Push-pull radiator fans

[overclucker]

Think about what that's doing...

umm.. cooling the puter

 

[alinosa]

i also have a BIX3 with three sanyo denki's on it. All you need to do is strap some powerful fans to your rad, then run them through a fan controller... mine is almost silent when i'm surfing and when i game i turn the fans up... and the volume too.

 

[DoorBasher]

OK, I had another crazy idea. I realized that there's a real possibility I just won't be able to fit a BIX3 in my case. How about three fans with two 120mm radiators? The second radiator would get warmer air, though, would that cancel the benefits of such a setup?

 

[alinosa]

if you're going to run more than one radiator, it's best to run them in parallel. This way, you have the biggest difference in temps on both rads.

 

[threeme2189]

man u crazy...2800 mhz?!?!?!?!?! its hard to get a p4 2800 to those speeds (jk )

 

[hawtrawkr]

umm.. cooling the puter

if you had one fan blowing in on the radiator from oneside then another fan blowing in on the radiator from the otherside wouldnt there be a pressure problem with the airflow from both the fans running into each other and not passing through the radiator?

same with pull/pull if you had a fan on oneside pulling air from the radiator and a fan on the otherside of the radiator trying to pull air from the radiator youd have a problem finding any air for either of the fans to move.

 

[Jas]

Dual rads will work.

I'm actually waiting for my BIX to show up so I can add it into the loop.

 

[invisible hand]

When both of the fans are on high I get a 3-4 C reduction with this setup.