anyone use a 120mm exhaust fan?

Jarhead7236

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i'm thinking of using my 120mm xinrullian (? cfm's) for an exhaust fan since i don't have any room in the from of my case to use it for intake...i already have 2 intake fans and 2 exhaust fans, if you count the psu, which i usually don't....any thoughts/ideas? thanks.

 

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I like 120's as blowholes. Great airflow and quiet if you can vary the speed. Great idea.

 

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On my case, replacing the dual 80's on the back witha 120 would be messy. I'd have to patch part of one of the holes from an 80. Get a hole saw and put a blower up top. You'd be exhausting from the highest point which is good cause heat rises (duh ) After that, get a side panel duct and you're about as far as case cooling goes. You could get extreme, but thats just too muich noise.

 

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I will be using 120mm fans for intake and exhaust as soon as my LX-6A19 comes. Like Fushyuguru said, they give good airflow at nice sound levels.

 

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i use 2 120mm fans as blowholes on top, and they work great.

gives me another chance to show my work..he he he ...

http://www.freewebs.com/madsam/

 

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Jarhead7236

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i would've liked to have used it on top but i don't have room unless i mount it on top of the case but i want to keep from doing that...i guess exhaust it is...thanks for the help, tho...

 

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I use two 120mm fans for intake and exhaust and they're great. They move a lot of air and they are really quiet, especially since they are papst fans.

 

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I don't have the link handy, but I saw a 120mm fan that pushed 190 cfm, but produced 59 dba of noise.

 

madsam

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squeakygeek said:

I don't have the link handy, but I saw a 120mm fan that pushed 190 cfm, but produced 59 dba of noise.

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Delta makes them, i believe..

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/delffb1212eh.html

 

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Jarhead7236

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well, i did it...and cut a lower whole in the front of my case, too....case temps went from 28C to 21C at idle....and added the 70mm SF2 instead of my tmd fan....load cpu temp now 52C, before 60C...but the damn thing is at full tilt...i can adjust it tho, so no big deal....

 

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I like 120's as blowholes. Great airflow and quiet if you can vary the speed. Great idea.

 

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Jarhead7236

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i need to get another led fan now....

 

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Jarhead7236

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mod pics

side window (factory)

front intakes

120mm exhaust fan cut out...need to smoothen it out and add a grill

 

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Omg that is nice jar!! what temps do you get? I have the same case and at 1.7vcore I get case temps in the high 30's and CPU at high 4i0's

 

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okayfine

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get any 2 120 mm fans and wire them at 7 volts. Quiet yet with good flows

 

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madsam said:

Delta makes them, i believe..

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/delffb1212eh.html

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hm a mr. coffee, coffee thermous/mug and a bottle of denatured alcohol... been busy?

 

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pik4chu said:

hm a mr. coffee, coffee thermous/mug and a bottle of denatured alcohol... been busy?

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lol, that's funny. i love coffee, and i admit to being addicted to it as well, and as for the rubbing alcohol, i usually have a few bottles around for cleaning cpu's, heatsinks, and anything else that needs a good cleaning. it's great stuff, and cheap too.



by any chance, did you notice there was also a pc case with modded fans on top? lol....

 

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gogetadbl said:

Omg that is nice jar!! what temps do you get? I have the same case and at 1.7vcore I get case temps in the high 30's and CPU at high 4i0's

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46C idle/54C load @ 1.8V....before it was much hotter....case temps are 24C idle/27-28C load

 

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The bigger the better. A 120mm fan will really move some air..and do it quietly.