Noob Cooling Help please :)

Lonz · 31 Aug 2006 at 11:51

Hey, when I built my PC I was young an naive and go myself an xBlade case (oops). It comes with one case fan on the side and one at the front, however they both appear to be taking IN air and I don't have extractor fans.

I have an X850XT which HSF extracts the hot air out of the back of the case, I have an ASUS Star Ice cooling my single core 3800+ @ stock.

As n/t I'm not very experienced in terms of case cooling so what would you suggest me getting? 2,3 maybe 4 extra extractor fans, as many as I get fit on the back of my case?

Any help very welcomed,

thanks.

TheCrow · 31 Aug 2006 at 11:56

well at a guess you have 2 80mm fan as intakes, so if you could fit a 120mm out fan that would do you just fine. Just see what your temps are then you will see how much more or less you could get away with.

tip - try make all your fans 120mm @ 7v will be nice and quite.

Lonz · 31 Aug 2006 at 11:58

Thanks, how do I go about changing the fan voltage? Is that in the BIOS?

Borden · 31 Aug 2006 at 12:00

Have a look here

Lonz · 31 Aug 2006 at 12:03

So its basically all about the wiring?

Borden · 31 Aug 2006 at 12:20

Lonz said:
So its basically all about the wiring?

Yep. It swaps around the +12v and -5v so that it's 12-5=7v. You can use a small screwdriver or other similar object to push in the barbs on the molex pins. Very easy to do once you've done it once

DaveMac · 31 Aug 2006 at 12:23

Try moving the side fan to the rear as an exhaust before filling the case with fans.

Phunky Phish · 31 Aug 2006 at 13:03

Dont forget your PSU will be extracting air as well!