Directionality of fan airflow (videos, with fog machine)

[blastingcap]

I have been looking especially hard at various fans lately as I want cooler temps but don't want water or exotic cooling. I came across this video and thought it might be of interest or help some of you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agXhBh74n2c

Seeing so many fans spewing all over the place made me order gaffer's tape to make a "wind tunnel" around my push/pull CPU cooler setup. I also think a mid-case fan (secured with zipties or something) might be helpful in directing the front intakes, which are no doubt going all over the place unless they are Silverstone AP121's apparently.

Edit: She tests more fans in an update video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdcQVOEq47E

 

[lehtv]

I've got two SST AP121's as front intakes, they're awesome Would work better if I could remove the HDD cage though...

In that video the Bitfenix Spectre Pro LED (2m 50s) also directs the airflow pretty well, it has a similar grille as the AP121

 

[vshah]

blocked @ work, but does she test the noctua fans?

 

[lehtv]

Noctua NF-F12 is tested yes. Not quite as messy as fractal design and scythe, but nowhere near Silverstone AP121 which is basically just a vertical column of smoke.

 

[Kenmitch]

The smoke wasn't as interesting as her....Nerdy girls are so hot

 

[kami]

Nice video. She knows her stuff... her review of the corsair c70 case was good too.

 

[Nizzzlle]

Not bad at all, she definitely knows what she's doing... I like that. Results were interesting too

 

[DesiPower]

Very useful data

Cool girl!