case fan recommendations

Pighardia · 21 Mar 2011 at 16:32

just got my NZXT phantom

can anyone recommend some case fans. there's plenty of room for the following:

1x 140mm
2x 200/230mm
and a couple of 120mm

i don't need them all, but will probably get at least one. I've heard the fractals are very good(silence is golden

)

cheers guys

Pighardia · 21 Mar 2011 at 16:40

joxang said:
No idea about the big 'uns, only had NZXT ones before which are horrifically loud.

i'm not finding them too bad. don't really want to replace them all

got 4 fans in there atm, but the fan controller sorts them out ok tbh.

Pighardia · 21 Mar 2011 at 17:03

5850- idle - 27
5850 - 1 hour of BC2 - 52

phenom ii 965 be oc'd to 4 ghz

idle - 29
Not been under load yet, was in bios for about 20 mins and it was around 38.

system temps are 27.

When i say idle, it's not totally, i am browsing and downloading something.

case is very nice. i have found it quiet so far, except there is a kind of vibrating noise which i think sounds like it's coming form the PSU, which is mounted on rubber feet which is supposed to cancel it, so it might not be the PSU.
it's not annoying me atm, but it's on my radar

got a 200mm NZXT fan at the top, and can barely hear it at top whack tbh

Pighardia · 21 Mar 2011 at 19:45

EniGmA1981 said:
5850 idle @ 27c?!

LOL my 4770 is sat next to a 200mm intake fan and that is currently idling at 48.5c!!!

twin frozr. i've said it before, how impressed i am with the temp achieved with this card. and it's with a fan speed of 28%

Pighardia · 21 Mar 2011 at 20:25

not many NZXT fan's about tbh.
all of the connections for the fan controller are 3-pin, but i have 2 apaches which have 4-pin connectors. are there any converters. Again, google hasn't really thrown anything up.

Apaches have a short cord as well, so will not reach the mobo from the front of the case!
great fans though, so i would like to keep them.

Pighardia · 21 Mar 2011 at 23:08

i reckon i'm gonna put in a another 200/230mm fan at the top, and i need one for the front intake.

what do we think of these

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-002-BX

Or any better sugeestions?
would have liked a blue LED, but can't have everything.

i really would like to re-use my apache's. is there some way i can connect themto the fan controller's 3-pin connections?
must be surely...

Can't find many NZXT fans around

Pighardia · 22 Mar 2011 at 11:02

cheers thunder, think i will hunt around for some NZXT fans. There are a few around, but they are pretty expensive, i would say.
I only have the Arctic Freezer 7, so it doesn't really take up much room.