Best 120mm fan (blowing inward) for Antec P180?

[Polish3d]

For the front area to suck air into the case ? I was thinking about This fan here.

 

[imported_Kensai]

:thumbsup: A good fan it is.

 

[Ike0069]

Same fan only cheaper.

More flow.... but more noise

 

[Polish3d]

Thanks Ike.


I'm a little concerned about this sucking dust into my case? The antec comes with a pretty good filter which would be in front of the fan, but I'm rather adamant about keeping a dust-free case and it is that now....

I know its tough to say, but are filters known to pretty much filter out dust whether the airflow mostly passive, or active as in the case w/ the added fan?

 

[Bona Fide]

The one you picked is too thick. The front fan can only be 120MMx25MM, and the one you picked is 120MMx38MM.

 

[Ricemarine]

Don't even get a fan for intake for the p180... Unless you have more than 4 hard drives.

 

[Polish3d]

Oh thanks Bona, I may have forgotten to check my manual before ordering. Thanks!

Rice, I don't have and HDD's in that area... do you think it wouldn't do much to lower GPU and CPU temps?

 

[Polish3d]

My current temps at current sig specs are:

Ambient (73 F)

CPU Idle: 37-38 C typically ~53 load
PWM 39 idle, up to ~59 load
Chipset 46 idle, ~53 load
GPU @ 460/1350 54 idle, ~75 load


I woudn't mind getting my CPU and GPU temps down a bit, and was thinking of adding a blower to suck air from the GPU out a PCI slot...but I'm not really sure whether that would do much or not...

The other thing I was thinking about doing was adding this front fan.

 

[Ricemarine]

If you really needed to get rid of temps that badly...

Turn those 120X120X25 on high or medium...

The concept of the p180 was that air would be pulled through the front... So adding a front fan wouldn't technically be worth it unless you need to cool hard drives.

 

[Ike0069]

If you still plan to buy a fan, check svc or jab-tech. They both have good fans at low prices and many shipping options. Both are excellent stores.

For the dust issue, I too like to keep my case very clean.
I have the Antec Sonata, and the front filter does an excellent jos of keeping the dust out. After about 3 months of 24/7 operation, I get only a slight dust layer that I easily wipe off.
I'm sure the P180 is as good or better.

 

[Polish3d]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
If you really needed to get rid of temps that badly...

Turn those 120X120X25 on high or medium...

The concept of the p180 was that air would be pulled through the front... So adding a front fan wouldn't technically be worth it unless you need to cool hard drives.

They are on high already.


Now wouldnt putting a fan in front of the case to pull more air in help?

(Ike, do you have a fan on the front of your case?)

 

[d2arcturus]

By pushing all the air out the back of the case, you are creating a negative pressure within the case, which pulls air in from the front. A fan in the front isn't going to do much in that case other than cool the hard drives in the top bays.

 

[Polish3d]

Ahh... interesting. Thanks for your help.

 

[Ike0069]

Originally posted by: Frackal
(Ike, do you have a fan on the front of your case?)

Yea, but it's not the same setup as the P180. The P180 has much better airflow.

 

[tiap]

Originally posted by: Frackal
Thanks Ike.


I'm a little concerned about this sucking dust into my case? The antec comes with a pretty good filter which would be in front of the fan, but I'm rather adamant about keeping a dust-free case and it is that now....

I know its tough to say, but are filters known to pretty much filter out dust whether the airflow mostly passive, or active as in the case w/ the added fan?

This is what I did to the 180 case with PentD 3gig
All hdrives in lower section, top hdrive cage removed, gpu duct in rear closed off with foil tape.
Closed off the top exhaust grill with foil tape from inside and moved that fan to the front upper intake grill set to high.
This does 2 things that you are concerned about.
1 It helps make sure that the air going into the case is filtered, and not sucked in all the little leaky holes thruout the case.
2 It lowered the cpu temp by 10C, to 47C, when running 2 instances of cpu burn. My other single Socket478 Prescott runs much hotter than this.

By doing this you need not by any fans