BitFenix Shinobi XL Review

stulid · 2 Apr 2012 at 08:39

156.27±10% CFM

paradigm · 2 Apr 2012 at 08:42

Not too shabby then, I still need to replace the fans on my 360 rad too, as the Phobya 120mm I currently use are pretty poor

Not that my temps are too bad, but I know they could be better.

I take it you can fit two of the 230s in the roof?

stulid · 2 Apr 2012 at 08:48

Two in the roof, one in the front, 120mm in the floor and the other somewhere else

stulid · 2 Apr 2012 at 15:24

Been playing around all day, here are my findings.

• Stock cooling.
• Added a single 120mm Spectre Pro fan in front of the PSU blowing air down and out, also bringing air in from underneath.
• Three 230mm Spectre Pro fans fitted and running, the 120mm disabled.
• All fans running.

i5 2500K@ 4.5Ghz
Antec kuhler 920 set to Silent mode.
Palit GTX570 with factory fitted twin fan cooler @ stock frequencies.

Ran Prime95 for 20 minutes.
Ran Heaven 3.0 with the same settings as in the results thread - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18386056

So as you can hopefully see, adding the 120mm fan bringing cool air in knocked a few °C off, and all the fans running dropped the temps on both the GFX+CPU.

Pros

Looks so pimp :cool:

Lower temps.

Cons

Noise, its definitely louder with these fans than it is out of the box.

paradigm · 2 Apr 2012 at 15:32

Did you have to remove the 3.5" bays to get a fan in the bottom?

stulid · 2 Apr 2012 at 16:17

paradigm said:
Did you have to remove the 3.5" bays to get a fan in the bottom?

Only filled the one 120mm space directly in front of the PSU.

paradigm · 2 Apr 2012 at 16:36

Ah, I can't use that as my pump is there