Case fan recommendations

michty_me

michty_me

michty_me

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Morning all,

I'm looking at buying a bunch of case fans but not sure what to go for.
I think I'll be getting a Lian Li Lancool one or the Lancool two when it releases in November.

I want to make it flow as good as possible so I'm thinking:

3 fans at the front (Intake)
2/3 fans on the roof of the case (Exhaust)
2 fans on on the floor (Intake)
1 fan at rear (exhaust)

So I guess looking at 9 fans in total. I may not fit them all though and have one or two as a backup.

Any recommendations or opinions on my plan?

Edit to add: Not fussed at all about RGB.
 
Grimley said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £62.25 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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Cheapest fan I can recommend. I've used the 92 & 80mm fan variants for almost 4 years & they are quiet.
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Great! Thanks, Will check them out!

keylion said:
I'm using Be Quiet silent wings 3 and am very happy with both noise and cooling performance, they're not cheap though, maybe a little too much if you want nine of them.
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I did look at them but you may be right. Looks like £10 each fan. I may go with it though as I've got a BeQuiet cooler now so just for the OCD :D
 
doyll said:
There is a good chance you won't need exhaust fan, just intakes. Having both intake and exhaust on case is like having push/pull on cooler or radiator .. it only makes a couple degrees difference. Arctic P PWM PST seem to be doing okay and are low priced. Also, removing all PCIe back slot covers usually improve front to back airflow around GPU and thus lowers temps not only on GPU but also CPU.
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Ok, sounds good to me then! I think as long as I get a good flowing case and a good setup of fans, I should be good!
 
doyll said:
That's kinda like saying you are looking to buy a new car and asking if you need new tires. :D

All depends on how many fans you plan to use and how many fan headers your motherboard has.
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Haha This is true! A bit of a dopey question to be fair!
Motherboard has 7 fan headers I believe. I'll not bother buying one just now until I decide on how many fans I need in a new case. I gather any half decent PWM fan hub would be fine?
 
doyll said:
Indeed PWM hubs work well and most are 'have decent'. ;) Just make sure it's just a simple hub that splits PWM signal and uses PSU power .. might want to check power plug id Molex or SATA to match on what your PSU has.
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Good to know if I ever require one then! Thanks Doyll.

freebooter said:
If you get the PST version as linked above you can daisy chain them together and run several fans from one mb fan header.
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Is this an option extra for Daisy chaining or is one included in the 5 pack?
 
Ah now I see what Freebooter meant. I wrong presumed that you connected via splitter!! I've just looked at the connector on their website and see exactly what was meant.
All ordered now folks. Thanks a million for clearing that up.
 
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