet is a fan that has 120cfm with 55+ db?

Evercool green fan 80mm spin at 1600rpm only with very little air flow but it is ideal for dead silent setup.

Here's smtg interesting. Would you guys sacrifice performance for SILENCE? or silence for PERFORMANCE

If me I still prefer silent over performance since my rig not produce so much heat.

no need to headache about cooling la
just add an air-con, then it will be the greatest solution for every heat
hhaaaaa

Not funny...

This isn't a thread in the kopitiam and its only for casing fan enthusiasts to ask their questions and discuss stuff. So please... keep ur lame jokes to urself.

There is no need to sacrifice anything if u strike a good balance. U can haf performance n silence together.

As u can c in my sig. My King Kong rig is highly overclocked therefore it produces an incredible amount of heat. My CPU, motherboard n graphics cards r like toasters. Seriously can bake bread in there without proper thermal management.

With a good case, good fans, King Kong is as silent as a mouse now. Even my Ferrari laptop is louder than King Kong.

WHat exactly are good fans? I'm kinda keen in learning how to secure the best way to cool my casing thru fans...

There is no exactly perfect fan when comes to case cooling ... it's more about the design of the casing and flow of the air.....

any medium RPM fan that push around 45+ CFM will do good enough .....

anything higher would causes excessive noise ...and the best is to have clear way ... more things that obstruct the airflow would also causes noise ...

example is the HDD cage area that always comes with 12CM fan...of course there is no solution for this scenario unless u water cool the HDD...and remove the fan...

but other component such as chipset and gc ram would need the airflow to stay cool....

What bout this?

Enermax Fans...
Anyone tried it before?

Enermax Marathon



Specification:
http://www.enermax.com/english/product_per...ail.asp?PrID=61

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Enermax Mega Life



Specification:
http://www.enermax.com/english/product_per...ail.asp?PrID=43

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This post has been edited by sHawTY: Nov 19 2006, 10:36 PM

I personally think one of the fans I got from AllnGap is damn good considering CFM-DB relationship. Am using one on American Apathy and it can be considered silent for the CFM it gives.

NMB 120mm low speed

Model : 4715KL - 04W - B19
Dimension : 120*120*38
Speed : 2300 rpm
Airflow : 83 cfm
Noise level : 37 dBa
Current rating : 0.27 A
Power consumption : 3.24 W
Link : http://www.nmbtc.com/index_f.html
* no RPM
* suitable for all case cooling and CPU cooling

You can check his fans thread. Comparing this fan at RM25 to crap CM's RM29, this one will beat the crap out of all CM fans. The down thing is its kinda heavy to be mounted as a top exhaust unless your case is solid made (unlike my cheap flimsy case on AA)

i've heard that side blowholes really disturb the airflow of the casing.. that is why casing that have side blowholes usually have the "hood" or "funnel" that supplies the fresh air directly to the cpu's hsf.. so i guess if you want to use the blowhole, its better to a hood

if for performance,i refer to Vizo fan...it give good cfm.but produce some sound

if more efficient,try to attach duct directly to the side blow hole fan.it will give good air flow to the proc hsf..

vizo actually.. is vantec rite if not mistaken..
juz rebrand
i use UV led vantec.. but remove the led part.. haha
damn nice 2.9k rpm... with the nice price..