Hola amigos. Hablamos 80 mm fanos!!!

[inertia]

Hola amigos. So now that I've gotten my nasty heater core all cleaned up, I need to stick a couple (or more) fans on the thing. The heater core measures 6.5" X 10.5" and two 120 mm fans will just fit on the thing vertically. This leaves a lot of room around the edges and I'm not happy about it. I didn't get a huge heater core so that 1/3 of it could just sit there looking stupid. So, I wanna use 6 80 mm fans.

What's the most cfm I can get from an 80 mm fan without deafening myself?

[Phil]

you would be better off with a couple of really quiet 60-80cfm 120mm fans instead of 6 30cfm 80mm fans as it doesn't work out like 6x30=180 cfm as they are stealing air flow from the surrounding fan, you would probabally only get about 100cfm out of it like that, also a couple of 120mm fans qoul be quieter and use less power so I think 2 120's are your best option just space them apart so that they don't steal airflow from each other.

[inertia]

How about a single really big one like 175 mm. Does anyone make a 12v 175 mm? Hmmmm.

[Phil]

I've heard mention by some one about 160mm fans but they won't be cheap as they aren't a standard size yet. Your best option is a couple of quiet 120mm at about 70cfm or so, or if you feel crazy 2 135cfm ys-techs :)
don't get too tied up in cooling the radiator as it can only be brought down to room temp and has a lot of surface area, my suggestion of 2 quiet 120mm's would probabally be more than enough.

[Ridenow]

I am doing something similar. I was going to put 2 120mm and 2 80 mm fans on mine in a stager pattern. 120mm in the upper left, 80mm upper right, 80mm lower left and 120mm lower right. That gives me most of the rad with airflow.

[Phil]

Don't spend to long concentrating on cooling the radiator though, if you have a good enough rad one 120mm fan would probabally be enough, you should test the temp of the water leaving it to see the differances it would make.

[inertia]

I'm gonna go look at Wal-Mart or K-Mart for a thin profile 6" 110vAC fan. I'll put it on the same switch as the water pump and the PSU. If that doesn't work out, I'll look for a 12v at the car parts store.

[Phil]

I wonder if any one water cools their radiator?

[Thelemac]

Phil (Jun 12, 2001 07:08 p.m.):
I wonder if any one water cools their radiator?

I was actually considering this on a setup with a few pelts in it. Not sure how much good it would do, though, as I still have to cool that water.

[Phil]

what about sticking it in a big bucket-o-water and relying on good old convection to do the job?