Are there Noise issues with side panel fan????

[The Wildcard]

Hi there, I was just wondering, are there noise issues with fans on modified side panels?

 

[2Cool]

Depends on the fan. It is open to the outside, plus facing nearer to you than the rear exhaust fans, so yes, you will hear it more. As for allowing more internal noise out... to a small degree, but the fan itself will be what you notice first. So pick a quiet one, unless you have an ear-plug fetish...

 

[WangButter]

Get a panaflow 120 and put a foam airfilter on it.

 

[Ilmater]

How do you put an airfilter over a side fan? I obviously want to be able to take it out to clean it once in awhile.

 

[2Cool]

The side fan attaches via 4 bolts/nuts. The filter mounts using the same bolts, basically each bolt coes through the filter, then the case metal, then the fan hub.

 

[SuperPickle]

Noise issues? I have two 120's on the side of my case, and until I finally got Panaflows, there were vibration issues and that big side-panel acted like a soundboard.

 

[EXman]

Big fans with rheostats! I got a 131CFM delta on a rheobus but rarely have it full blast. remamer the bigger the fan the lower the pitch (almost always).