Phanteks D30 daisychaining

MikeTimbers

MikeTimbers

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I want to use 6 Phanteks D30 all regular direction. Three on the front pushing through a rad, two in the roof pushing through a rad and one on the back.

So, is it possible to connect all six to a single controller or will it need two controllers?

Can the rear single fan and the top two be daisy-chained with the included cables?
 
Jay85 said:
I wouldn't wire and chain more than 6 into a daisy into 1 header. Depending on the amperage of the header, i think it would be pretty close to its limit.

I would split that into another header for the FAN but for RGB it should be fine. I've ran all my RGB into 1 header before and it was fine since its relatively low power.

Edit: If you're using an external controller though thats powered by molex or Sata then its fine, plug as many as you want into the controller unit.
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thanks for your help on this.
 
In case my location doesn't make it obvious, cooling is a small issue when the ambient shade temperature is around 40c. When the air you're blowing into the computer is already that hot, having good airflow really matters. I have learnt a lesson already that 140mm fans - even M25-140s - blowing onto a 360mm 60mm thick rad do not work very well. So here's hoping that 3 D30's blowing into the 60mm rad and three exhausting from the case including two through a 240mm 30mm rad will help.
 
Well, I've gone ahead and ordered some (about £65 here for three, the beauty of low VAT). For reference, this is only cooling a 7700K and a 4070Super in a loop with a 60mm*360mm and 30mm*240mm. The system is used for web browsing/online tv and folding on the gpu.

CPU with a mild oc to 4400 is in the mid-high 50s (15-20c over ambient) because folding fully occupies one core so that temp is the hottest core but of course much lower than if all cores were loaded.
GPU with a mild oc to 2820 is around 60c (20-25c over ambient) at full load.

Will post pics and numbers once fitted.
 
Fans finally arrived this afternoon. Removing the 140s I'd put in the front of my case proved how stupid I am as in order to put them in front of a 360 rad I'd had to screw the fans from the inside and then fit the rad which of course meant to remove the fans meant removing the rad :rolleyes:

All fans then out, discovered that the included screws in the box did not easily fit my EK rad. Included UNC screws should have fitted but although they are now in I suspect I have destroyed the threads on my rad. Oh well, I only used 4.

Fans are all connected to a Bitspower TouchAqua pwm fan and 5v ARGB controller.

On first boot, no RGB or power because I forgot to connect the TouchAqua to SATA power because I am a doofus.

Second boot, initially alarmed to see in the BIOS that my cpu was at 44c until I remembered my ambient is 40c. again with the doh!

All is working, and the fans are fine. No real difference in temps even though the fans are all on full force. Although you might think this would be loud, compared to the room fans I have running I can't really hear the D30s.

Lighting however is very cool. I just have them on blue because I also have a DRGB EK cpu block and reservoir which are limited in what I can make them do.
 
Jay85 said:
Jesus i can't even imagine what that's like sitting in 40 degree heat! That's basically my load temps while gaming on my gpu on a custom loop :cry:. You must be sitting in your pants everyday in that heat!

Glad its all working and it all went smoothly(ish), could be worse lol.

Whats the next upgrade then?
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waiting for the heatwave to break and then we can have the hot rainy season! air temps fall but "feels like" temp doesn't change much because the humidity climbs.

I have a pcie4.0 riser cable so I may change the gpu from horizontal to vertical just so it shows off its bykski block. other than that, there isn't anything that will really benefit. I still have a 7700K in a Maximus IX Formula and it all works. I can run it at 5GHz if I want to but generally leave it at stock. I just don't really need any more than that. I only have a 4070S because of folding.
 
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three in the front between the case and the front panel blowing through a 60mm thick 360mm rad, two in the roof blowing up through a 240 rad and one blowing out the back. Very easy to setup in the end.
 
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