Fractal Design Cases

Cavallino

Cavallino

Cavallino

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So I want to buy one of these cases (Currently have a P180 Antec).

Fan-wise, am I better off buying a few fractal fans? My current case has a few noctua's in them. Are the Fractals better than Noctuas?

I also have a question about the Fractal case itself. I notced there is a place for two front fans, but surely the door on the front with noise absorption material will block a lot of the airflow?

Any comments/advice welcome :)
 
As long as the front fans actually have a gap for air to pass through in the front panel, they will always push the same amount of air. It's any obstruction of the air flowing behind the fan you should worry about.

Just use the stock fans and add in your Noctuas if required, or not if you don't want too much noise. Just experiment with some different setups.
 
Hmm that sounds the sensible option I think Liam.
The description says there is a fan controller of some kind but I cant see them in the pictures.
 
I believe that the fan controller is internal and works by having multiple ports of varying voltages. So it's not an 'on-the-fly' controller, you plug the cables into various ports depending on whether you want to under-volt them or not.
 
How are they for cooling efficiency? have a Lian-Li PC7Fb and it's excellent at exherting heat out of the case even though I'm only using 2x 120mm fans @ 50% speed and Ultra120 cooler - My CPU will reach 71 degrees under heavy processing in Lightroom but the moment it's idle it drops instantly to the 50s and it idles at around 45-51.

I'm fine with this as the Ultra 120 (Akasa 120mm fan) is running at 50% too but there's a bit of resonance going on from time to time as the case panels are aluminium and very thin so I often have to give it a quick tap to get rid of stray resonance.

It looks like a Fractal case (R3, for example) uses sound padding material and is of a similar type to the Antec P182 I had previously (but upgraded for more open space).
 
zulu9812 said:
I believe that the fan controller is internal and works by having multiple ports of varying voltages. So it's not an 'on-the-fly' controller, you plug the cables into various ports depending on whether you want to under-volt them or not.
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on my r2 the controller is pci bracket mounted and can control 3 fans (off the same knob) ooeerr!

also temp wise i5 750 idles around 32-35c with corsair h50 cooler. hope this helps:confused:
 
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