fan/pressure needed for Accelero S1

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chico1st
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fan/pressure needed for Accelero S1

Post by chico1st » Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:01 am

i was wondering what fans people have put on their Accelero S1's and been satisfied with.
I know the fin spacing is quite wide so probably could get away with using a slipstream/nexus (maybe even a slipstream slim with very low pressure).
Or did people get better results with an SFlex/gentle typhoon?

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Re: fan/pressure needed for Accelero S1

Post by frenchie » Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:26 am

I'd say it doesn't really matter. The Accelero doesn't need much airflow to work very well (only a few °C difference between 5V and 12V with a single Nexus 120mm fan).

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Re: fan/pressure needed for Accelero S1

Post by chico1st » Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:29 am

hmm interesting, is that with a 120mm nexus or 92 mm?

also wouldnt mounting those fans horizontally be a bad idea? the nexus have sleeves right?

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Re: fan/pressure needed for Accelero S1

Post by frenchie » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:47 pm

120mm
Here is the link : http://www.silentpcreview.com/article793-page5.html

As for vertical vs horizontal mounting, I personnaly don't think it really matters. But that's just me and you'll find a lot more info around the forum ;)

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Re: fan/pressure needed for Accelero S1

Post by mkk » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:05 pm

Using a Slip Stream slim 120mm 800rpm here, no problems with sleeve bearings in general. Though some fans can make a ticking sound in this orientation, and those who tick a little in general may do more so blowing upwards. Bottom line is as said, not much airflow is needed to improve the S1 cooling greatly. Had I found any at the time I might have went with 2x100mm slim(Kaze Jyu) fans could be ideal for medium-long cards, providing more airflow lengthwise. My Slip Stream slim 800rpm did not quite start up at 5V, which would have been nice for simplicitys sake. I assume the 1000rpm 100mm Kaze Jyu does.

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Re: fan/pressure needed for Accelero S1

Post by Lawrence Lee » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:09 pm

The fins on the S1 are too widely spaced for pressure to make a difference. Just find a good sounding fan and you're set.

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