Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Originally posted by: abs0lut3
Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Im sorry to dissapoint you but vantec fans are crap....bottom line!!
There figures for air displacement are not accurate and they are noisy.
Also the thermaltake Smart fan when cranked all the way up sounds like a jet engine...its loud!!
I would personally go with any of the Coolermaster fans!!!
99 times out of 100 anything over 40-50cfm will not make any appreciable difference in the CPU temps!!
Did you read that he doesn't care about noise?
That is why I mention that fan controller does come handy especially in the moment where you want complete (near) silence.
I for one dislike Coolermaster fans. They are loud when they are full speed! Their air displacement is accurate but their noise level isn't! and I have three of them on my computer. When I turned them down with my Coolermaster fan controller, it was like heaven and earth!!!!! Also, their 120mm fan doesn't worth crap. It is really quiet but it doesn't move any air. My temp went to North of the temperature scale at top speed! So much for your BEST fans!
I love your sense of humor.
Coolermaster fans are one of the few that both the dba and the cfm are very accurate!!
well I dislike your ignorance and your fan-boyism for that matter but I wasn't here to promote anything.
OP's case happened to be the same setup that I use but not necessarily the same case.
here are some pictures of my case:
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It's a FMI/CompUSA case based upon the Chen Ming except the rear fan accepts 120mm instead of the usual dual 80mms. Originally, I have 4 3-LED CM 80mm: two on the front, one of the side to replace stock and one CPU on top of an ATT framed alu fin copper core HSF plus a no-name brand molex 120mm. Yes, the very CM that I dislike. The 80mms are great so I wonder why the 120 just crapped out. I don't mind putting the 120 on CM Stacker 830 though but just not enough power to let out the air at the moment.
Currently, and this is the reason why I dislike the CM 120 so much, I have three 80mm CMs: 2 in the front blowing in plus one on the side blowing out (to negate the powerless CM) and I had replaced the HSF with TR2TT M12 full copper (stock paste) but converted from 80mm to 120mm and use a no-name brand UV blue ball bearing 120mm fan with box rated at 69.15CFM@2400rpm/39.29db on CM Aerogate I fan controller. I had the CM 120 on the HSF before and it was running hot because the CM was just not pushing enough air into the heatsink which made my P4 3.2E shoot past 48-52C underload instead of 40-45ish according to Speedfan. Case is at 34-35C. If I switch the CPU Fan with the CM fan and turned all the fan down, you can say I have a silent tower but it will crash as soon as I put some load onto it and I live in a pretty ventilated room in addition to South City/DC foggy weather so it's always cool around here just isn't cool enough for the computer. Especially when I have 9800 Pro with stock fan running. Yikes!
OP, if I can give you a suggestion, get an
Air Duct made from the side of your case directly onto your CPU. That should negate your case inability to dissipate heat. I'm in process of waiting for some $$ to come in so I can replace that stupid CM 120 fan and cool off my case right away.
Good luck!