Case Fans From Newegg

[Gunslinger08]

I've been looking around Newegg, buying a lot of stuff from them.. trying to get everything I need from one place. I need to buy 2 or 3 case fans.. which would you recommend that can be purchased from Newegg? The sound doesn't matter to me, I just want high performance.

Josh

 

[Swanny]

I'd go with a Sunon or Sanyo Denki.

 

[rondeemc]

If you are really interested in performance you might want to consider plycon, 2cooltech, crazypc, etc for your fans. The selection at newegg is pretty limited. I agree it is nice to be able to buy everything in one place and newegg is great. If you need a 120 the YS is a top performer.

 

[ku]

if you need it from newegg, i'd say go with the sunon fans. if you can, try getting panaflows.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Hm.. not sure how hard it'd be to cut out the opening in the front of the enlight 7237 from newegg to fit a 120mm fan.. I saw a page where a guy had done it, but I dunno if I want to get that gung-ho around the front of my case..

 

[chizow]

Nah don't cut out the front, just make some blowholes in the side of your case. Much easier, much neater, and makes for killer cooling.

As for the above posts, I agree with the others, the Sunons are the way to go with 80mm fans from NewEgg, the YSTech and Sanyo Denki for 120mm are good as well. The Sunons are a nice mix of performance and sound, but if you want more CFM or less noise, the other sites like 2cooltek, sidewinder etc listed above do give you a much better selection at a slight premium. I'm using 4 80mm Sunons (2 front/rear, 2 side blowholes) from NewEgg, and my system is still very quiet as my loudest fan is my 80mm Delta on my Pal 8045.

Side and or top blowholes are a fun project and allow you to get better airflow through your case rather than just trying to push more air through the front and back. Also, an easy mod for the Enlight 7237 is to cut out the front and rear grills with either dremels, jigsaws, or even metal cutters (non-mechanical) and then use a drill to enlarge the holes in the front bezel. I would definitely replace the front fan and put a fan in the rear as well.

Chiz

 

[Gunslinger08]

Do you guys recommend having fans on the side blowing into the case, or sucking out?

 

[chizow]

It depends on the airflow in your case and how you have your HSF arranged. I have my Pal 8045 sucking, so having a blowhole over top of it blowing in wouldn't make much sense, so the blowhole is sucking air out. I also have my back fan blowing out, and the PSU fans blowing out. I have the front blowing in, and one arranged slightly in front of my cards on the side blowing in. Slot cooler in front of video card blowing out, and a 5 1/4 drive cooler with no drive blowing air in. So basically the area around my CPU is the exhaust, and the rest of the areas blow cool air in. General rule of thumb, don't have 2 fans next to each other blowing opposite directions, it can cause dead air pockets which is bad for circulation. Also, you may want to clean up your cables so that air flow through your case is better. I made em into thin cables myself with a razor blade and some electrical tape, then taped em so they were outta the way. Nice and neat inside my case, and my temps are cooler with the side panel on than with it off

Chiz