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Case, Case FAN, and HEATSINK HELP!!!! I need UR advise please!

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biofobia

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Im going to build a new pc... and im going to get a Enermax, CS-003-01WB, 2-Tone, 10-Bay, 300W PS, P4, MID Tower Case. and was wondering if its a good case.. it has a fan on top,side, a hole for a 90mm or 120mm in front of hd bays, and 2 holes for fans in back... i was wondering if i should put a 120mm or 90mm (not 92mm, its 90mm i dont know why) ... i found a Thermaltake 90x90x25 High Performance DC FAN and it pushes 56CFM and noise is 35DBA... i was wondering is this good amount of air.. and is 35Dba loud...what fans should i get if you dont think this is a good one.. i want a quiet one but so it still can be used for good cooling, by quiet i mean i want to sleep and not hear the damn computer....

also, i was going to get a ThermalTake Volcano 7+ and was wondering if this is a good fan for $49.... it has 3 fan speeds that you can switch FAN Speed H: 6000 rpm
M:4800 rpm L:3000 rpm Max. Air Flow 49.0CFM and also the noise levels for the fan speed levels are this H 6000rpm@47 dB(A) M 4800rpm@35 dB(A) L 3000rpm@24 dB(A) .... i was wondering is this quiet? ... and i mean quiet so i can barely hear it.... but also good cooling... im willing to pay more for quiet and strong than strong and cheap/loud as hell.... what heatsink would you suggest if not this one...

Please post your suggestions and reply's ... I would really appreciate it!!!!
 
First off, with all those fans going you won't be able to sleep, so forget it. Second that HSF is not what I would recommend. You could do much better and spend less money with others. An example would be a Thermalright SK-6 or a Golden Gate or even a GC-68. I'd like to see the case you are talking about. Do you have a URL for it?
If you want to get an idea of the sound levels you can expect, go to The Listening Room and hear some actual fan noises.
 
he will be able to sleep!!!!!!!! i have a SK-6 on my HS and 5 case fans 2 120mm panaflo, 2 80mm globe/papse, and a papst 92mm and i can sleep fine. really not that loud you guies must have amazing ears or somethin
 


<< really not that loud you guies must have amazing ears or somethin >>

Nothing amazing about it. 5 or more fans make noise; period. Of course I guess the background noise could serenade you to sleep. 😉
 
Buz2B - let's say a case has 5 120mm fan spaces, and has reasonable damping ability (rubber grommets and the like). We'll assume that they're filled with Panaflo 120mm L1As, putting out 70CFM @ 30dBa. The total combined noise is... 37dBa! Less than double the noise produced by a single L1A.

Cool, eh? 🙂
 
I highly recomend getting a thermalright AX-7 for your HSF. It's thirty bucks and is one of the best ones out there. Plus it uses 80 mm fans.
Scoob
 
Sorry 454Casull, but your numbers just don't add up. The cumulative noise level would be higher, (not to mention expensive) and you are assuming that all necessary dampening and noise isolation would be in place. I don't think that would be the case here either. But then again, that's just an opinion. 😉

biofobia: That is a nice case. Put a fan in the front for intake, the side for intake also, the top and one on the rear for exhaust. You won't need high rpm screamers either. Get a nice quiet cooler (HSF) and that's it. That's still a lot of fans and you could actually do away with the one on the top as the PS and rear exhaust will do most of the work just fine.
 


<< 5(10^3), then use the log function on your calculator. Or am I doing it wrong... >>

Sorry, I guess my terminology was missleading. I'm saying that the cumulative noise level of that many fans will not be something that conforms to what you punch into a calculator. Your ears don't care what the calculator says, they just care about the level of sound. I"m saying that the actual sound level will "add up" to something more than what you are predicting with the numbers. I'm sure your formula is just fine. 😉
 
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