Fans and college

[Yolner]

So im going to college in about a month and im pretty sure my roommate isnt going to share my love for tornadoes. Even with fan controllers those beasts are loud as hell. Can you guys recommend something decent and quiet to replace the 10 tornadoes that i have in my 2 cases? Ive been thinking about watercooling but im not really sure how safe/expensive/effective it is. I have two antec cases like THIS. Thx

 

[nick1985]

10 tornadoes? are you deaf?


oh, and try panaflo's

 

[Cerb]

Sounds like you need to strap in four Panaflo L fans, and on a fan controller. With those full tower Dragons, you should easily be able to cool anything but a Prescott with some Panaflos and mild wire management.

 

[HardWarrior]

Ten? Jesus, and I thought I didn't fool around! :thumbsup:

Pabst or Panaflo. Water-cooling is as safe as the person putting it together, can be expensive depending on the parts you want (but doesn't HAVE to be) and can be very effective.

 

[HomerSapien]

He said 10 in two cases.

Just go here. Gizzo He has a comparison page of fans. Typically, i find anything in the 30 range loud.

A good thing about college dorms is you can crank up the air conditioning to high and that drowns out most noise. Another good idea is take one computer and leave the second at home.

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: HomerSapien
He said 10 in two cases.

We can read. I had ONE 57db Tornado that was TOO much, and Yolner didn't specify what Tornado's he was using.

 

[Yolner]

I have 4 80s and 1 90 in each case. Im gonna go with some nice panaflos btw

 

[Tiamat]

Going from 5 Tornados to 4-5 panaflos - be prepared to continuously check to see if your computer is even turned on. A 35+ db drop in noise is extreme.

At least your ears will stop bleeding

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
Going from 5 Tornados to 4-5 panaflos - be prepared to continuously check to see if your computer is even turned on. A 35+ db drop in noise is extreme.

At least your ears will stop bleeding

:laugh:

 

[Pathogen03]

Want to sell some 80mm Tornados?

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: Pathogen03
Want to sell some 80mm Tornados?

Way to be on the look-out for a bargain!

:thumbsup:

 

[Yolner]

I will post in the Sale/Trade forum when im ready. Gonna miss these guys

 

[xJUANGRAMx]

I was at svc.com checking out fan controllers and it seems like they have a lot of Vantec. Is that a good brand for a fan controller? I as well have a Tornado and that shizzle is hella loud!!! Any help on a good fan controller is well appreciated =)

 

[0roo0roo]

yes

 

[nageov3t]

pabst and take it down to stock.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: xJUANGRAMx
I was at svc.com checking out fan controllers and it seems like they have a lot of Vantec. Is that a good brand for a fan controller? I as well have a Tornado and that shizzle is hella loud!!! Any help on a good fan controller is well appreciated =)

Vantec 5.25" fan controllers make a buzzing noise when you set any of the volts below say ~9V. If your Tornadoes are still louder than this buzzing noise, then you are fine. However, if you are trying to undervolt quiet fans, I have found that the buzzing is too loud. My $.02

 

[Safeway]

I agree about the buzz. That happened in my old case. In this Sonata, I have 2 120mm quiet fans. One Antec and one Vantec. The only thing I hear is the PSU and CPU fans. It is deathly quiet. The case temp is a very acceptable 27C idle. On full load, CPU gets to 55C and case to 34C, with PSU a cool 33-35C.

 

[xJUANGRAMx]

Ok...I Know this is gonna sound kinda dum...but oh well, here goes...that fan controller I discussed earlier in this thread came in, it's a Vantec Nexus fan controller model NXP-201-SL. I put it in the bay, hooked up my fans to it...and I set the channel that has the tornado all the way to low, and it still sounds the same! I know the power is hooked up cuz the leds are lit up...can anyone advise as to what I might've done wrong? I didn't use the cables that came w/the controller cuz the fans can reach the input on the controller...i'll try to use the cables, but i would think that shouldn't be the problem.

 

[0roo0roo]

does the fan speed actually change?

 

[xJUANGRAMx]

Well...it doesn't seem like it changes...i guess the Tornados are just loud no matter what? Maybe I should look into getting a quieter fan...

 

[slpaulson]

I changed my fans to Panaflo M's on a controller for college.
I probably didn't really need to because my roomate ran his loud ass desktop fan all day anyways.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: xJUANGRAMx
Well...it doesn't seem like it changes...i guess the Tornados are just loud no matter what? Maybe I should look into getting a quieter fan...

yea that was what i've heard. they are just freakin loud. u know people use fan controllers on those quiet panaflos even... i just use led fans with the vantec. can easily dial em down so only hd's are noticable.

 

[DarkPrime]

Depending on your roommate you might have to do what I did and that is shut down the machine at night every night. With what most campuses are doing today, you won't be able to download stuff all night or host a game all night, so there won't be a need to have it left on, other than for the 30 seconds you are saving when you wake up in the morning.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Watercool it!

Expensive initial buy but saves you money long-term coz all you have to buy is the cpu block.