The PC room have an a/c but I rarely use it, that temperature reading is taken when the a/c is off

an elite 430's airflow should be fairly good IMHO.. don't think you can achieve the same temps as mine because your PC is is of different spec and operating on different conditions and locations... adding a blowhole with a fan to the side panel will help as you said opening the side panel lowered the temps

another way is to improve the airflow... how is your cable management inside the 430?

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Added on October 23, 2012, 4:28 pmdoesn't it have a top exhaust??

This post has been edited by Clem1982: Oct 23 2012, 04:28 PM

Cleaning my 2 casing fans (Aerocool Sharks) is such an a$$ as they have soo many fan blades and the blades aren't removable. Plus, it's a little noisy even though I've just cleaned them up.

Thinking to go for Enermax Magma Anyone personally using this?

it's true. aerocool sharks fan really very loud without the lower voltage connector

I'm already using the voltage reduction cable yet it's a little noisy

Btw, what fans are you using?

i just feel that i have to add another extra fans...one 200mm at side panel and some others on top...
i only have one exhaust fan at the back....

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Added on October 24, 2012, 2:24 amthe cable i think not really messy. got 1 or 2 cabel that i dont tight it to the casing

This post has been edited by normeck: Oct 24 2012, 02:24 AM

Yep they're a pain to clean but they do look good, IMHO with the adaptor its not really that loud IMHO... how many do you have inside your chassis?

I mean the 430 has slots to install fans on the top right? why not just install it first and see if it improves the temp before modding? and I wanna ask if your 212 Evo is mounted vertically or Horizontally?

which one is better? install exhaust fans or install intake? i just feel inside casing should be cooler.
my evo is mounted vertically, doing push pull to top of the casing (the air flow)

You could go both ways actually, trial and error is the only way to see which config works for you, for me, I usually find that exhaust gives me cooler temps by 1C to 3C but dust collection is accelerated

I'm confused... vertical mount but push pull to top of chassis?
like so?


or like so?

2nd picture

Horizontal mount

thats fine, just add some exhaust fan to the top and see how much changed

sum1 can purpose which fans control panel is nice ?

wan to view components temp & fans speed

You can take a look at nzxt sentry lx.

Try the BitFenix Recon there is a white version as well

thanks

any other brand ?

but speedfan is free software, i dun knoe how to use.

what's ur motherboard brand? Asus got it's own software to control fan speed, i'm not sure about the other

thanks...............

try it.............

Need to ask about PWM and how to use it. I'm only able to get PWM function (front PWM fan) only if I connect it directly to the motherboard fan port? Because I remember last time my Arctic F12 PWM has an extra connector which I don't know where to connect it to as I only have one fan connector for the front fan.

Another thing is that how do I alter the fan speed...? (Not planning to get a fan controller)

p/s: Planning to get a Enermax TB Silence PWM for the removable fan blade design

Or should I get the Noctua P14 FLX since I hear Noctua make very good fans....but I'll have to do without the removable fan design but it's alright if it's really quiet yet give sufficient airflow <------I hate noise a lot especially when I sleep with my PC turned on and my current fan makes very noticeable noise which is quite irritating

http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=product...33&lng=en&set=1

This post has been edited by -kytz-: Nov 2 2012, 07:55 PM

PWM function will need the feedback from the mobo with a 4-pin connector so depending on the mobo you're using there will be either one or 2 of the 4-pin PWM connectors on the mobo.. in the case of AC F12, the PWM is controlled via the other connector with the single wire.. not too sure why but maybe has something to do with the PST feature.. other PWM fans only has 4-pin connectors

you could do that with speed fan, which can be downloaded off the web but I don't know how accurate it is compared to a fan controller so good luck

the TB silence looks good and the removable fan is heaven-sent IMHO Noctuas are good as per user feedbacks but I don't like the color

if noise is your main concern, maybe getting a chassis with noise dampening feature is what you need

Thinking of changing all my xigmatek led fan to Arctic f12 but I not sure which to get after gone through their website there are so many model

best is to get the PWM models but these fans are kinda hard to find in retail shop nowadays so you'd need to order from LYN