best case fans?

Raikiri · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:17

I have one in my PSU, it is completely silent at 12v (at least to me it is) and quiter than my cases fans which have been 7volted

nick_lerwill · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:20

ah cool can it shift a lot of air?

Raikiri · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:26

About 40cfm, which is very good for the noise level. It will be plenty on the Thermalright to cool pretty much any cpu unless you plan on putting very high voltage through the CPU (1.65v+ on athlon 64s), which would probably need water cooling/delta fan.

nick_lerwill · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:29

i intend to o/c it a lot

Raikiri · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:30

What cpu? Your motherboard/cpu will probably run out of headroom before the cooling does

nick_lerwill · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:35

what? whats that mean?

Raikiri · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:39

What cpu do you plan to overclock?

I am saying the cpu will probably max out before you need better cooling, the thermalright/aerocool will be fine up to about 3ghz @ 1.55v but most CPUs won't do that.

nick_lerwill · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:45

i got a p4 3.2GHz prescott 478 i already have it o/ced to 3.5GHz with no case fans, but i added an extra case fan ontop of my current stock cpu heatsink/fan
im hoping to do the same thing again and as the SI-120 has a 120mm fan 2 of those as bound to be better than 2 80mm fans

Mikey1280 · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:52

One fan mounted directly on top of the other? Does that actually help?

bbreezeuk · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:54

Raikiri said:
The aerocool turbine is

these specs cant be right for the aerocool
http://www.aerocool.us/p-accessory/xtreme turbine/xtreme turbine.htm

Raikiri · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:55

bbreezeuk said:
these specs cant be right for the aerocool
http://www.aerocool.us/p-accessory/xtreme turbine/xtreme turbine.htm

Thats the wrong one, theres a few versions... but they have the most accurate specs bar Nexus (there was a round up recently), i'll try to find a link.

http://www.aerocool.us/p-accessory/turbine fan/turbine fan.htm

this one

nick_lerwill · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:56

yea so much lower my temps by 10-15oc (seriously) and its o/ced to 3.5GHz and at max is only hitting around 50oC

bbreezeuk · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:56

Raikiri said:
Thats the wrong one, theres a few versions... but they have the most accurate specs bar Nexus (there was a round up recently), i'll try to find a link.

http://www.aerocool.us/p-accessory/turbine fan/turbine fan.htm

this one

they dont look half as good (specs)

nick_lerwill · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:57

cheers. oh really try mount a fan ontop of another its so good, and i did it with 80mm fans cant wait to see what 120mm like

bbreezeuk · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:58

nick_lerwill said:
cheers. oh really try mount a fan ontop of another its so good, and i did it with 80mm fans cant wait to see what 120mm like

does that seriously work just shoving 2 fans together obviously the right way round

nick_lerwill · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:02

yea not joke don't know how i can prove it to you though but i was able to o/c mine by 300MHz and it never goes over 50oC and that with playing games solid for a few hours

nick_lerwill · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:03

i had it at 3.8GHz but it got to about 55-60oC while playing games and i didn't want to risk it

bbreezeuk · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:04

ill try it when i get a new cooler was thinking si-120 or scthe ninja

nick_lerwill · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:09

im getting the SI-120 i just think it looks better and i can attach to fans onto it properly

Raikiri · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:32

bbreezeuk said:
they dont look half as good (specs)

It is accurate, and the specs are excellent.

Nexus are the best according to silent PC, and are £11 each

their specs are

Acoustic Noise 22.8 dB(A)
Airflow 36.87 CFM

Almost exactly the same as the aerocools, both of which are accuarate.

So, for £4 you can get a good looking fan, with LEDs that matchs the best silent fan available. What doesnt look good?