NEED NB FAN ASSEMBLY? & ANUBIS CASE FAN INFO

[appdevman]

I just bought a GA-X38-DS4 Gigabyte mobo, coming in the mail soon.

I downloaded the mobo manual/PDF, and saw it has a power connector for a northbridge fan. The manual says you should have a fan so you don't fry components.

The product contents listing and the photos of what comes in the box don't show a fan assembly. This may be optional, but it doesn't say that. It is worded like "..you need this fan or stuff will fry."

This board looks like it uses a copper type solution to dissapate heat right now.

* I won't be overclocking.

* I'm putting it in a Hiper Anubis case, which I will have (3) high-CFM, low-dB fans in.

* I will have a Big Typhoon 120mm cpu heat sink as well.

* Q6600 quad

* OCZ DDR2 800 - 4x2GB (8GB total) with heat spreaders gold edition - Vista 64-bit

* (3) internal 7200 RPM SATA drives

* (1) optical drive, and (1) floppy drive

* (1) "normal" PCI FX5200 video card (box is a server, may be game box in a year)

* No other interface cards. Won't even be using the on-board audio, will disable.

* Thermaltake modular 850w power supply

All this in attempt to keep heat down.
Knowing this, do I need to hunt down a north bridge fan assembly for this thing?

Also, if anyone is familiar with the Hiper Anubis case and the location of its (3) 120mm fans...

I need to know what direction to install the fans (pushing in or pulling out)

I'm assuming the back-panel should pull out,
that the top-mounted fan should blow into the case,
and the fan in front of the hard-drive pot should pull air out of the case???

Again I have a big typhoon i'll be using.

Thanks in advance, this is my first build.

appdevman

 

[nefariouscaine]

i'd been looking at getting that board myself and honestly would just suggest getting a cheap 40mm - 60mm fan and just screwing it down on top of the stock Heatsink - thats what i'd do for about any mobo with a similar NB sink

I did a similar mod to my current board and have a 40mm fan zip tied to it - works good enough

 

[appdevman]

Hi nefariouscaine,
thanks for the reply.

I'm just getting into building my own PC's, I've been a software man my whole life until recently.

If you have easy access to your computer, and its not a lot of work, can you send me a photo of what you did? It sounds really cool!

Also, I don't know where you would "screw" a fan on, it is just a heat sink area, and there aren't any holes in the mobo around that area. I don't what to just use zip-ties, I like your idea about mounting it.

Can you be a little more specific about how to successfuly mount something like that; obviously that is custom. Would I need to lay a bracket down first, with an adhesive backing or something?

thanks man!
Klaus

 

[nefariouscaine]

its no problem - like i said I've got mine mounted with zip ties for the moment and should be able to snap a pic later on tonight as its easy to get to

but all you need to do is get a metal screw of appropriate length and looking at the heatsink assembly again just about any heatsink screw should be fine - you just screw down into one of the gaps on the heat sink as the screw will bite slightly into the copper of the sink just fine and hold fairly well

thats nothing too complicated and will do nothing to damage the product but a scratch or two

thats how old fans were connected to heatsinks fairly often, in PIII days especially for the slot cpu's

 

[appdevman]

Perfect!
Thanks so much for the reply.

Now I know totally what your saying.

Take care!

 

[Sheninat0r]

Originally posted by: appdevman

* I'm putting it in a Hiper Anubis case, which I will have (3) high-CFM, low-dB fans in.

appdevman

No such thing, man... fans with high CFM are not quiet, and quiet fans don't have high CFM. You'll most likely get a fan which compromises between both which doesn't satisfy either, a fan which fulfills one well but the other not at all, or one which does neither, like SilenX.

 

[appdevman]

you're right

i was at working making that post, typing like a madman

I got some good fans, rated at 14db, forgot their name though

thanks for settin me straight

appdevman (noob-a-licious)

 

[nefariouscaine]

Originally posted by: Sheninat0r

Originally posted by: appdevman

* I'm putting it in a Hiper Anubis case, which I will have (3) high-CFM, low-dB fans in.

appdevman

No such thing, man... fans with high CFM are not quiet, and quiet fans don't have high CFM. You'll most likely get a fan which compromises between both which doesn't satisfy either, a fan which fulfills one well but the other not at all, or one which does neither, like SilenX.

i got some of the coolermaster high CFM fans - I run them at full tilt and they're not "very" loud

not quiet but you can knock them down below 12v and they taper off alot

check these out for case fan options http://www.svc.com/y720ccd-25k1-gp.html

i got 2 now and will get a third soon to replace my old and loud silverstone high cfm fan i have for my heat sink

those fans aren't cheap but high quality

I will be taking those shots of the nb shortly to show my fan "mod"

here - http://johndoe.hotlightbulb.com/Picture%20055.jpg

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: appdevman
Also, if anyone is familiar with the Hiper Anubis case and the location of its (3) 120mm fans...

I need to know what direction to install the fans (pushing in or pulling out)

I'm assuming the back-panel should pull out,
that the top-mounted fan should blow into the case,
and the fan in front of the hard-drive pot should pull air out of the case???

Again I have a big typhoon i'll be using.

Thanks in advance, this is my first build.

appdevman

I'm not familiar with that case, but generally, fans in front of the HD cage bring cool air in, fans at the rear of the case exhaust hot air, and fans at the top of the case, well, try different things and see. Since hot air rises, use the top fan for an exhaust also makes sense.