Antec Solo fan question

[lethul]

Hi, im thinking about an Antec Solo. I want to have an 800rpm Slip Stream in the back and i want to have airflow over my HDs so i wanna have an intake aswell.

How is this one compared to Slip Streams in terms of cfm/sound ?

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/acc/0 ... etail.html

And does it fit ?

[Michael Sandstrom]

The Solo has great air flow through the HD area even without a front fan. My Solo is vented by a 120mm Nexus at 600RPM and an Modu82+ power supply fan at 460RPM. I run two Samsung HD501LJ's whose temperatures never exceed 35 degrees. I did cut out my rear grill and also discarded the HD mount unit.

[JVM]

Hi, im thinking about an Antec Solo. I want to have an 800rpm Slip Stream in the back and i want to have airflow over my HDs so i wanna have an intake aswell.

How is this one compared to Slip Streams in terms of cfm/sound ?

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/acc/0 ... etail.html

And does it fit ?

That one has too many blades to clean. I use a 92mm Nexus at about 7V and can't hear it, also less blades to clean.

[fmriguy]

Yep, I agree with the others, you'll be in pretty good shape with pretty much any quiet, slow moving fan. I have a Yate Loon at about 8 volts and it keeps my 2 HDDs at around 38 Celcius. Out of all of the cases I've worked with I'm tempted to say it has the best HDD airflow out of them all.

edit: I just wanted to clarify, I don't use an intake at all, just the 120mm Yate Loon in the rear and an Antec EarthWatts exhausting.

[rjhythloday]

Hi, im thinking about an Antec Solo. I want to have an 800rpm Slip Stream in the back and i want to have airflow over my HDs so i wanna have an intake aswell.

How is this one compared to Slip Streams in terms of cfm/sound ?

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/acc/0 ... etail.html

And does it fit ?

Yes you can fit ''one'' 100mm fan in the front, two will not fit together, and you can not fit a 92 w/ a 100. I have one 100mm in the front, and it does fine, I would recommend the lowest rpm model, I got the 2000rpm and even @ 5v it's the loudes in my case.

[bgavin]

I just built a Solo for a client. The drives are two WD5000AAKS sata type. They are rubber grommet mounted behind a Panaflo 92mm 12H undervolted to 5v. This fan is virtually silent at 5v, but provide sufficient airflow for good cooling. These drives run in the 31~33C temp range. Ambient is 20~22C.

[Licaon]

i have a Seagate 250Gb ( 36 degrees C ) and a Samsung 320Gb ( 29 degrees C ) suspended in the Solo, with 2x92mm Nexus in front undervolted to 7V, and one Nexus 120mm@800rpm in the back ( the Ninja runs fanless )...works great

[JVM]

i have a Seagate 250Gb ( 36 degrees C ) and a Samsung 320Gb ( 29 degrees C ) suspended in the Solo, with 2x92mm Nexus in front undervolted to 7V, and one Nexus 120mm@800rpm in the back ( the Ninja runs fanless )...works great

Instead of doing that work to get 7V, you can buy a ready-made 7V resistor for around $2 dollars.

[Architectonic]

Yes, it is much safer using a zener diode in series with the fan.

[Licaon]

i have a Seagate 250Gb ( 36 degrees C ) and a Samsung 320Gb ( 29 degrees C ) suspended in the Solo, with 2x92mm Nexus in front undervolted to 7V, and one Nexus 120mm@800rpm in the back ( the Ninja runs fanless )...works great

Instead of doing that work to get 7V, you can buy a ready-made 7V resistor for around $2 dollars.

that's work? there are users here mounting 2 motherboards in the same case so a simple mod like that can't be called work

anyway rereading that article, i can see the point regarding the 7V issue, yet around here ( Romania ) i'll have to build a circuit to do that

the 6V trick ( using 2 fans in series ) would be safer ?

[JVM]

The point is, for around $2 dollars you have it made. I am sure those who install two motherboards would gladly pay someone around $2 dollars to get it done.