Fan Delima, 50 points for good answer

[train22]

What are 2 good intakes for my 2 80mm fans that came with my antec, I'll use those as outtakes, but I think i should have stronger or at leaster better fans becuase there is teh PSU fan as well, any suggestions? I'm also going to be soon using a 92.. SD for my axail intake. Any suggestion for the front two? (Back 2 are outtakes)

[outhouse]

a couple of 80mm Sunon's should work just fine.

[train22]

what brand is best?
Quiet Sunon 80mm 4 Pin Fan?
What 80mm is best? and quiet wouldn't be bad, heh

[train22]

how many cfms too? 30 enough? or 42? 30 is the quiet 1, 42 is high preformance

[William]

depends on your noise tolerance. Go with the performance if you can stand the noise which isn't too bad or if you want quiet go with the 30s.

[train22]

now, no1 told me what is the diff between 3 pin ant 4??

[train22]

Also... Ther is a 50cfm but this is the spec disc of it:
This is the highest output 80mm fan that Sunon produces. They have a 4 pin connector, dual ball bearings, and a nasty disposition.


Nasty disposition?? Isn't that really bad? what does that mean?

[William]

I would think they say its loud. 3 pin connector connects to the header on the motherboard, 4 pin to the PSU. I would go 4 pin.

[Ridenow]

The 3 pin has an RPM indicator, that is what the 3rd wire is for. The 4 pin is actually a 2 pin, it only uses 2 of the 4, the 12V and one of the grounds.

[Brushcut]

Connect up your fans to another PS. Use the -5v to the 12v when you connect it up and your fans will just humm. If you use a atx PS you'll have to jump start the puppy. As for fans? I had about 20 of different sizes, one time in my comp to move the air through the case. It really move the air around the room too, use to dry out my eyes (haahaa) no kid. Then I got rid of the case cover and move the comp if front of a regular house fan and cranked it on. Cooled my comp better than all those small fans and the sound level is way down. As my bro says "It doesn't sound like a jet turbine winding up for take off." And when your peltier is starting to smoke from the OCing, ya can always move the set up to the freezer heehee just watch out for the water.... but thats another story!

[Hoot]

With the ability to use four 80mm fans in the Antec case, you should be able to obtain good through-case airflow using the Sunon 80mm 36cfm fans. Two blowing in and two exhausting. They are very quiet and available in either 3 or 4 pin termination. If you don't mind a slightly higher noise level, use the Sunon 80mm 42cfm fans on intake and the 36cfm fans on exhaust to yield a slightly positive case pressure. That keeps dust from being drawn in through every crack and crevice on the case and helps the PSU run cooler. Before you hack up the case to accomodate the 92mm fans, you should try the 80mm solution. Definitely try both scenarios of having the rear fans blow in and front ones exhausting as well as the more conventional approach of having the front fans blow in and the rear ones exhausting. It only takes a few minutes to change them around. Watch your CPU temp and go with the setup that yields the lowest temp. Either way will ventilate the case just fine, so shoot for the one that cools the CPU the best.

Hoot