Arctic Cooling experts, need you help!

[Twitch22]

Hello everyone.

I've decided to go with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro to cool my E6600. Seems like it's a really good performing, quiet cooler.

My question is about Arctic Cooling's case fans. On my Lian Li PC-65, I have two 80mm intake fans and one 80mm exahust fan. I'm not usre what AC models to get, or more importantly, what will fit:

For the exhaust fan, the Arctic Fan 8 or the Arctic Fan 3TC

And for the intake fans, either the AF8025 or the Pro TC 80. AFAICT, the only difference between the two of these is the variable RPM of the Pro TC?

Anyway, if anyone can shed more light on the differences or logic of picking between these fans, I'd greatly appreciate it. It seems like they're all pretty quiet and even the prices are pretty much the same. So, I'm really looking at what will fit and what will move air the best at their relativiely low speeds.

Thanks for any suggestions...

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[rhino56]

i would suggest some high power panaflo fans for both intake and exhaust. like these and get a fan controller to keep them quiet when not running heavy loads here
also if possible i would cut a 120mm hole in the side window or side panel to blow much more air into the case and use a panaflo fan for that also on the same fan controller.

 

[RallyMaster]

Arctic Fan 8....and AF8025. They have the new FDB bearings which should give more airflow with less noise. However, they seem to be very delicate, so you might want to be careful. I remember 996GT2 having damaged a bearing in a AF8025 before.

 

[rhino56]

Originally posted by: RallyMaster
Arctic Fan 8....and AF8025. They have the new FDB bearings which should give more airflow with less noise. However, they seem to be very delicate, so you might want to be careful. I remember 996GT2 having damaged a bearing in a AF8025 before.

you need more cfm than that fan can put out in a oven like the pc-65