What Fans Should I Use?

[harakusara]

I just bought a X-Flow Black Ice Xtreme III Rad and I was wondering what fans i should use.

[hitbyaprkedcar7]

X-flows work good with high CFM fans. Yate loons are highly recomended

[harakusara]

I was thinking about 3 of these: http://www.coolerguys.com/840556014010.html with one of these: http://www.xoxide.com/zamufanspcoz.html

[Wall7486]

Try three of these http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/pa12ulhisp.html
and this http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=872

I think the Panaflo scales better, 45.5 dba for 115cfm as oppose to the 43dBA for 96 cfm. It is 2 times the price, but the Panaflo are 38mm so they will be better for the thick BIX's and they undervolt very well. Of course, this is what my knowledge tells me after surfing around here for a while. I'm sure other people will beg to differ.

[soulfly1448]

I've got a BIX3 and I use high CFM fans on a fan controller. They usually only run at half speed when I'm playing a game and the cards would max at 45c or so and the proc about 44c.

[harakusara]

This might look stupid but look at these: http://www.coolerguys.com/840556021698.html
really loud but i wonder what you could do with a fan controller.?

[Wall7486]

Lol if you're looking at 200+CFM you should just get this
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/de12gf.html

It is much more "quiet" than the one you listed. Get one of those rhetostat with it, they actually show a video of them putting that bad boy down to 50%

[harakusara]

Honestly i would run those but there 50$ each ouch...

[Wall7486]

Yeah I'm not disagreeing. I would get those, but my reason for going watercooling is to reduce noise. I am looking for decent overclocking, but I think the noise factor comes in first. But, I assume in your case it is max clock and max performance. I think you should look into the Delta fans or Panaflos with a decent fan controller.

[soulfly1448]

Run the fans with a fan controller. Then you have full control over the noise your computer makes. Foreals, the BIX3 works great with fans running at low RPMs.

[harakusara]

now the only thing i have to figure out is a res.

[SiGfever]

Fans:

http://www.jab-tech.com/Panaflo-120mm-U1A-FBA12G12U1A-pr-2759.html

Fan Controller:

http://www.jab-tech.com/Sunbeam-5-1-4-Rheobus-Kit-BLACK-pr-2530.html

[wun911]

Low noize because if you have 3 or 6 Hi speed pan flos you will havea headache..... you prob dont need hi speeds just medium or low speed ones

[wun911]

Low noize because if you have 3 or 6 Hi speed pan flos you will havea headache..... you prob dont need hi speeds just medium or low speed ones

[Drinkyoghurt]

enermax 12-aebs...the fan has a controller knob on the front(you can manually mount it anywhere) so you can control it to go from 16dba @ 27cfm to 37dba @ 83cfm