phanteks fans

Phanteks_Care said:
Actually we do have the 120mm fans. At the moment they are only available in black and white http://www.phanteks.com/01/Fans.asp .
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No Orange? That should have been the first colour you released ;)

Waiting on orange. My case has just 120mm slots so am rather stuck on them for the moment, although I could use one of those 140mm Oranges if the PWM converter was available to buy.
 
Following up on the PWM adapter.
What is the load rating on 12 volt output? How many of your fans could be connected to one PWM adapter?

I ask because I have 2 fans on cooler with adapter now. I would like to mount a 3rd fan on cooler and replace 2 of my 140mm intake fans with your 140mm fans to match cooler fans. I am now running Thermalright TY-140 fans and your 2 cooler fans using Akasa and Gelid PWM splitters that supply 12v power from molex connected to PSU. All PWM control is from CPU_Fan header on motherboard with cooler fan as master rpm.

Hope that makes sense.
 
doyll said:
Following up on the PWM adapter.
What is the load rating on 12 volt output? How many of your fans could be connected to one PWM adapter?

I ask because I have 2 fans on cooler with adapter now. I would like to mount a 3rd fan on cooler and replace 2 of my 140mm intake fans with your 140mm fans to match cooler fans. I am now running Thermalright TY-140 fans and your 2 cooler fans using Akasa and Gelid PWM splitters that supply 12v power from molex connected to PSU. All PWM control is from CPU_Fan header on motherboard with cooler fan as master rpm.

Hope that makes sense.
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we'll have to check what the load rating is on the 12v output. Three Phanteks fans can be used with one PWM adaptor tho
 
Thank you .

Just need to get myself another Y splitter and I'll have a 3 fan cooler again!

Ran 3x and 2x TR TY-140 fans while waiting for PWM adapter and found 1c better cooling with 3x fans.

2x PH-F140TS fan are same as 2x TR TY-140 up to 1200rpm... So close I would need to do some serious testing to document any difference.
 
Phanteks_Care said:
we'll have to check what the load rating is on the 12v output. Three Phanteks fans can be used with one PWM adaptor tho
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Today I tried 2 fans and after 10 minutes the PWM adapter was so hot I could barely touch it... and this is adapter that heatshrink was cut off of by customs. I am a little worried about using adapter in heatshrink on 2 fans now. I can only imagine how hot it will be inside the heatshrink on 3 fans.
 
Right. I've think I've got some resolution here. The circuit is designed purely with Phanteks single fans in mind. It'll drive faster, more powerful fans but will not drive them at their full speed.

I think if you change a couple of the resistors (the 10k ones) you can increase the amount of power available to the positive rail of the circuit.

When my B772s arrive I will test this hypothesis. I've tried simulating again and the only way I can get any sense is by reducing those 10k down to 1k or below.
 
sgoaty said:
Well the clips for the fans were a bit of a pain but my biggest issue was getting the cooler screwed on to the back plate. I just couldnt get the holes to line up at all I had it on and off a few times and sussed out it was about 5mm out I had to shoogle it like a bugger to get it on. Ive fitted quite a lot of coolers in my time but this one gave me a fair bit of trouble just because of those akward 2 bolts.
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I had the exact same issues, the back plate wouldn't line up with the holes and after all the wiggling about and still not getting it lined up i had to clean the cpu paste off and start again.

Only way i could get it on was to seat the cooler onto the cpu then put the bracket on after which is the opposite of what the instructio9ns said, yeh those clips were a pain to get on as well.
 
Found it problematic myself. As sgoaty had said he had problems;
*I installed all mounting brackets on motherboard, including the crossbar, before installing crossbar on cooler. (Doing this makes sure the crossbar screws align with mount)
*Then practiced mounting cooler on CPU a few times to get the feel of everything. (leave the protective plastic on heatsink).
*I found the spring screws on crossbar had to be pushed down with screwdriver to get them started on bracket.. Found this out while practicing.

Fan spring clips were not a problem for me.
*Install clips on fan
*Position fan on cooler where you want it.
*While holding fan in place with one hand spring clip with a finger until it clicks into place. Finger pressure springing clip while holding clip against cooler. "Click" done deal.

Removing fans is a little trickier as your fingers need to be small enough to pull clip away from cooler while springing it enough to unclip it.


Sense first getting my cooler it has been off/on more times than I can count testing different fans, changing CPUs, testing cooler flow direction, etc.

Two weeks ago while changing CPUs I noticed a bottom fin was a little loose so contacted Phanteks asking about it. That was in afternoon and next day about noon I got a reply asking for my address so they could send me a replacement and could I please pack mine in replacement's box and let them know when they could pick it up.

I now have new cooler installed and GLS has picked up old one to return. Only out of pocket is a couple pieces of wrapping tape.

What great customer service!

Thank you Phanteks!
 
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