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!