Dream fan setup for this case(link/description inside)

[Caldenfor]

Raidmax Smilodon

It has room for a fan in the front, rear, 2 left and 1 right side. I plan to adapt a 120mm on the back instead of an 80mm. The case itself comes with 3 80mm fans and I want to try and find a spot for another 120mm, hoping the front has the space without losing any drive bays. I would still like an LED to light up the box, red or blue, but I would like to keep good airflow, low dust intake and a nice quiet sounding machine. Is it possible and should I use all 5 fan bays if not, which ones?

Sorry for the new thread to have to read, but it is definitely a new subject from choosing my case, thanks for the help again folks.

Dave

 

[Zepper]

I'd point you to the Sanyo Denki 120x38mm that petrastechshop.com sells at $12. for your exhaust fan on the adapter. From my pic you might not have noticed that the fan lead goes in thru the throat of the fan adapter - I had to notch out my fan's frame a bit so it wouldn't get crimped between the fan and adapter. Petras also sells the Yate Loon 120x25 which would be good for the intake. That would be all I would do for a while. I'd seal off all the other fan grills and see how it goes. Add others if it seems necessary. Definitely need a fan controller for that combo - the Sunbeam Rheobus would be good for that as it has very bright blue LEDs that change to very bright red at the 7V transition jab-tech.com has had the best price on the Rheobus for a while now (unless maybe a used one from eBay).
. I might add a duct directly from the side panel fan mount to the CPU fan

..bh.

 

[Caldenfor]

Yea, I am fully prepared to work on the adapted rear fan, a must imo to suck out the hot air. Thanks for the fan recommendations, what do you use to seal the grills, just tape or something? Never used a fan controller, but an automatic one would probably be better because I tend to forget to change things manually lol. Again Zepper, thanks for the info.

Dave

*Edit* Ah the Rheobus is manual, being very forgetful I am not sure I would be able to remember to turn it up and down constantly, the LEDs look like they would be interesting though.

 

[Caldenfor]

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail

ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400 - Retail

COOLER MASTER RS-500-ASAA ATX Form Factor 12V V2.2 / SSI standard EPS 12V V2.91 500 Watts Continuous Power Supply - Retail

SAPPHIRE 100168L Radeon X1900XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 CrossFire Video Card - Retail

RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WB Black SECC STEEL ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Figured I should fill you in on the details of the beast I am building since you gave me all the help Zepper.

Dave

*Edit* Crap forgot to ask, should I be doing any custom cooling changes to the cpu/mobo and/or video card? I thought about the other fans, not the heat stuff on the processor/video card themselves. I have never put together a computer from scratch and the only thing that scares me is the mobo/processor.

 

[Zepper]

The Silverstone Eudemon is an automated controller that has had good reviews and has a wider range of fan control (<5V to ~12V equivalent) than many other PWM designs (~7 to ~12V equivalent). I say "V equivalent" because the output voltage on PWM controllers never actually drops from a bit less than souce - the power delivered to the fans is controlled by varying the widths of roughly square pulses. Depending on your mobo, it might be able to control the fans itself. Most all can control the CPU fan, while others can control some or all of the other fans. The Sanyo would be borderline for mobo control at a bit over 500mA max - but it should never need to be run at max (>100 CFM). Need to check what your mobo can handle.

Perhaps you'd want to use Reynolds colored transparent wrap and tape to seal off your superfluous ventage - it comes in red and blue and you can use multiple layers to vary the color. Or you could use gel filter material like they use in theatrical lighting.

.bh.

 

[Caldenfor]

Edited out original message. I have heard bad things about the stock heat sink/cooling of the processor so I will most likely have to figure out how to do that too. I know the basic concept of it all, but the actual end product is what I am afraid of. One slight messup and bam I could blow a few hundred dollars. I am going to continue research on the How Tos, but in the end I may have to pay someone to assemble the items for successful build.

Dave

*Original Message edited out from above*
Yea I actually have some reynolds wrap at home, just wasn't sure how well it would stick and such inside a computer. I think my video card fan should be good to go and I hope the Core 2 Duo comes with a decent enough one where I wouldn't have to mess with it. I might actually buy the mobo and processor and pay someone local to assemble, just expensive parts for never having done it before. Almost anyone on this forum seems to know more about assembly than I do lol, just my fear of breaking stuff or connecting stuff wrong and having it overheat cause I messed up.

 

[RallyMaster]

Raidmax finally learned to cut out their crappy, restrictive fan grills and threw in a wire grill like I did in my Raidmax X-1. That's something that I, as the owner of two Raidmax cases, am glad to see.

 

[Caldenfor]

Okay, those two fans look solid Zepper, just need to do one final selection and I believe my order will be ready for first stage of build, a CPU heatsink/fan to replace the stock one so I can safely overclock a little bit.

Dave

 

[gamefreakgcb]

Well if you can, get the Ultra-120 (Im trying to find it as it is out of stock everywhere, this opinion is based on all that I have heard about it), The Scythe Ninja is also a good choice(have it, using it, make sure it fits your case, in mine it is almost touching the side panel), if you want a cheap one decent for little OC than go for the AC Freezer 7 Pro which can be had for more or less $20, I purchased it thinking that it might perform as good as the Freezer 64 Pro (for AMD sockets only?) which has a 120MM fan, this one has a 90-92MM fan (I forget) which is also a bit more noisier. Overall the Ninja is a good cooler for a relatively low price (about $40-45 or so). There are also some other coolers out there that have been said to be good, like the Zalman CNPS9500 or the ThermalTake Big Typhoon. Ofcourse I haven't tried them all so I can't say anything about them. But definitely research in this area, the sticky here about Heatsinks should help you out a bit.

 

[Caldenfor]

Thanks gamefreakgcb, ya, weight and size are things I need to look into with these.

Dave