Looking for suitable fan

Matt wood · 13 Sep 2018 at 17:53

Hi. Newbie here. i have a standard case that’s 180mm wide but looking for 2 fans for front and back.
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I was looking at this. ** Please don't post links to competitors - Thanks **

Matt wood · 13 Sep 2018 at 20:42

mattyfez said:
You'll probably want 120mm fans and the noctua are pretty well regarded.

As above you can't link to competitors but you can buy fans here too .
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/noctua-nf-f12-5v-pwm-fan-120mm-fg-073-nc.html

Got 2 from that link in my post. Case is a galaxy evolution case. not sure how I’ll get the fan in the front. Card is a Aorus GeForce gtx 1080 ti.

Matt wood · 13 Sep 2018 at 21:14

mattyfez said:
Does the case have a front mounted fan or is is all drive bays?
I don't know what case it is .. Some have provisions for a front fan, some don't without a bit of modification or buying a drive bay fan mount bracket and which will take up 3 drive bays.

It has slots you can push out. I can see The area where the fan goes it’s just getting the fan in there.

Matt wood · 14 Sep 2018 at 12:50

doyll said:
I'm assuming you have a CiT Galaxy Evo case? If so there is not much info about it. I can't find a CiT company website or any reviews of case, and as mattyfez said only pics show one front fan at bottom. As ANDARIAL said, try taking front cover off and see if you can mount more fans there. Normally systems need about 3x 120mm or 2x 140mm good pressure rated front intake fans to give good case airflow for a CPU cooler using 120mm or 140mm fan/s and GPU with 2x/3x 80-90mm fans.

Are the slots you can push out on the back? If so they are PCIe case slots. I almost always remove all of them to make an nice size vent around the GPU for better front to back airflow. Here is link to a basic guide to how airflow works and how to optimize case airflow.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...-i-put-my-temp-sensor.18564223/#post-26159770
If you have questions just ask. We usually don't bite.

I think it does have slots at the back. I’ve seen pics of my case and says it red and blue leds. Mine just has blue. Would have preferred the red.

Matt wood · 14 Sep 2018 at 20:36

Ive put in new cpu and the 2 new fans but I’ve clearly done something wrong because the fans ain’t working and when I turn pc on it starts beeping constantly and then shuts down. The other fans work until it shuts down that is.

Matt wood · 14 Sep 2018 at 21:06

Intel i7 4790 4.0ghz
Aorus GeForce gtx 1080 ti
Cx600 PSU
Motherboard GA-B85M-DS3H-A
16gb Corsair memory.
Noctua fans

Worked fine yesterday. Put in cpu today.

Matt wood · 14 Sep 2018 at 21:23

ANDARIAL said:
reset the bios maybe,was previous cpu overclocked?
how many beeps and long or short?

Short continuous beeps. Pc doesn’t actually come on to do anything. It just fires up then the beeping then shuts off and then comes back on and off again.

Matt wood · 14 Sep 2018 at 21:27

ANDARIAL said:
I would check all cables.discoonect those fans you mentioned if no good reseat cpu and heatsink

First time it did it them new fans weren’t connected. I forgot to plug the cable in. Could it be cpu?

Matt wood · 14 Sep 2018 at 21:57

ANDARIAL said:
Tried what I suggested?

Checked cables and unplugged them fans. Still did same.

Matt wood · 15 Sep 2018 at 07:20

reinstalled the cpu again. Don’t think I secured the cpu fan as well as should. This time I heard the clicks. Turned pc on and well it no longer beeps in fact it doesn’t do anything at all, new fan on the back goes round for about a second and then nothing happens. Pc doesn’t even boot up.

Matt wood · 15 Sep 2018 at 10:37

ANDARIAL said:
Take out cpu and double check for bent pins
Try using onboard gfx
Maybe try a different psu

Everything worked fine until I put the new i7 chip in well not exactly new, got it off eBay. I’ve even put in my old chip and my old graphics card and nothing changed. Could something have blown on the board?

Matt wood · 15 Sep 2018 at 10:47

ANDARIAL said:
Possible something has popped
Try taking it out of the case and try with just old cpu,1 stick ram and onboard gfx
and a heatsink ofc

I tried with old cpu 1 stick of ram I’d already taken out card. Still nothing.

Matt wood · 15 Sep 2018 at 13:29

ANDARIAL said:
outside of case?
this rules out a short

I’ve taken it in to local repair shop. They’re gonna call sometime next week to let me know what problem is and how much it’ll cost. Really hoping it’s cpu. Thanks for all your help. Much appreciated.

Matt wood · 15 Sep 2018 at 15:32

doyll said:
Sounds like a problem caused by changing to new CPU. Maybe cooler mounting, but most likely in the CPU to CPU mount. Maybe a bent pin. Is this with same cooler / same cooler mount? I've seen similar when cooler mount / back-plate was shorting something out.

Yes. If it turns out to be cpu then I’ll be demanding a refund.

Matt wood · 16 Sep 2018 at 13:25

doyll said:
You are assuming you did not damage the socket removing old CPU and installing new CPU. Basic process of elimination is system that was working and did not work after changing CPU, but when original CPU is re-installed system works it's bad CPU. Your system is not now working with original CPU, meaning the CPU you bought may not be the problem. It might be that somehow there was damage to CPU socket while changing CPUs. Not saying this is for sure, but it is a possible cause of problems like this that we've seen here on forum before. Hopefully it's just the new CPU is bad, but socket damage/bent pins could possibly be the cause of your problem.

I was very careful when taking out old one and putting new one in but yes can't really explain why it didn't work when i put old one back in. I know on motherboard 2 sata connectors broke so might need new motherboard anyway. Woman I spoke to on phone when arranging booking said if it's motherboard then it would need complete rebulid so could be more but not sure it would need that if they replace it with another board that's socket 1150 which they could.

Matt wood · 16 Sep 2018 at 13:58

doyll said:
I have no idea where you took it (don't really care) but many computer repair shops do not have anyone who is really a good computer tech/builder doing the work. I'm assuming your computer skills are minimal and that is why you took it to a shop, but I will say most shops have only marginally skilled tech so "Let the buyer beware" should be kept in mind.

Been going to this place for years to buy pc parts.