Working out air moved

[AHarvey]

Hi all,

I am currently designing a R2D2 case for 360.

I've got 6 downstairs all needing repairs of some type and a couple that may need binning. So I got bored and thought about a new case.

Due to the width of the case I am probably looking at 4 120mm fans pulling air up in to the bottom of the case. However I am wondering if 1 x 240mm modified desk fan would actually move more air in to the case.

After a bit of googling I still can't find any mathematical formulas for figuring out air movement with fans. Can anyone help?

The other option is water cooling but I know nothing about this

Edit: And does anyone know the best way of recording CPU/GPU temps on a 360?

 

[Hotwired]

Find the manufacturers specs for the fans and compare.

Restrictions to airflow such as grilles, hardware, radiators/heatsinks will reduce that number in actual use and if you undervolt it because the noise at full speed is ridiculous then good luck working out how much air it's moving then.

If you're talking about one 360 console, compared to what it's normally cooled by, either would be easily sufficient.