Fans

alex2k10 · 29 Oct 2011 at 21:29

Do i get yate loons or scythe gentle typhoon.

These will be on a pa 120.2 and a hardware labs 360.

The thing that puts me off the scythe fans is the grey blades but are they really worth it.

Hyburnate · 29 Oct 2011 at 21:32

Paint 'um

Jokester · 29 Oct 2011 at 21:35

Gentle Typhoons seems to be considered pretty much the best on the market at the moment for radiator use, because of their high static pressure. The 1450rpm models seem to be the sweet spot as they can be volt controlled all the way down to less than 300rpm with the same noise levels of the slower fans.

JeffyB · 29 Oct 2011 at 21:43

Yate loons are good for the money but the GT's are the best all round fans for rad at a much higher cost.

alex2k10 · 29 Oct 2011 at 22:04

So is it easy to take the fans out the housing for the scythe fans?

vectisitch · 29 Oct 2011 at 22:58

what about vipers.good static pressure too

alex2k10 · 29 Oct 2011 at 23:07

^^ Oh no now your confusing the matter lol.

Its gone from two to three. I also managed to find a tut in regards to taking the fans apart seems simple enough.

vectisitch · 29 Oct 2011 at 23:09

i've got 5 vipers running at full in my pc at the moment and they are quiet.good cfm and static pressure.supposed to be good rad fans

JeffyB · 30 Oct 2011 at 10:50

The vipers are not as good as the GT's.

RollerBall · 30 Oct 2011 at 11:57

Are the GTs better in push or pull @ ~ 1000-1450 RPM?

Jokester · 30 Oct 2011 at 12:01

Pull is normally better by a small amount.

Cleeecooo · 30 Oct 2011 at 12:49

RollerBall said:
Are the GTs better in push or pull @ ~ 1000-1450 RPM?

Doesn't matter that much

JeffyB · 30 Oct 2011 at 13:29

It's marginal but usually pull is better. I'd go with whatever you prefer the look of or fits your build.

alex2k10 · 30 Oct 2011 at 18:11

Cheers for the replies guys.

I think its going to come down to how much $$$ i have in my pocket at time of purchase.

There is a big bifference in spending over £100 on fans and spending short of £50 on the same amount of fans.

If i was going to go for yates which ones would be best i have been lookcing at these and putting them on a controller D12SH-12.

Greboth · 30 Oct 2011 at 18:27

The yate loons are good fans but they are cheap and you get what you pay. They flow reasonable air and are quiet but they arent as good as gt's or vipers. Though gt's do have a higher static pressure compared to vipers though.

Also if you are going to painting them I would go for loons or gt's as you can take them apart. It is just a case of taking the cap off from the shroud and popping off the c clip to remove the blades. I know if you search youtube there is a video of someone taking a gt apart.

alex2k10 · 30 Oct 2011 at 18:56

Yeah i have yates at the moment but only 3 of them and they have never skipped a hear beat and i have taken them apart multiple times to clean them.

Also can someone with gt's confirm they only need 0.083 amps to operate if that is the case it means i can almost power 31 of them on a single channel which does not seem correct.

I have a lamptron fc5 v2 btw at 30w per channel. So by my math its 12 x 0.083 = 0.996 total watts to power 1 fan. Watts per channel divided by watts for 1 fan 30 / 0.996 = 30.12

Cleeecooo · 30 Oct 2011 at 19:21

doesn't scythe give a number for how many watts each fan needs?

alex2k10 · 30 Oct 2011 at 19:44

Well by my maths they need 0.996 watts to power up to 12 volts so max speed and 0.29 watts to power on at 3.5 volts but i may be wrong.