P160 question

rambovic · Post by **rambovic** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 6:52 pm

hi guys, im getting an Antec P160 case, i was wondering if sunon 120mm x 35mm fans will fit in the case which will be controlled by a fan controller. Also is their a way to make a 120mm fan fit ontop of the SP-97??

teknerd · Post by **teknerd** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 7:48 pm

I have used the p160 on a couple builds and i love it.
A 35mm thick fan may fit, depending on the layout of your components, on the back mount. However im pretty sure that the front tray requires a 25mm or thinner. Also if you want to use a 120mm fan on the cpu you can use an xp-120 instead of the sp-97

pangit · Post by **pangit** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 7:55 pm

Although using those fans won't be particularly quiet. Why do you want the 35mm thick fan anyway?

rambovic · Post by **rambovic** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 2:27 am

because they push out 108 cfm when on full speed and will still push alot of air at half speed or less while not bring that loud, what other 120mm fans out their that push alot of air and is not that loud??

Tibors · Post by **Tibors** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 3:50 am

The Top SPCR Quiet 120mm Axial Fans Compared + 120mmAC Fans.

rambovic · Post by **rambovic** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 3:58 pm

not a bad idea but i need a pretty silent fan that can push out air coz its hot in sydney and my system is aircooled so i need to know if the Antec P160 case can fit 120mm x 35mm fans

teknerd · Post by **teknerd** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 4:02 pm

As i said earlier, the back outtake fan should be able to accomadate a 35mm fan (unless you have a special piece of hardware that blocks it) but there probably wont be room on the front tray.

pangit · Post by **pangit** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 4:35 pm

I live in Sydney too but I still don't believe you need that much CFM if you have a decent heatsink (which the SP-97 is) and good unrestricted airflow in your case.

Although if you're overclocking a Prescott with the latest graphics card to the max you might. But in that case you're probably in the wrong forum

rambovic · Post by **rambovic** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:46 am

So which 120mm fan u recommend me to get??

kogi · Post by **kogi** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:50 am

I'm in Sydney too. with a P160

I currently running 2 x papst medium speeds @ 5v
http://www.lownoisepc.com

Folding 24/7 2 instances. Currently Case 36c CPU 66c

Computer has being completely fine during the past heatwaves without an aircon

kogi

rambovic · Post by **rambovic** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:01 pm

how loud are they and are they still pushing enough air??

ddrueding1 · Post by **ddrueding1** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:16 pm

It's hard to help you choose a suffieient airflow without you listing the specs of your system. Most importanty:

CPU
Video Card
Hard Drives
Overclocking?

What has already been said here about the P160 is correct. The rear can support a thicker fan (provided your motherboard/heatsink doesn't get in the way) and the front fan fits in a tray that can only support 25mm and thinner fans. If you are looking at a XP-120 heatsink (or toher that uses a 120mm fan) it may be tight for a thicker exaust fan.

rambovic · Post by **rambovic** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:09 am

my cpu is an AMD barton 2800+
Video card is Powercolour 9800 pro with arctic silencer
2 serial HDD's
Yes i am overclocking her abit

I was looking at the thermaright site and i think it says that it only supports AMD 64's and intel.

I want to try and fit a 120mm fan on my SP-97

kogi · Post by **kogi** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:16 pm

rambovic wrote:how loud are they and are they still pushing enough air??

Inaudiable.
System has not melted so I guess it's pushing enough air. but YMMV

kogi

rambovic · Post by **rambovic** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:59 pm

nice, how hot does your room get, do you have aircon because i dont and my room gets bloody hot

ddrueding1 · Post by **ddrueding1** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:04 pm

With those system specs, and a PS with a 120mm fan, I'd say just having an exaust fan should work just fine. A Panaflo L1A would certainly be enough, A Nexus might be enough.

What you need to do is figure out how many degrees above room temperature the air in your case gets. If your case temp isn't too far above ambient, adding more case fans won't make much of a difference.

Here's what I used to run in my P160:

Athlon64 3000+
MSI K8T NEO FSR
ATI Radeon 9800Pro, fitted with Zalman Fanless Cooler
2x WD "Raptor" SATA HDDS (10k RPM, really darn hot)
10% overclock accross the board

This system ran fine with just the PSU and rear case fan as exaust. No active intake at all. Both (stock) fans were running @ 7v.