Antec 1080 & Fan Controller

[epsilon9090]

I have an Antec plus 1080 case, and I also have a Cooler Master Aerogate I fan speed controller, capable of controlling 4 fans.

I have 5 Cooler Master rifle bearing fans, and I was wondering

1) Which fans to hook up to the fan controller
2) What configuration to put them in.

Thanks.

 

[epsilon9090]

Haha, no one? My stuff should be coming today, so even some tips about intake/outake would help.

 

[shock311]

usually, the two front fans and the vga fan are used as inakes and the two rear fans are exhausts, I would hook up the three intake fans to the controller and leave the exhaust fans as is.

 

[epsilon9090]

So leave the rears on fan control, and put everything else on the aerogate?

 

[Navid]

I would install everything first without the Aerogate. Then, find out which fans make the most noise. Then, put those on Aerogate. Then, reduce the RPM to make the noise acceptable. Then, run stability benchmarks to make sure that dropping the RPM of the fans did not compromise stability.

By the way, you can mod your Aerogate to change its boot-up color.
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1630077&enterthread=y

 

[qbackin]

I have that case and that controller. I put front 2 and rear 2 on the f/c.
And removed the side fan. Barely audible on desk, sli too.

 

[epsilon9090]

I put front and rear on aerogate and the side on the p/s fan control.