PA120.3 vs. BIX3 at 150CFM

ALiEN2953 · 09-05-06, 05:17 PM

i cant seem to find any comparisons or the BIX3 and PA120.3 at high CFM (like 120CFM+)

i use noise cancelling headphones so i really couldnt care less how much noise a fan makes so i was gonna get 3 of these and wanted to know wat the difference in performance would be between the 2

harakusara · 09-05-06, 05:28 PM

My guess would be that the BIX will preform better because it was designed fo high cfm 100+ As opposed to the PA wich is the low cfm model

But ive never used a PA so I don't really know

learning curve · 09-05-06, 05:38 PM

Neighbors might have a problem with those fans at full speed, even if you dont. lol

Froggy · 09-06-06, 12:51 AM

Maybe it's just me, but using 100 watts just to power 3 fans is not the best use of one PSU!

jkresh · 09-06-06, 01:08 AM

those fans seem excessive, but I would guess that the PA would still lead (though the difference would be smaller then if say 3 70cfm fans were used). I also would guess that using 3 of those over 3 panaflow ultrahighspeed at 45dba and 120cfm would be less then 1 degree on the Pa and as such the dramatic increase in noise would not be worth it (even noise canceling headphones would have trouble with 3 of those deltas)

billb · 09-07-06, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ALiEN2953

i cant seem to find any comparisons or the BIX3 and PA120.3 at high CFM (like 120CFM+)

i use noise cancelling headphones so i really couldnt care less how much noise a fan makes so i was gonna get 3 of these and wanted to know wat the difference in performance would be between the 2

This may be of some help:
http://www.matbe.com/articles/lire/1...tres/page1.php
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...ght=120mm+fans

BillA · 09-07-06, 12:12 PM

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09-05-06, 05:17 PM	Thread Starter #1
ALiEN2953 Member Join Date: Mar 2005	PA120.3 vs. BIX3 at 150CFM i cant seem to find any comparisons or the BIX3 and PA120.3 at high CFM (like 120CFM+) i use noise cancelling headphones so i really couldnt care less how much noise a fan makes so i was gonna get 3 of these and wanted to know wat the difference in performance would be between the 2 __________________ CPU:X3210 G0@3.6 (8x450 1.48v) MOBO: Asus P5K Premium, bios 402 RAM: 4x 1GB DDR2-1066 @ 1080 5-5-5-15 2.3v CASE: Antec 900 PSU: Silverstone OP1000 GPU: Sapphire HD4870 @790/4.4Ghz Cooling: MCP655, Apogee GT, MCR320-QP-K heat
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09-05-06, 05:28 PM	#2
harakusara Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago	My guess would be that the BIX will preform better because it was designed fo high cfm 100+ As opposed to the PA wich is the low cfm model But ive never used a PA so I don't really know
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09-05-06, 05:38 PM	#3
learning curve Member Join Date: Apr 2004	Neighbors might have a problem with those fans at full speed, even if you dont. lol __________________ Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they're NOT out to get you lol
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Froggy Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ca	Maybe it's just me, but using 100 watts just to power 3 fans is not the best use of one PSU! __________________ Asus P5Q Pro(1613m), E8600(440x10), 4GB Ram(528Mhz), WC'ed GTX275(792/1620/1260), 2209WA 300GB Velociraptor, Corsair HX620, HSPC Top deck station, TR IFX-14 My HeatWare 71-0-0
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09-06-06, 01:08 AM	#5
jkresh Member Join Date: Jul 2005	those fans seem excessive, but I would guess that the PA would still lead (though the difference would be smaller then if say 3 70cfm fans were used). I also would guess that using 3 of those over 3 panaflow ultrahighspeed at 45dba and 120cfm would be less then 1 degree on the Pa and as such the dramatic increase in noise would not be worth it (even noise canceling headphones would have trouble with 3 of those deltas)
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09-07-06, 12:12 PM	#7
BillA choke man Join Date: Jan 2001	http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools wade through it, everything is answered (factually)
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