How many case fans do you run?

[dalek2.0]

Full tower, no CASE fans, 1 cpu, 1 northbridge, 1 VPU

You water cool that thing I hope?

Just to recap, I have a server tower with 4 case fans, 1 CPU fan, one chipset cooler, 1 on video card, 1 in power supply too. I think that is all.

My second rig that runs folding too, has no case at all. It has 1 CPU cooler, one in the power supply and one that just blows air across it. I have a big 486 cooler on the chipset. No need for a fan there. It's pretty big and runs cool too, better than the one that had a fan even.

All those run Gentoo Linux and have no windoze at all. This is a virus free, windoze free home. If you bring windoze here, you get thrown out, on your butt I might add. Is that one t or two t's in butt? hmmmm??

Later

 

[Tyreal]

Im not sure if i already posted my setup but here it is:

-One 80mm sunbeam CCFL fan on sidepanel blowing on vid card
-one coolermaster blue LED fan silent 40 CFM blowing on SI-97
-One Panaflo 92mm Highspeed blowing on SI-97
-one Antec tricool 120mm as exhaust
-Two 80mm fans in Antec Smartpower 500W **Moduler** ( )
-Two Sunon fans in front as intake, one just as normal intake, second sucking in air and blowing across hard drive.

Thats all. 8 fans. Not overly loud, youd be surpised and i get sweet temps at my current overclock.

 

[Gig-O-Ram]

If I had answered this thread before yesterday, you might all be wondering why my rig hasn't already burned up. Until yesterday, I had 3 fans in an average size, generic case (1 on CPU, 1 on GPU and 1 on PSU).

I just bought an Antec server tower (Builder series CS600B - Black ) with space for 4 80mm fans (2 in back, 2 in front...one of which is by the HD)
So now I have those added to the ones mentioned above. Now there are seven and I'm thinking of adding another thing that I saw that looks like it rides just above the GPU over an empty PCI slot.

I've noticed a nice drop in overall temps (even though I think I could still get cooler) since my new 68GT was running as high as 75C on a load.

 

[Quest For Speed]

I use 2x120mm on my heater core, two 92mm for exhaust and 1 80mm blowing on my ram

 

[TheGreatModNub]

i have 1 top exhaust, 1 rear exhaust and 1 side intake. seems to work fine for 3.2ghz prescott running all day and loaded about 36c and even lower at times. wo0t

 

[Lat]

3x 80mm exhausting for me

dusty, but cool

 

[Nexus Realized]

I've got 3 running, my cooling setup kinda sucks. But then again so does my case

 

[Gig-O-Ram]

At the moment, I have a total of 9 fans in my case including a new one that I pulled off my wife's rig that she wasn't using anyway. I plan to mod the side and top of the case for additional fans...as many as 4 more (1 on top for exhaust, 3 on the side...2 intake and 1 exhaust). That could change by 1 if I only went with two on the side, but it will prolly be 3. So let's see...that will make 13 fans all counted...PSU/GPU/VGA/CPU/5x80mm case/1x120mm top/3x92mm side (could go 120 on these)...that's a lotta fans! I guess I better get that 550W PSU for the new build!


What can I say? I have a thing for fans....

 

[Sjaak]

Shouldve updated this long ago lol. With my Dothan CPU i'm now running only 4 fans (two on CPU, one VGA, one PSU) all on 7v, barely audible with temps <45 celcius.

 

[eobard]

Well people, this poll's about 2 years old now. I'm betting a large percentage of people who've already voted have changed their fan count more than once. Anyone else think it should be retired in favor of a new one?

 

[Sjaak]

Well people, this poll's about 2 years old now. I'm betting a large percentage of people who've already voted have changed their fan count more than once. Anyone else think it should be retired in favor of a new one?

New one. With multiple options like:

fan number:

- None
- 1
- 2 - 4
- 5 - 8
- 8+
- Built for silence
- Built for cooling power

So you get to pick two answers..one of the number and one of the purpose.

 

[Nexus Realized]

Yeah, It's probably about time to start a new one.

Great Idea being able to choose more than 1 option.

 

[Tyreal]

Yea. I agree. Needs to be updated.

 

[millhouse]

1... stupid dell.

 

[neonblingbling]

New one. With multiple options like:

fan number:

- None
- 1
- 2 - 4
- 5 - 8
- 8+
- Built for silence
- Built for cooling power

So you get to pick two answers..one of the number and one of the purpose.

Agreed. Just hope people dont abuse the voting power...

 

[Enablingwolf]

Well people, this poll's about 2 years old now. I'm betting a large percentage of people who've already voted have changed their fan count more than once. Anyone else think it should be retired in favor of a new one?

I would like to see a new poll, Since I have changed rigs twice since two years have passed. My concept of cooling changes every rig I make.

If I was to vote now.. I would pick


Quiet:3 fans|120MM intake 92MM, exhuast/120MM PSU. Upgrading to a cooler CPU allows me this setup.

My last rig was laden with fans and was really loud.

 

[millhouse]

I vote new poll also. Someone started one already it just needs to be pollarized.

 

[dalek2.0]

I'm working on it. Just be patient already. LOL LOL LOL Got to get all my ducks in a row and I have no clue what I am doing. I am beginning to see why no one else started a poll though. It is easier on other sites from what I have seen. Since I am also on dial-up and this site is !NOT! dial-up friendly, it may take a bit. Mother nature is not helping either. We had a tornado come through just a few miles from our house. I live in east central MS and it got a bit . . . hairy. O_O

Hang in there guys, and gals too.

 

[dalek2.0]

Well, you got it:

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=414390

Later guys. It starting to rain and I want to see if I'm going to get blown away. The last tornado was pretty close. O_O

Later