80MM on CPU for Cooling

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Panaflo without a doubt. Better in everyway than Sunons.

-Kevin

 

[xbassman]

Originally posted by: kamranziadar
"I'm thinking you'll need the 3 pin connector cuz that's what connector a mobo has. Generally, your mobo needs to monitor the cpu fan or overheat protection will kick in and she'll shut down."


Is that True?

Yes and no.
You can disable rpm monitoring in bios. Since my favorite cpu fan doesn't have rpm monitoring I always disable it, but set a temperature shutdown threshold of 60C.

 

[kamranziadar]

But what if RPM Monitoring option is not available in BIOS

 

[MaskedAvenger]

Thermaltake Silent Cat fans are great. Performance is excellent and they are very quiet. Buy a 90mm one - they come with a 80-90mm fan adapter. You can get them at Durectron or PCToyland for around $6. 52 cfm at 21 decibels, boy!

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: kamranziadar
But what if RPM Monitoring option is not available in BIOS

Then you prolly don't need RPM support from the fan for your board, see if you can post without your CPU fan connected.

Originally posted by: MaskedAvenger
Thermaltake Silent Cat fans are great. Performance is excellent and they are very quiet. Buy a 90mm one - they come with a 80-90mm fan adapter. You can get them at Durectron or PCToyland for around $6. 52 cfm at 21 decibels, boy!

Thermaltake sucks, they are notorious for lying about their specs.

 

[MaskedAvenger]

Have you ever used one of their Silent Cat's?

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: MaskedAvenger
Have you ever used one of their Silent Cat's?

No I haven't and I don't have to either. Sombody else posted about them Here.

Here are the specs for the 92mm version from Thermaltake....

2500 +/- 20% rpm
Max air flow 52.24 cfm
Noise 21 dBA (!!!)

Those numbers are not possible, Thermaltake is lying to you.