Need 140mm&120mm fans: Looking for well-rounded air cool
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:37 am
Hi everyone!
Been reading your articles for some time now, decided I should start getting some work done, now that exams are almost over.
I recently built a new rig:
Case: Cooler Master Gladiator 600 (sorry, can't post URL :/)
AMD Phenom II x2 550BE
OCZ 10333 2x2 DDR3
Asus M45TD-V EVO
Arctic Cooling Pro 7 Rev.2
Like many before me, reading the articles and posts on this site has created a silence-eating monster inside me that cannot be put to rest.
I have to sleep and study next to my computer, so there's a perfectly rational reason for me to want this too. So let's go shopping!
I haven't got around to OCing this baby yet, but I will as soon as I have some free time, and have my fans installed. Which is why I need your help first.
The case has 5 fan mounts. I'm looking for 2 x 140mm fans to replace the ones (1x140 and 1x120) that came with the case. These will be installed on the front intake and the top outake (so this one horizontally - no sleeve bearing, right?).
I'm not really sure about 140mm fans. You guys don't seem to talk about them much here... But if my thinking is correct, having bigger fans allows me to run them slower and thus quieter. Correct?
So these 2x 140mm fans will be running permanently, @5V or @7V, whatever they can do. Also, I'd want the front intake fan to have blue LEDs. The case comes with a button to turn leds on/off, but I'm not sure if other LED fans will allow me to use that.
I was thinking of getting the Yate Loons, but they don't seem to be available around here. So would Sharkoon or Scythe be good alternatives?
I would also like to buy 2 x 120mm fans. This time one for the back exaust (which is the only fan mount that doesn't take 140mm fans) and for the side panel. These are meant to be ran of a Y-split connect to the motherboards system fan connector. I will only be using them when I game, and thus need to OC. The intake fan will be blowing air directly on the IGP, which is what concerns me, really.
That way, when I need to study, I'll have a quiet computer, that will quickly transform into a (relatively) good performer with just a few clicks of speed fan and some OCing.
I also want to keep a 1:1 ration on the intake/outake CFM, for better airflow. So 140mm fans will always be on together, and 120mm will always come on together as well.
CPU fan will be ran on PWM, and I'll probably not tinker much there.
Also, I don't think I will pay (or can pay, really!) more than €10 for a fan.
So, sorry for the long looong post! Been reading around here for a long time and want to get everything right
Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
nwbdan
Been reading your articles for some time now, decided I should start getting some work done, now that exams are almost over.
I recently built a new rig:
Case: Cooler Master Gladiator 600 (sorry, can't post URL :/)
AMD Phenom II x2 550BE
OCZ 10333 2x2 DDR3
Asus M45TD-V EVO
Arctic Cooling Pro 7 Rev.2
Like many before me, reading the articles and posts on this site has created a silence-eating monster inside me that cannot be put to rest.
I have to sleep and study next to my computer, so there's a perfectly rational reason for me to want this too. So let's go shopping!
I haven't got around to OCing this baby yet, but I will as soon as I have some free time, and have my fans installed. Which is why I need your help first.
The case has 5 fan mounts. I'm looking for 2 x 140mm fans to replace the ones (1x140 and 1x120) that came with the case. These will be installed on the front intake and the top outake (so this one horizontally - no sleeve bearing, right?).
I'm not really sure about 140mm fans. You guys don't seem to talk about them much here... But if my thinking is correct, having bigger fans allows me to run them slower and thus quieter. Correct?
So these 2x 140mm fans will be running permanently, @5V or @7V, whatever they can do. Also, I'd want the front intake fan to have blue LEDs. The case comes with a button to turn leds on/off, but I'm not sure if other LED fans will allow me to use that.
I was thinking of getting the Yate Loons, but they don't seem to be available around here. So would Sharkoon or Scythe be good alternatives?
I would also like to buy 2 x 120mm fans. This time one for the back exaust (which is the only fan mount that doesn't take 140mm fans) and for the side panel. These are meant to be ran of a Y-split connect to the motherboards system fan connector. I will only be using them when I game, and thus need to OC. The intake fan will be blowing air directly on the IGP, which is what concerns me, really.
That way, when I need to study, I'll have a quiet computer, that will quickly transform into a (relatively) good performer with just a few clicks of speed fan and some OCing.
I also want to keep a 1:1 ration on the intake/outake CFM, for better airflow. So 140mm fans will always be on together, and 120mm will always come on together as well.
CPU fan will be ran on PWM, and I'll probably not tinker much there.
Also, I don't think I will pay (or can pay, really!) more than €10 for a fan.
So, sorry for the long looong post! Been reading around here for a long time and want to get everything right
Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
nwbdan