Delta fans

[Tim-]

I replaced the Sunon fans on my PEP66s with the 7000RPM Delta fans, and my temps improved about 5 degrees. Of course the noise level increased substantially as well. I expected an improvement, but was surprised by 5 degrees.

I have 2 more to install and then I will have a dual cpu machine and 2 single cpu machines sitting side by side all running Deltas- IF I can stand the noise... With case fans and power supplies the total comes to 14 fans... Oops make that 15- I forgot the Enermax power supply has 2.

Anyone on the forum sell hearing aids? I'm probably going to need some before long...

[vvx]

As many fans as you have, perhaps water cooling would be more cost effective (and save yourself from the noise as well!)? I've decided that's the road I'm taking if I get the urge to add more cooling.. :)

[Tim-]

Funny you should mention that- I'm buying a setup at the moment. However, since 2 of these machines are servers, I'm reluctant to have that much hardware in case of failure while I'm on the road (I travel a lot).

The Delta fans are a little more reliable than most pumps, and I would hate to return to a melted server.

[CFusion]

if it's a server, set it up to SHUT DOWN when fans fail/CPU overheats....who cares if u have downtime, that's better than a MELTED CPU.

[Tim-]

It's not the fans I'm worried about, it would be the pump on active cooling.