V1000+ Airflow
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Not sure what you are asking for Ben. Perhaps you can explain the requirement better.
I use all 3 + a fan controller. Set low for work/surfing, and high for gaming. I find the side fan is the least useful as it is supposed to help airflow around the GPU, but with most high end GPUs nowadays having their own exhaust fan directing hot air out the back, the usability of the side fan is limited.
I use all 3 + a fan controller. Set low for work/surfing, and high for gaming. I find the side fan is the least useful as it is supposed to help airflow around the GPU, but with most high end GPUs nowadays having their own exhaust fan directing hot air out the back, the usability of the side fan is limited.
Hi Ben,
Just left feedback for the fans mate... cheers!
On the layout front i have two fans on intake at the front. One in the lower HDD/PSU chamber and one in a Scythe Kama bay in three of the 5 1/4 inch bays. The way i have mounted my Titan demands that the rear fan i have fitted is set to extract. Finally i have two 92mm fans extracting through the upper blow hole on the side panel. I used two of these rather than a single 120mm fan as it fits the rectangular mesh far better!
The front fans are akasa ambers, the rear is an thermaltake 'orange' and the 92mm fans are xilence redwing's. All are running at full rpm but can be throttled as they're on a fan controller.
Amber = 1400rpm - 18db @ 44.8cfm
Thermaltake = 1300rpm - 16db @ 54.4cfm (cfm questionable)
Xilence's = 1500rpm - 19db @ 36cfm (cfm questionable)
It runs very quiet and the cooling works wonderfully. There's no build up of heat that leads to an increase in case temps. I used to find that my temps would rise slowly over a couple of hours but now they sit rock solid.
gt
Just left feedback for the fans mate... cheers!
On the layout front i have two fans on intake at the front. One in the lower HDD/PSU chamber and one in a Scythe Kama bay in three of the 5 1/4 inch bays. The way i have mounted my Titan demands that the rear fan i have fitted is set to extract. Finally i have two 92mm fans extracting through the upper blow hole on the side panel. I used two of these rather than a single 120mm fan as it fits the rectangular mesh far better!
The front fans are akasa ambers, the rear is an thermaltake 'orange' and the 92mm fans are xilence redwing's. All are running at full rpm but can be throttled as they're on a fan controller.
Amber = 1400rpm - 18db @ 44.8cfm
Thermaltake = 1300rpm - 16db @ 54.4cfm (cfm questionable)
Xilence's = 1500rpm - 19db @ 36cfm (cfm questionable)
It runs very quiet and the cooling works wonderfully. There's no build up of heat that leads to an increase in case temps. I used to find that my temps would rise slowly over a couple of hours but now they sit rock solid.
gt
Hi gt,
Fitted the fans mate, also changed the orientation of my ultra 120 to blow air out of the back and the Scythe fan as an exhaust, all running much much quieter than my previous setup, and ive dropped from 33idle to 30 idle!
Thanks a lot gt, Ben
Fitted the fans mate, also changed the orientation of my ultra 120 to blow air out of the back and the Scythe fan as an exhaust, all running much much quieter than my previous setup, and ive dropped from 33idle to 30 idle!
Thanks a lot gt, Ben
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On my V1000 build I have the back fan as an intake, blowing onto the processors using the included duct. The lower front fan blows across the HDD bay eventually exhausting through the PSU. The front bay adapter also blows in onto the motherboard. The side fan exhausts hot air from near the CPUs and the graphics card, though the graphics card's HSF exhausts out of a PCI slot in the back. Since there are more intakes than exhausts air leaks out the case's myriad holes to maintain constant pressure. With this configuration my temps are 10C down across the board.